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.
Discover career opportunities in your area that match your interests.
Dr Carol-Anne Faint, PhD is a core faculty in the DBA program in the CMT department at Walden University. Her primary role is to mentor students in the pursuit of attaining a DBA by helping to navigate students through the program expectations with the ultimate goal of achieving the DBA graduate degree.
In addition to mentoring doctoral students, in both the 8100 and 9000 doctoral courses, she also teaches the initial DBA course, specifically 8006. She has also taught 8427 and 8300, both doctoral level applied research courses.
She has published and co-published the following articles:
Zakaria, A., Faint, C., & Kazkaz, S. (2020), Readmission Rate Reduction Strategies in General Hospital Setting. The Aging Male, doi:10.1080/13685538.2020.1753694
Naus, F. P., Faint, C., & Dwyer, R. J. (2018). Are hospital efficiency and quality of care affordable without external revenue. International Journal of Applied Management and Technology. 17(1), 35-45. doi:10.5590/IJAMT.2018.17.1.03
Faint, C. (2011) Accumulating, Preserving and Sharing Knowledge in Law Enforcement: Active and Retired Officer Perspectives. Doctoral Dissertation
Faint, C. (2005) Witness accounts and convictions. Association in Defense of the Wrongfully Convicted (AIDWYC). Spring Quarterly.
She has several additional articles in editing processes that should be published soon.
Areas of interest as a mentor include small business success strategies, health care, management strategies, criminal justice management, and change management research. My professional background is in non-profit organizational management.
DDBA 8303 - Qualitative Case Study Research
DDBA 8100 - Doctoral Study Mentoring
DDBA 9000 - Doctoral Study Completion
PhD, Northcentral University
MS, University of Phoenix
BA, Simon Fraser University
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