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. Rebecca Curtis has over 30 years’ experience in education. She started her career in early childhood as a teacher, but quickly became a leader in the field. She has been a teacher in early childhood and youth programs, a counselor for youth, and then a supervisor, education coordinator, and a college administrator for well over 22 years. Along with her administrative duties, she has been a local, regional, and national trainer in both face-to-face, and online environments to teachers, administrators, and others in the fields of education and human services. She has taught college classes to people earning AA degrees to Doctorate degrees. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in early childhood, her Master’s degree in Public School Policy and Administration, and her Doctorate degree in Global Training Development and Leadership. Currently, she teaches at two online universities, and serves on several dissertation committees as both Chair and committee members at both universities. She lives in Olathe, Kansas, and loves to watch Jayhawk basketball, Kansas City Royals baseball, and the Kansas City Chiefs football teams. She has been married 24 years and has two children and one cat.
EDUC 1003 - Educational Psychology
EDUC 1004 - Child Development
EDUC 1001 - Introduction to Education
EDUC 1002 - Pioneers and Philosophy of Education
EDUC 1006 - Child, Family, and Community Relationships
EDDD 8084/EDSD 7084 - Evaluating and Supporting Early Childhood Programs
EDDD 8990B-70/EDDD-70 - Completing Doctoral Capstone
BA, University of Kansas
Master's Degree, University of Kansas
EdD, Northcentral University
Curtis, R. R., Brackin, D., Rodano, E. (2018). Synthesizing Research to Impact Social Change. Walden University
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