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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Dr. Steve St. Onge is a graduate of the Albany College of Pharmacy, receiving a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and a graduate of Endicott College receiving a MBA in Healthcare Management. He is board certified in pharmacotherapy from the American College of Clinical Pharmacology. After completing his PharmD training and post-graduate training, Dr. St. Onge held various positions in clinical pharmacy practice in the Intensive Care Unit at major academic medical centers focusing on the clinical education of both medical and pharmacy residents, while rounding with the ICU multidisciplinary team. Dr. St. Onge moved from full-time clinical practice into the pharmaceutical industry in 2015 to pursue a career in drug development. He now serves at the Head of Corporate Development and Corporate Communications for a small biotech company, focusing on the clinical development of antibiotics for the treatment of life-threatening infections and the acquisition of new compounds that are either already FDA approved or are currently in Phase 2/3 studies. Despite a new focus on drug development, Dr. St. Onge still remains active in clinical practice a few days per month and also holds a faculty appointments at Adventist Health University, University of Scranton and Wilkes Universiry teaching advanced pharmacology within the Doctorate Nurse Anesthetist and Family Nurse Practitioner programs. Dr. St. Onge has given dozens of continuing education presentations to healthcare providers of all disciplines on a local and regional level throughout his professional career. Dr. St. Onge's research interests include: septic shock, bleeding disorders, pain/agitation/delirium in the ICU and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance.
NURS 6630 - Approach to Treatment - Psychopharmacology
PharmD, Albany College of Pharmacy
MBA, Endicott College
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