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. Tammy Hoffman graduated with a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership in 2006. She worked with students with special needs for 30 years in a suburban school system in Georgia. She was the Department Chair for the Special Education Department at a large suburban high school for 11 years. She is now retired but still works with doctoral students at Walden University. Dr. Hoffman is an instructor for doctoral courses, a doctoral Committee Chair, a doctoral Committee Second Member, and a University Research Reviewer. Dr. Hoffman's areas of subject matter expertise are as follows: Co-Teaching; Inclusive Education; Accommodations for Student with Special Needs; Learning Disabilities; Mild to Moderate Disabilities; Educational Leadership. Her research expertise is Qualitative Methodology.
EDUC 8081 - Completing the Prospectus
EDUC 8090 - Doctoral Study Intensive
EDDD 8990 - Doctoral Study Intensive
EDUC 7765 - Schoolwide Intervention Models
EDDD 8074 - Effective School Intervention
BS, George Peabody College for Teachers
MEd, Georgia State University
PhD, University of Phoenix
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