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.
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Katherine (Kate) Green received her PhD in Human Development from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and has a masters in Ed Leadership and Bachelors in psychology plus associate degrees in journalism and public relations from the US Air Force community college. She has been a dean and professor of psychology and education for almost 25 years now holding multiple roles around the world. She teaches research methods (qualitative/mixed/survey) as well as a full range of education courses with a heavy focus on child development. She worked at Walden a few years ago before leaving for an international job and recently returned back as a doctoral mentor. She has served on over 200 doctoral committees and has an active research agenda herself. Dr Kate, has various international grants and is currently involved with a Train-the-Trainer project focusing on the use of play with trauma-informed teaching practices across various African countries. She has taught in the Middle East three times and helped to develop two universities and a child development research center in the UAE.
PhD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
MS, Troy State
BS, Regents College of New York
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