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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Nancy Schlapman, PhD, RN has been involved in nursing education for over 30 years. She has taught all levels of nursing students and has held several academic leadership roles. Having been employed at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Indiana University Kokomo and Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, and most recently at Walden University, she has spent most of her career in the mid-west. Her area of specialty and expertise is community and public health nursing. Joining Walden University in 2016, Dr. Schlapman is a contributing faculty member in the School of Nursing in the College of Health Sciences. She regularly teaches public health policy and public health nursing courses.
NURS 4105 - Advocacy thru Health Care Policy
NURS 4115 - Role of the Nurse in Public Health
NURS 4210/4211 - Role of the Nurse Leader in Public Health
BSN, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
MSN, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Schlapman, N. (1986). Concerns about passive smoking. Journal of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
Schlapman, N. (1987). Developing a workplace smoking policy. Journal of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
Schlapman, N. (1989). Creative teaching strategies. Nurse Educator
Schlapman, N. (1990). Elderly women and falls in the home. Home Health Care Nurse
Myers, N., Schlapman, N. (2001). Enhancing accreditation visits with application sketches. Nurse Educator
Schlapman, N., Cass, P. (2000). HIV prevention for incarcerated youth in Indiana. Journal of Community Health Nursing
Schlapman, N. (2001). Spotting acute pancreatitis. RN
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