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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My name is Bruce Lindsay. I have a B.A. In Philosophy with a minor from the Metropolitan State College of Denver, a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Colorado at Denver, and a PhD in Energy and Environmental Policy with a specialization in Disaster Policy from the University of Delaware.
I live in Washington DC and since 2008 I have worked full-time as a policy analyst for the Congressional Research Service (CRS). My main area of expertise at CRS is homeland security and emergency management policy. As a policy analyst at CRS I advise Members of Congress and their Staff on emergency management policy issues and provide them with memoranda, reports, and briefings on a variety of topics related to homeland security and emergency management policy in the United States.
MMPA 6832 6832 - Public Policy and Finance
PhD, University of Delaware
MPA, University of Colorado
BA, Metropolitan State University of Denver
Adult Learning Source, Volunteer - Denver
Bernard L. Turner Award, Walden University, 2016
Congressional Research Service Special Achievement, ProfessionalActivities, 2010
Delaware General Assembly Research Grant, University of Delaware, 2007
University of Delaware Graduate Fellowship, University of Delaware, 2008
, Walden University, 2017
Lindsay, B. (2017). FEMA’s Preliminary Damage Assessment Process. Overview and Issues for Congress.
Lindsay, B. (2016). SBA and CDBG-DR Duplication of Benefits in the Administration of Disaster Assistance: Background Policy Issues, and Options for Congress.
Lindsay, B. (2017). Stafford Act Assistance and Acts of Terrorism.
Lindsay, B. (2012). Federal appropriations for Disater Relief. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Lindsay, B. (2018). Federal Disaster Assistance 101. Congressional Research Service
Lindsay, B. (2013). Stafford Act Declarations. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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