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. Quinton Ming’s formal training is in nursing leadership where he has served various roles over his 25+ years of nursing. He holds two national certification awarded by the National League for Nursing: Certified Nurse Educator & Certified Academic Clinical Nurse Educator. Dr. Ming was one of the Lead Coordinators for the implementation of a newly implemented heart failure protocol in one of the largest healthcare organizations in Alabama. In addition, Dr. Ming has served on various organizations' interdisciplinary committees reviewing organizational policies and procedures to ensure that best practice standards are developed and implemented based on evidence-based research and quality improvement initiatives. Over the last 10 years he has taught in ASN, BSN & MSN programs. For the last 5 years he has been teaching MSN students at Walden University in the Nursing Leadership and Evidence-Based Practice courses.
His passion is helping MSN students learn how to use research and evidence to guide their decisions in practice, ultimately impacting safety and patient outcomes. Lastly, his teaching philosophy is based off of Malcolm Knowles Andragogy adult learning theory. He believes his role as a nurse educator is to help graduate level nursing students to understand how to critically analyze and evaluate evidence-based literature/ data to create sound evidence-based strategies to guide them in their nursing practice and organization to meet both professional and organizational goals.
DNP, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Post-master's Certificate, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
MSN, Walden University
BSN, Jacksonville State University
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