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. Darylnet Lyttle, resides in VA, and is a Walden University contributing instructor. Dr. Lyttle completed her BS, MS, and Ph.D. degree in Nursing at Hampton University. She is a clinical instructor and works as the Director of the Old Dominion University Student Health Services. Her practice setting is college health and acute care inpatient. She has been a nurse practitioner for 20 plus years and has worked in a variety of settings to include a corporate health and wellness center, nurse managed center, reproductive health, free and mobile health clinics, primary and urgent care, and hospital medicine. She has served as a preceptor for several nurse practitioner students and enjoys teaching in the clinical setting.
NURS 6565 - Synthesis in Advanced Practice Care of Complex Patient in Primary Care Settings
PhD, Hampton University
MS, Hampton University
BS, Hampton University
Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated, Member - Washington
Lyttle, D., Montgomery, A. J., Davis, B. L., Burns, D., McGee, Z., Fogel, J. (2018). An Exploration Using the Neuman Systems Model of Risky Sexual Behaviors Among African American College Students. Journal of Cultural Diversity
Lyttle, D. (2021). COVID-19 Panel Discussion. Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated
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