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. Suzanne O’Neill has worked in the field of education since 1989. Dr. O’Neill’s formal doctoral training is in educational leadership and special education programs. She has taught in the public schools of Florida for over 20 years as both a general and special educator. She worked as a district special education specialist before serving as a college-wide Director at a Florida state college.
Dr. O’Neill’s current research interests focus primarily on special education services as well as educational leadership. She joined Walden University in 2008 serving as a dissertation committee member and chair. Additionally, she currently teaches instructional intervention courses in the Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Department at Walden.
EDUC 8081 - Completing the Prospectus
EDUC 8090 - Doctoral Study Intensive
EDUC 6795J - Implementing Literacy-Based Instructional Interventions
EDUC 6737J - Strategies for Teaching English as a Second Language
EDUC 6782J - Supporting Effective Evaluation and Assessment Practices
EDPD 8055 - Research Development and Strategic Planning
EDUC 6732 - Differentiated Instruction
EDUC 8800 - Research Forum
EDDD 8000 - Leading Education Into the Future
EDDD 8990 - Completing the Doctoral Capstone
EdD, University of South Florida
MEd, University of South Florida
BA, University of South Florida
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