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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College of Psychology and Community Services
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Dr. Escobedo has a BBA with Honors in Business Management, MBA in Business Administration (Accounting & Finance), a PhD in Organization and Management - Business, and Juris Doctor Law Degree - Executive program.
He earned nine scholarships during his academic career, including the Texas Business Hall of Fame Scholarship.
Dr. Escobedo has 30 years of management experience in professional positions in academia, teaching in academia, and/or providing professional training to faculty and students in diverse topics, including APA style writing.
His teaching and research interests and experience are in the areas of ethics, strategic management, finance, marketing, budgeting, leadership, ethics, human resources management, organizational behavior, training and development, research methods, and mediation.
Dr. Escobedo is bilingual in Spanish.
HUMN 6912-1/HUMN-8912-1 - Mental Health Law
RSCH 8310U-3/RSCH-8310W-3 - Qual Reasoning & Analysis
HUMN HUMN-8209-1 - Human Services Theory
PhD, Capella University
MBA, Univ of Texas at Austin
Scholarships received total Nine (9), Various, 1992
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