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. Johnny Morris’s formal training is in Organization and Management where he has served in various roles over his 40+year career. Dr. Morris served as a director of operations in for profit global organizations in South Eastern Florida. He then moved into higher education positions related to faculty leadership, curriculum design, and assessment at both online and brick and mortar schools. At Walden University, he teaches the Responding to Behavior and Change as a Multicultural Leader and doctoral capstone and research methods courses. Dr. Morris has served on numerous doctoral student dissertation committees.
Dr. Morris’s current research interests focus primarily on integration of values-based leadership skills, values, and concepts in a global e-business environment through application of servant leadership and virtual teaming concepts and processes. He has presented at numerous conferences including The Academic Forum and International Global Universities in Distance Education (GUIDE). Dr. Morris has published over 10 peer-reviewed articles on leadership, management, and Intuitional Actions vs. Factors Influencing Distance Learning Faculty.
BBA, University of Miami
MBA, Nova Southeastern University
PhD, Capella University
St. John's Lodge III AF & AM , President - New Bern
Morris, J. L. (2013). An Exploration of Intuition Among Senior Leaders. SSRN eLibrary/The Exchange
Morris, J. L. (2017). Title: Intuitional Actions vs. Factors Influencing Distance Learning Faculty: A Delphi Approach. Digital Universities International Best Practices and Applications; Issue 2017/1
Morris, J. L. (2013). An Exploration of Intuition Among Senior Leaders.
Morris, J. L. (2017). Institutional Actions vs. Factors Influencing Distance Learning Faculty: A Delphi Approach. GUIDE
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