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 James Glenn grew up in Washington DC, and attended American University where he obtained a BSBA in Finance with a minor in marketing. He has thirty years broad based experience in business development, brokerage, banking, commercial lending/underwriting, credit analysis, management, public relations, relationship selling, valuation and investment consulting and most recently, teaching, chairing dissertation committeed since 2006, and mentoring dissertation students He has developed over the years exceptional researching, and writing abilities, and superior spreadsheet and computer skills.
Dr. Glenn spent the bulk of his career as an investment adviser and then as a commercial lender in banking. In the late 90s he decided he wanted to transition into academia and went back to school for my MBA and Doctorate. He has taught as a full time business professor and as an adjunct for over 10 schools in the DC metropolitan area at the doctoral, graduate and undergraduate level, in both face to face formats, and online.
His education includes a Doctorate in Finance, from Nova Southeastern University, Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.. which he completed, in September 2006. His dissertation topic was: “The Determinants of Premiums Paid In M&As In The Banking Industry”.
He received his M.B.A.{Finance & Marketing}, from Palm Beach Atlantic University, Kolgod School of Business, in West Palm Beach, Fl. In 1999, (Cum Laude). He received his B.S.B.A. from American University {Finance & Economics}, in Washington, D.C. in 1979. Published Articles include:
International Atlantic Economic Association: The Determinants of Premiums Paid In M&As In The Banking Industry and the American Statistical Association: Why Are Premiums Paid In M&As? and lastly, International Advances In Economic Research: “Determinants of Premiums To Book Value Paid In Banking Mergers.” He also occasionally contribute financial and economic articles to various web sites and has a book being published titles Wealth Inequality in America.
He also belongs to Sigma Beta Delta National Honor Society (2005).
At Walden University Dr. Glenn mentors DBA students in through their dissertation their, and teaches Entrepreneurial Finance. His is a subject matter expert in finance, economics, accounting, management, and research. His primary areas of research interest is in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As), and Wealth Inequality. .
DBA 8100 - Dissertation Development
DBA 9000 - Proposal and Dissertation Mentor/Editor
DBA 8456 - Entrepreneurial Finance
DBA 8550 - Managerial Accounting
DBA, Nova Southeastern University
MBA, West Palm Beach Atlantic U.
BS, American U.
Kiwanis Club of Bethesda Maryland, Member - Bethesda
Sigma Beta Delta National Honor Society, Nova Southeastern U., 2005
Glenn, J. (2009). Debt, Denial, and Class Warfare. Financial sense online
Glenn, J. (2010). The Determinants of Premiums Paid In M&As In The Banking Industry. . Management and Services Organization
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