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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In October 1976, Dr. McMillan entered active duty and was initially assigned as a law enforcement specialist. During 1982, Dr. McMillan was selected and attended the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI) Academy at Bolling AFB, DC, and was credentialed as a Special Agent. On release from active duty, Dr. McMillan transitioned into the AFOSI Reserve Program and retired from the Air Force Reserves in February 2000.
In September 1987, he began employment with the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) where he held a variety of field and Headquarters positions culminating in his selection as the Special Agent in Charge, Mid-Atlantic Field Office. In this position, he was responsible for managing all DCIS investigations conducted in Washington, DC, Virginia, Maryland, the European and Southwest Asia and the Middle East Theaters.
In September 2006, Dr. McMillan received his appointment in the Senior Executive Service and was appointed the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of the Inspector General. He was responsible for managing all investigative employees involved in criminal, counterintelligence, civil, administrative and technical regulatory investigations.
Dr. McMillan received a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice, from Wilmington College, a Master of Arts degree in Crime in Commerce from The George Washington University, a Master of Science of Strategic Intelligence degree from the National Defense Intelligence College and his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Walden University Dr. McMillan is also a graduate of the Air War College non-resident program.
Dr. McMillan is a Past National President for the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the American Society of Criminology, the Police Executive Research Forum, and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated. Dr. McMillan is a graduate of the Air War College via Seminar and the Federal Executive Institute. He is married with two daughters and retired on March 31, 2018 with a combined 41 years of public and military service.
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BS, Wilmington College
MA, The George Washington University
MS, National Defense Intelligenice College
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