View our EdD Early Childhood specialization completion requirements
Minimum degree requirements:
60 quarter credits
- Core courses (50 cr.)
- Capstone (10 cr.)
Minimum degree requirements:
60 quarter credits
Courses
In the EdD Early Childhood Education specialization, you’ll build skills and progress toward your final capstone project in every course.
Disclaimers: Walden students have up to 8 years to complete their doctoral program unless they petition for an extension.
In general, students are continuously registered in the dissertation/doctoral study course until they complete their capstone project and it is approved. This usually takes longer than the minimum required terms in the dissertation/doctoral study course shell.
To complete a doctoral dissertation, students must obtain the academic approval of several independent evaluators including their committee, the University Research Reviewer, and the Institutional Review Board; pass the Form and Style Review; gain approval at the oral defense stage; and gain final approval by the Chief Academic Officer. Students must also publish their dissertation on ProQuest before their degree is conferred. Learn more about the dissertation process in the Dissertation Guidebook.
For a personalized estimate of the number of your transfer credits that Walden would accept, call an Enrollment Specialist at 844-937-8785.
Courses
PhD completion program courses help you return to doctoral work, match with an advisor, and stay on track to finishing your dissertation.
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Brandon Cosley received his PhD in 2011 from the University of Maine in Research Psychology. His areas of emphasis included social, biological, and quantitative psychology. His primary area of research was related to stereotyping, stress, artificial intelligence, and community empowerment. Brandon currently serves as manager of the data science center of excellence in the healthcare industry.
Brandon has received awards for his work in both data science and psychology and given invited talks all over the world.
PSYC 8247 - Social Psychology
PhD, University of Maine
MA, University of Maine
BA, San Francisco State University
Pinnacle, BlueCross BlueShield, 2017
Cosley, B., McCoy, S., Saslow, L., Epel, E. (2010). Is compassion for others stress buffering? Consequences of compassion and social support for physiological reactivity to stress. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Cosley, B., McCoy, S. K., Gardner, S. K. (2017). Collaborative voice: Examining the role of voice in interdisciplinary collaboration. International Journal of Organization Theory \& Behavior
Carlucci, J. G., Farooq, S. A., Sizemore, L., Rickles, M., Cosley, B., McCormack, L., Wester, C. (2017). Low hepatitis C antibody screening rates among an insured population of Tennessean Baby Boomers. Plos one
Cosley, B. J. (2016). Access to healthcare: Analytics to Action. . Teradata
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