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. Melody Moore has received formal training in developmental, educational, and school psychology. She has taught several psychology courses and mentored graduate students for Walden since 2002. Dr. Moore has been in private practice for the last 8 years in Houston, providing psychological services to women and children and consultation to small businesses, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations. She is also a Licensed Specialist in School Psychology and consults with schools on behavior management of children with emotional and behavioral disorders.
Dr. Moore works with several corporations providing coaching, consultation, and assistance to professionals who may be experiencing difficulties at work. Through intensive, discrete, individual and group coaching sessions, she supports employees in their efforts to enhance their professional growth. She also facilitates critical incident debriefing to organizations that have experienced crises.
Dr. Moore’s research interests include women and children, special education and overrepresentation, mental health in underserved populations, and modalities of integrative healing.
CPSY 8762 - Teaching of Psychology
PSYC 9000 - Dissertation
PhD, University of Houston
MS, New Mexicao State University
Texas Psychological Association, Board Member - houston
Davis, C., Cadet, T. J., Moore, M., Darby, K. (2017). A Comparison of Compliance and Noncompliance in Breast Cancer Screening among African American Women.. Health & social work
Davis, C., Darby, K., Moore, M., Cadet, T., Brown, G. (2017). Breast care screening for underserved African American women: Community-based participatory approach.. Journal of psychosocial oncology
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