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. Miles taught Computer Science face-to-face for over 25 years starting at the University of Florida. She retired from Lenoir-Rhyne University as Professor Emerita in 2013. She taught IT online since 2000 in a variety of levels and programs. She was the Director of Online Studies for the Masters Programmes of the Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool in the UK from 2013 to 2019. She is currently the Associate Dean of Masters programs in Information Technology, Doctor of Information Technology, PhD in Management, and Doctor of Business Administration in College of Management and Human Potential for Walden University
All of her graduate work was completed at the University of Florida (MEd, EdS, PhD, and MS).
ITEC 8160 - Enterprise System Architecture
ITEC 8040 - Systems Analysis and Design
ITEC 8100 - Doctoral Mentoring
ITEC 8201 - Simulator - Global Change Initiative
ITEC 8502 - Seminar - IT System, Software, Management
ITEC 8503 - Seminar Project Management
ITEC 9000 - Doctoral Study Completion
BS, University of North Carolina: Pembroke
MEd, University of Florida
PhD, University of Florida
MS, University of Florida
James Peeler Endowed Professorship, Lenoir-Rhyne University, 2000
Roediger Distinguished Service Professorship, Lenoir-Rhyne University, 1999
Miles, G. S. (2011). Comparison of Satisfaction and Success of Traditional and Online Students in an Introductory Computer Literacy Course. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Walker, D. S., Livadas, L. S., Miles, G. S. (2011). Key Influencing Factors Behind Moodle Adoption in Irish Small to Medium Sized Higher Education Colleges. European Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning
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