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. Bayliff served in the United States Marine Corps infantry and as an instructor on Paris Island. He also served in the U.S Army infantry, as a senior drill sergeant, and the master instructor of the instructor training school.
Dr Bayliff worked as a senior executive and operations director for several of the nation's largest mortgage banks. First developing metropolitan areas to multimillion dollar, a month production, then regions. Once development of these markets was complete, he was promoted to operations director for the eastern seaboard.
Dr. Bayliff also has experienced in all modalities. He has attended Harvard on campus, Norwich in a limited residency modality, Western international in a synchronous modality, and the University of Phoenix and Western Carolina University asynchronous online. In the last fourteen years he has served as a Dean of Academic Affairs, Associate Dean of General Studies, and College Chair of Business.
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