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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Dr. Trevino Meyer is a licensed clinical psychologist, living in West Des Moines, Iowa. She earned her Ph.D. in School Psychology from The University of Iowa in July, 2007. She previously provided individual, group and family psychotherapy to children and adolescents within an outpatient community mental health clinic. In addition to this, Dr. Trevino Meyer conducted psychological assessments of children and adolescents, utilizing various personality, intellectual, behavioral and social-emotional measurement tools. Her doctoral dissertation research focused on how home schooling serves children with special needs across the State of Iowa.
Dr. Trevino Meyer has been teaching at Walden University since 2010. She has taught multiple classes that make up the Bachelors of Science as well as the Master of Science in Early Childhood Studies. These include Foundations: Early Childhood; Early Childhood Development; Effective Programs and Practices; Issues and Trends in Early Childhood; Perspectives, Diversity and Equity; Planning and Management of Early Childhood Programs; Strategies for Working with Diverse Children; and Budgeting and Allocating Resources.
EDUC 6104 - Engaging Environment
EDUC 6110 - Effective Leaders in Early Childhood Settings
EDUC 6005 - Foundations: Early Childhood
EDUC 6160 - Early Childhood Development
EDUC 6161 - Effective Programs and Practices
EDUC 6162 - Issues and Trends in Early Childhood
EDUC 6164 - Perspectives, Diversity and Equity
EDUC 6168 - Planning and Management of Early Childhood Programs
EDUC 6358 - Strategies for Working with Diverse Children
BA, University of Notre Dame
EdS, University of Iowa
PhD, University of Iowa
Board of Christian Education , Board Member - Des Moines
Plymouth Nursery School , Board Member - Des Moines
Western Hills Elementary Parent Teacher Organization, Board Member - West Des Moines
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