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. Tanya Bronzell-Wynder has been a Registered Nurse for over 28 years and a Nurse Practitioner for 19 years. She has taught as an adjunct clinical instructor and assistant professor of nursing since 2008. Her primary focus in teaching has been in the Adult Gerontology Acute Care, Family, and Adult Health Nurse Practitioner. She has taught in the past at Temple University and Thomas Jefferson University.
Dr. Wynder received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Temple University and Master of Science in Nursing from Gwynedd Mercy University as an Adult Health Nurse Practitioner. She later received her Post Master's Certificate as an Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner from Thomas Jefferson University and a Post Master’s Certificate as a Family Nurse Practitioner from Maryville University. Dr. Wynder finished her educational climb with her Doctor of Nursing Practice at Thomas Jefferson University.
Dr. Wynder’s role at Walden University is as a nursing Contributing Faculty Member in the Nurse Practitioner Program.
DNP, Thomas Jefferson University
MSN, Gwynedd Mercy University
Post-master's Certificate, Thomas Jefferson University
Post-master's Certificate, Maryville University
Lifecycles Health Center and Services, Board of Directors - Camden
Sandra Festa Ryann Award , , 2015
Bronzell-Wynder, T. M. (2019). Lung Transplant for the Critical Care Nurse . Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America
Bronzell-Wynder, T. M. (2017). Does Contracting with Managed Care Organizations Remain A Barrier for Nurse Practitioners?. NURSING ECONOMIC$
Bronzell-Wynder, T. M. (2018). Can a Nurse Managed Health Center in Camden NJ Impact Diabetes Care compared to FQHCs?. Nurse Led Care Consortium
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