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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Edna Hull has been a registered nurse for 53 years with the last 29 years devoted to academic nursing education. A certified nurse educator (CNE), Dr. Hull has experience teaching full and part-time in PN, ADN, RN-BSN, MSN, DNP and nursing PhD programs. And with a background in higher education administration, Dr. Hull has also served as adjunct faculty in the College of Education Administration and Foundations at the University of New Orleans. Recently retired as associate professor of Graduate Nursing Programs at Southern University Baton Rouge, Dr. Hull’s current role is senior contributing faculty member for Walden University. Her roles at Walden have included teaching, advising and chairing nursing doctorate committees. To date she has successfully chaired nine (9) nursing dissertation committees and 24 DNP evidence-based projects. Dr. Hull has also served as the former associate editor and editorial board member for Teaching and Learning in Nursing: The Official Journal of the Organization for Associate Degree Nursing. She currently serves as peer reviewer for several nursing journals including Journal of Nursing Scholarship, Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, Med-Surg Nursing and Teaching and Learning in Nursing: The Official Journal of the Organization for Associate Degree Nursing. An avid believer in the peer review process, Dr. Hull is a former peer evaluator for the NLN Commission on Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA) and has served on its program review committee.
NURS 8110 - Theoretical and Scientific Foundations for Nursing Practice.
PhD, University of New Orleans
MSN, University of South Alabama
BSN, Loyola University New Orleans
Helen Johnson Cremeens Excellence in Teaching Award presented by the Baton Rouge District Nursing Association , Baton Rouge District Nurses Association , 2017
Hull, E. (2017). Conducting Research in Your Own Backyard. Teaching and Learning in Nursing
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