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. Oliphant has a Doctorate of Education from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and a Master's of Public Health from the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on adolescent, reproductive, and youth health in public health practice. Most recently, Dr. Oliphant is developing a new research line in oral health integration and HPV vaccination. Her expertise lies in adolescent health, community-based participatory research, and public health education. She is an avid educator, grant writer, and reviewer, and enjoys curriculum development. She is a co-author of PrimeTime, which received recognition from the US Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) as an evidence-based program that can be used for interventions funded by federal pregnancy prevention dollars.Additionally, she served as a subject matter expert for several popular press health books for youth. Dr. Oliphant has taught epidemiology, grant writing, community health, reproductive health, and school health at many levels. Additionally, she is a member of and chair of many dissertation committees, a member of the Walden IRB, and also serves writing intensives and residencies.
PHLT 8046 - Grant Writing Public Health
PubH 8035 - Epidemiology: Decoding the Science
PubH 8050 - Global Health and Issues in Disease
PubH 8900 - DrPH Dissertation
PubH 9000-9001 - Dissertation
PubH 8235 - Program Design, Planning, and Evaluation
PubH Resi - DrPH, PubH, DHA
PubH 8031 - Public Health Communication;
EdD, University of St. Thomas
MPH, University of Minnesota
BA, Hamline University
Hosteling International-USA, Board of Directors - Maryland
MyHealth, Board Member - Minneapolis
ProChoice Resources, Board Member - Minneapolis
Recipient of The Luann Dummer Center for Women's , University of St. Thomas, 1995
Recipient of the Minnesota Public Health Association, University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Public Health Association, 1992
Dissertation with Honors, University of St. Thomas, 2011
Recipient of the Minnesota Organization on Adolelescent, MOAPPP, 2001
Recipient of the Pamela Award, Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood, 1997
Recipient of Honorable Mention, Agnes Hansen Award, University of Minnesota, 1991
Oliphant, J. (2013). Prime Time: 24-month sexual health outcomes of a clinic-linked intervention to prevent pregnancy risk behaviors . JAMA Pediatrics
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