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.
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Katey S. Morrell is a three-time graduate of East Tennessee State University achieving the degrees of a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology in May of 2011, a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing in December 2014, and a Master’s of Science in Nursing in December of 2018 specializing in Psychiatric/Mental Health across the lifespan. She is accredited through the ANCC as a Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and is currently licensed as an APRN in the states of TN, VA, and MN. She currently serves as a clinical instructor for the MSN PMHNP program within the school of nursing at Walden University as of January 2023, as well as works full time at a local community college in TN as a Nursing Instructor.
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MSN, East Tennessee State Univeristy
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