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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Jacqueline Cournoyer is an e-learning educator, instructional designer, and faculty support specialist with experience in the K-12, undergraduate, and graduate-level learning environments.
She moved from the traditional face-to-face teaching environment to an online teaching environment in 2002 and has been involved with developments in online education.
Dr. Cournoyer has a BA in Art, MAT in Teaching, and a Ph.D. in Education with a specialization in Educational Technologies. She has worked in various educational environments as an instructor, instructional designer, evaluator, mentor, and consultant. Jacqueline Cournoyer lives in New Hampshire, where she works full-time as the Assistant Director of Technology for VLACS, New Hampshire's virtual K-12 school. She looks forward to engaging in new online learning initiatives.
EDDD 8107 - Designing Instruction for E-Learning
EDDD 8103 - E-Learning
EDPD 8093 - Leading Change
EDUC 6771 - Bridging Learning Theory, Instruction and Technology
EDUC 6715 - New & Emerging Technologies
EDUC 6714 - Reaching and Engagaing All Learners Through Technology
MSED 6120 - Enriching Learning with Technology
PhD, Walden University
MA, Grand Canyon University
BA, Keene State College
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