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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I was born and raised in Albany, NY. I attended elementary school and high school there. I attended Columbia College in New York City, where I was pre-med and did a concentration in mathematics. I then attended the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY, where I received my MD degree. My education continued, first at the Harvard School of Public Health, where I received an MPH degree, and then at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, where I received my PhD in epidemiology. My training also included three years in the U.S. Public Health Service Epidemiology Training Program. I started out my employment career as an assistant professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, followed by a five-year stint at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a medical officer. I am currently a professor of community health and preventive medicine. I have served as chair of many dissertation committees.
BA, Columbia College
MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
MPH, Harvard School of Public Health
PhD, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
Sellers McCroan Award, , 2016
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Hill, A. L., Caplan, L. S., Irobi, E. O. (2022). Neighborhood Factors, Depression, and Body Mass Index Among Patients with Lupus in Georgia.
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