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.
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
Develop the skills and confidence you need to tackle complex managerial challenges, contribute new knowledge, or teach at the graduate level.
Courses
Develop the skills and confidence needed for complex managerial challenges and research with Walden’s ACBSP-accredited PhD program.
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Brieah Hudson, Dr.PH, MPH, CHES, CLC received her DrPH in Behavior Health Promotion at the Jackson State University in August 2016. At Walden University, she is a Contributing Faculty – Doctoral Committee, with the MPH/DrPH Public Health program in the College of Health Professions and has served in this role since May 2021. Dr. Hudson began as a part-time faculty member at Walden in the School of Public Health in May 2021. She has taught Epidemiology for Public Health Practice, Improving Cultural Competency in the Public Health Place, Making Health Communication Programs work, Emerging Theories in Health Promotion Practice, Health in the later years and Measurements and Evaluations for Health Education. Professionally, Dr. Hudson serves as the Branch Director for the Office of Oral Health at the Mississippi State Department of Health. She is currently the school based SEALS coordinator for the Oral Health program where she helps to fuse partnerships with community health centers, schools, and dental clinics to place sealants on school aged children, in hopes to prevent dental caries. She has several presentations on community-based and health-related research projects.
PUBH 8051 - Advances Issues in Global Health
PUBH 8900 - Research Forum
PUBH 8514 - Doctoral Seminar III
PUBH 6475 - Planning, Implement and Evaluate
PUBH 8410 - Fundamentals of Leadership, System Evaluation, and Interventions in Public Health
DrPH, Jackson State University
MS, Jackson State University
BS, University of Southern Mississippi
American Public Health Association, Member -
Jackson State University, Committee Member - Jackson
Hudson, B. D. (2023). Empowering Communities in Health Education of Kidney Disease.
Hudson, B. D. (2022). Mental Health in Students at an HBCU. Delta State University
Hudson, B. D. (2020). Wellness and Safe Prescribing Conference for Dental Professionals . Professionals Health Network, Inc.
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