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. Marcia Griffiths‑Prince received her doctorate (PhD) from Capella University School of Education. Dr. Griffiths-Prince has education research, policy and evaluation experience in local, state, national and international arenas.
Dr. Griffiths‑Prince is President of Griffiths Prince & Associates Consulting. Dr. Griffiths-Prince previous experiences include Founder and CEO, Education Research Solutions; Managing Partner of a Multi-age Developmental Education Center; Co-Panelist for several National Organizations on Educational Governance, Finance, Policymaking, and Management. Further, Dr. Griffiths-Prince has held lead graduate faculty positions at several Universities.
Dr. Griffiths-Prince has experience teaching graduate students, conducting scholarly research and publishing in peer-reviewed journals. She has taught graduate courses including research methods, curriculum instruction and assessment, case study design, learner-centered curriculum, supervision and instructional leadership, proposal design seminar, dissertation seminar, education policy and the economics of education. She has chaired numerous dissertations for Ph.D., DBA and EdD students and some of those received outstanding dissertation awards.
EDDD 8101 - Learner Centered Curriculum
EDSD 7101 - Learner Centered Curriculum
EDUC 8030 - Teacher Leadership Beyond the School
EDUC 8750 - Systemic Curriculum Design: Rigor, Relevance, and Results
EDUC 8090 - Doctoral Study Intensive
EDDD 8910-81/EDDD-8900 - Completing the Prospectus
PhD, Capella University
MA, Mercy College
BA, John Jay College
Griffiths-Prince, M. (2018). Collaborative research team narratives of design, process, and implementation of a narrative study. University of Phoenix
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