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. Kim Stevens provides informatics guidance and act as a liaison between clinical and IT departments in healthcare operations, leveraging both clinical knowledge and informatics knowledge to provide innovative solutions. Dr. Kim is a Registered Nurse with 27 years of practice who began her nursing career in 1993 with an Associate of Nursing degree from Golden West College in Huntington Beach, California as an infirmary nurse at a juvenile detention center servicing the misguided and underserved teenage population in Compton, California. She later transitioned her practice to emergency medicine for both the pediatric and adult population and graduated with her Bachelor of Science in nursing from Walden University in 2011. In 2013, she graduated from Walden University with an Masters of Science in Nursing specializing in Nursing Informatics and practiced as a Nurse Informaticist for Howard University Hospital, Southern Regional Hospital, The George Washington University Hospital, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland where she supervised the EHR training team and the User Access Management team and as a coordinator of practicum experiences for graduate-level nursing informatics students. Dr. Kim completed Walden University’s Doctor of Nursing Practice curriculum with a focus in clinical informatics in 2019 and is currently advocating on improving usability of information systems and clinical applications for clinical end-users. She also practiced as a Senior Clinical Informaticist with the Cerner Corporation Bear Institute in Washington D.C., and for the Task Force for Global Health. Currently she practice as an Clinical Informatics Associate Manager for Accenture Corporation and Contributing Faculty (DNP) at Walden University, Limited Term Lecturer at Purdue University Northwest, College of Nursing, Nursing Informatics course for ungraduated and graduate students and as an Academic Coach for Instructional Connections. Dr. Kim is a member of Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA), SIGMA Theta Tau International (Gamma Beta and Phi Nu chapters) and The National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS).
DNP, Walden University
MSN, Walden University
BSN, Walden University
AS, Golden West College
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