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. Kalomo received her PhD and MSW from the University of Minnesota, School of Social Work. She received an MA in International Child Welfare from the University of East Anglia, Norwich in the United Kingdom. Her undergraduate degree in social work is from the University of Namibia. Dr. Kalomo is MSW contributing faculty in the Barbara Solomon School of Social Work. She has national (United States) and international (Namibia) teaching experience. She has taught a variety courses including human behavior and the social environment, diversity and ethics, and social practice with families and children of diverse cultures. Her research interests include: gerontology, mental health, HIV and AIDS and kinship care. Her dissertation is a study that stemmed from her extensive work with families and children affected by AIDS in Namibia. Her study investigates the association between supports and depression of elderly caregivers raising children orphaned by AIDS in rural Namibia.
PhD, University of Minnesota
MSW, University of Minnesota
MA, University of East Anglia
BA, University of Namibia
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