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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Dr. Crissy Dodson teaches in the Core Nursing Program at Walden University. She has been involved in research since 2008 and in nursing education since 2010. She is a certified nurse educator. Her background is in diabetes education and intensive care nursing, specializing in oncology. Additionally, she is a member of the Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium. She received her PhD in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also received both a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing and a Master of Science Degree in Nursing Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Dodson’s research focuses on nursing utilization of pharmacogenomics within practice. She studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the field of pharmacogenomics as it relates to nursing practice. She was a personalized medicine institute trainee during her time at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has published 14 peer-reviewed research articles as well as presented nationally and internationally on these topics.
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MSN, University of NC at Greensboro
BSN, University of NC at Greensboro
Dodson, C. (2018). Assessment of oncology nurses’ knowledge within urban and community hospitals before and after implementation of a pharmacogenomic education module.. Oncology Nursing Forum
Dodson, C. (2013). Critical Care Glycemic Management: Pearls of Success.
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