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. Karen Rodriguez is a clinical social worker licensed in Iowa, Nebraska and Michigan and is Core Faculty in the Barbara Solomon School of Social Work at Walden University. She earned Bachelors degree from the University of Nebraska at Kearney and a Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and a PhD in Social Work from Walden University. She has been working with children and families since 1991 including a background in child welfare, foster care and extensive experience in mental health and substance abuse treatment with individuals, teens and families. She specializes in working with marriage and family issues, behavior disorders, couples therapy, blended family issues and military personnel and families. She also supervises student therapists in training and provides in-service training on various mental health topics. Dr. Rodriguez was also a Military Family Life Consultant providing support to military members and families, a proud military mom. She is married and the proud parent of three children and grandparent to 6 amazing grandchildren.
SOCW 3002 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment I
SWLB 0652 - Social Work Skills Lab 2
BWLB 4900 - BSW Skills Lab 1
SOCW 4100 - Field Seminar 1
SOCW 4110 - Field Seminar 2
PhD, Walden University
MSW, University of Nebraska Omaha
BS, University of Nebraska Kearney
NASW Iowa, Committee Member - Des Moines
Rodriguez, K. A. (2018). Management and Supervision. Montgomery County Memorial Hospital
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