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. Marguerite M. McCarty, Ed.D., LMHC is a counselor educator in Buffalo, NY, since 2012, and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Rochester, New York. She is currently working on launching a new counselor education program in Western NY. Her formal training is in Counseling and Counselor Education and she earned an MS from the State University of New York at Brockport in 2004, and an Ed.D. from the University of Rochester in 2012. As a clinical associate professor at Medaille College until its closure in 2023, Dr. McCarty secured two HRSA grants to help serve the underserved in Western New York. Clinical interests include managing depression and anxiety from a holistic lens, relationship and loss issues, and career direction. Recent research / presentations include neurological diversity and multifaceted pedagogy for teaching clinical research courses. She is a contributing faculty member for the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Mental Health Counseling, at Walden University.
EdD, University of Rochester
MS, State University College of New York College at Brockport
BA, Kings College
McCarty, M. (2014). The Ongoing Puzzle of Neurological Diversity: Teenagers and Adults Living with ASD. Western NY Physician
McCarty, M. (2013). Late Adolescence Transitions for Individuals Living with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Western NY Physician
McCarty, M. (2021). Making a Tough Online Research Course Fun with Live Sessions, Videos, and Post-Class Practical Application..
McCarty, M. (2020). HRSA Grant: Serving the Underserved in WNY.
McCarty, M. (2021). Writing a Research Proposal.
McCarty, M. (2019). Self-Care Mental Health Kit.
McCarty, M. (2017). Personality Disorders.
McCarty, M. (2018). Trauma and the Life Span.
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