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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Rolande Murray has been in higher education for the past 25 years. She earned her PhD from Northeastern University in the area of personality/developmental psychology. Upon earning her PhD, she completed her post-doctoral work at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School. There, her training was in prevention science with a focus on epidemiological work centered on mental health, substance abuse, and classroom intervention/prevention.
Dr. Murray has worked as a contributing faculty as Walden University for the past 10 years. She has worked exclusively with doctoral candidates in the PSYC 9000 and 8185 courses.
PSYC 9000 - Dissertation
PSYC 8185 - Write a Quality Prospectus
BS, Stony Brook University
MS, Northeastern University
PhD, Northeastern University
NIMH Minority Investigator Supplemental Award, Johns Hopkins School Hygiene and Public Health, 1998
Legum, H., Schmitt, B., Murray, R., O'Bryant, B., Owens-Southall, M., Byrnes, A., Jeter, R. (2011). Effect of Distance Learning on Undergraduate Students' "IT" Self-efficacy and Anxiety Levels. The American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences Journal
Roter, D., Hall, J., Merisca, R., Ruehle, B., Creten, D., Svarstad, B., Murray, R. (1998). Effectiveness of interventions to improve patient compliance: A meta analysis. Medical Care
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