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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My role within Walden University is to facilitate student learning within the competency-based education MSN program as a part-time faculty member.
Areas of expertise are Nursing, Nursing Leadership, and Nursing Education.
2020 – current Walden University Part time Professor
2017 - current Chamberlain College of Nursing Visiting Professor
2015 - current King University Adjunct Professor
2012 - current Pellissippi State Community College, Associate Professor
2009 - 2012 Roane State Community College Assistant Professor
2008 – 2017 Sweetwater Hospital Association Staff Nurse ICU (PRN)
2008 - 2009 Ft Loudoun Medical Center (Covenant Health) Director of inpatient services
2007 – 2008 Peninsula Behavioral Health (Covenant Health) Director of Nursing
1996 – 2007 Parkwest Medical Center (Covenant Health) Educator for CCU, COU, Nurse
Manager – COU, Charge Nurse,
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