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. Michael Gottleib’s formal training is in organizational development where he has been a consultant for over 30 years. He has worked with state and federal governments, for-profit, and non-profit organizations offering services in strategic planning, team building, leadership and other organizational interventions through action research. He has established a regional presence in the upper Rocky Mountains and Pacific northwest regions, while working from his domicile in Helena, MT. At Walden University, he teaches doctoral capstone, marketing research, and consumer behavior courses, while also serving as a mentor for student doctoral studies.
Education and life long learning has been a priority leading to a diverse academic background that fuses military experience (U.S. Naval Academy, USMC), the creative arts, marketing, and organizational leadership. Dr. Gottleib’s current research interests are in applying documentary filmmaking to extraordinary human and team accomplishments.
DDBA 8532 - Seminar in Consumer Behavior
DDBA 8533 - Seminar in Marketing Research
DDBA 8101 - Doctoral Study Mentoring
DDBA 9000 - Doctoral Study Completion
BS, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
BA, University of California, Berkeley, CA
BFA, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
MBA, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA
DM, University of Phoenix
Helena Youth Lacrosse, Volunteer - Helena
Montana Wilderness Association, Board Member - Helena
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