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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Robert M Lewis, DNP, is a nurse practitioner in Atlanta Georgia. He received his Doctor of Nursing Practice in 1997 from the College of Nursing at Rush University in Chicago. He also has prior experience as a respiratory therapist. He began teaching at the graduate level in 1998 at the School of Nursing of Seattle University, and continued in a full-time position at Georgia State University in 2000. He left full-time teaching for clinical work in 2002, but has maintained a presence in the classroom, primarily in the online environment, for the past five years. His clinical interests include emergency medicine, respiratory care, and teaching in the online environment. Dr. Lewis has published in scholarly journals and textbooks, mostly in the area of Respiratory Care. He has also spoken at National and international conferences.
DNP, Rush University
BS, Rush University
Lewis, R. M. (2002). Airway clearance techniques for the patient with an artificial airway. Respiratory Care
Lewis, R. M. (1996). Continuous aerosolized albuterol therapy. Triton College
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