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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Jannia Mendez, is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in the state of Florida since 2017. She has been at Walden University since January 2019. Currently she is a Clinical Instructor for the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner track in the Nursing department the the College of Health
While coursing her Masters in Nursing Education at University of Central Florida during 2010 – 2012 she was research assistant to Dr Ann Norris at the UCF Game Project which looked at developing a game using life-size avatars and real-life scenarios to promote sexual abstinence among Latina middle schoolers.
In 2012 she worked as clinical instructor and adjunct faculty in Seminole State College in Florida
Educational background:
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Post Graduate Certificate, University of Miami [2017]
Masters in Science of Nursing (MSN), University of Central Florida [2011]
Baccalaureate in Science of Nursing (BSN), Interamerican University [1996]
Baccalaureate in Art of Social Work (BSW) Interamerican University [1987]
Her goal is to continue in the role as faculty in nursing and pursue a Doctor in Nursing degree at the University of North Florida with a specialty in Psychiatry.
Post-master's Certificate, University of Miami
MSN, University of Central Florida
BSN, Interamerican University Puerto Rico
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