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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Dr. Blum has been providing consultation to various behavioral healthcare programs, organizations, state governments, Native American Tribal programs and governments, and the federal government serving or overseeing programs for those with mental health, substance abuse, and developmental/intellectual disabilities across the United States since 1996. From 1997 to 2004, he was a part-time surveyor for the Joint Commission and reviewed over 350 programs. He worked in a private counseling practice between 1988-1996. Before that he worked in a variety of hospital-based and other community organizations providing outpatient and inpatient counseling, crisis intervention, rehabilitation, and career counseling. He has taught in a variety of undergraduate through doctoral programs in human services and counseling programs at both traditional ground-based and online universities for a total of more than 20 years. He has published a number of peer-reviewed articles, and has been active in local and national professional organizations.
COUN 6671 - Counseling Practicum
COUN 6682A/B - Counseling Internship
COUN 6306 - Ethics and Legal Issues in Counseling
CPLB 602L - CMHC Pre-Practicum 2
CPLB 601L - CMHC Pre-Practicum 1
GRWA 6100 - Group Lab
COUN 6743 - Psychopharmacology
COUN 6101 - Foundations of Graduate Study in Counseling
COUN 6100 - Introduction to Mental Health Counseling
COUN 6722 - Counseling and Psychotherapy Theories
PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo
MS, Syracuse University
BA, State University of New York at Buffalo
Hartman, B., Fuqua, D., Blum, C., Hartman, P. (1985). A study of the predictive validity of the Career Decision Scale in identifying longitudinal patterns of career indecision. Journal of Vocational Behavior
Jenkins, S., Fuqua, D., Blum, C. (1986). An examination of factors related to the duration of counseling in a university counseling center. Psychological Reports
Fuqua, D., Blum, C., Hartman, B. (1988). Empirical support for the differential diagnosis of career indecision. Career Guidance Quarterly
Kauppi, D., Ballou, M., Jaques, M., Gualtieri, J., Blum, C. (1983). Job satisfaction predictors of rehabilitation counseling graduates. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin
Szirony, G. M., Christine, M., Szirony, G., Blum, C. (2016). Perceived competency in grief counseling: Implications for counselor education.. Szirony Gary M.
Sutherland, V., Hartman, B., Blum, C. (1993). Validating sex-role-related items designed to measure career indecision. Psychological Reports
Blum, C. R. (1985). A Cluster Analytically‑Derived Typology of Career Indecision. American Educational Research Association
Blum, C. R. (1992). Assessing Adult Suicide. NJ Association of Suicidology
Blum, C. R. (1993). Assessing Suicide Risk in Adults. NJ Association of Suicidology
Blum, C. R. (1986). Learned Helplessness and Attributional Style in Career Decision Making. American Educational Research Association
Blum, C. R. (1993). Assessing Suicide Risk in Adults. NJ Association of Suicidology
Blum, C. R. (1985). The Implications of Recent Achievement Motivation Theory and Research for Understanding Career Indecision. American Association of Counseling and Development
Blum, C. R. (1991). Warning Signs of Midlife Suicide. NJ Association of Suicidology
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