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. Hollingsworth is a practicing nationally certified Physician Assistant in rural southeastern North Carolina. He has been working in Family Medicine for the past 30 years and is a PA and Nurse Practitioner Educator. His medical education began while serving in the United States Army as a Special Forces Medical Specialist. He received his Physician Assistant training at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, NC where he attended the Surgeon Assistant program in 1979. He earned his Masters in Science in 2005 at the Arizona School of Health Sciences, A.T. Still University in Mesa, Arizona, and his Doctor of Health Sciences from Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in 2008. He has been teaching in the online environment for over ten years and has been with Walden for seven years.
He was on the Professional Practice Commission on the American Academy of Physician Assistants and served as a Corresponding Item Writer for the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants
Dr. Hollingsworth is very interested in the online teaching environment and is dedicated to the success of his students.
HLTH 3105 - Interprofessional Teams in Healthcare
DHS, Nova Southeastern University
Master's in Advanced Physician Assistant Studies, Arizona School of Health Sciences
Red Springs Rotary Club, Member - Red Springs, NC
Hollingsworth, R. (1987). Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy: A new treatment for Kidney Stones. Physician Assistant
Hollingsworth, R. (1987). Hemophilia & Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy. Journal of Urology
Hollingsworth, R. (2007). Pap Screen, Who and When? Avoiding the Pap Trap. Advance for Physician Assistants
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