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
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Courses
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Tassi Schroll’s formal training is in Early Childhood/Elementary Education, Literacy, and Educational Leadership in which she has served in various roles over her 25 year career. At the start of her career, Mrs. Schroll served as an elementary school teacher, and later as an Assistant Principal. In addition to serving as a Core Faculty member for the College of Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Studies, she has previously supported students in the BSEE program as well as the Teacher Licensure program.
Mrs. Schroll is a passionate educator, whose specific interests include students with disabilities, literacy, and teacher development. She has presented at local schools on numerous topics, including classroom management, best practices in teaching, differentiated instruction, and peer coaching/mentoring.
HMNT 1001 - Living and Learning in a Technological World
EDUC 1004 - Child Development
TEMPO/CBE ED1003 - Developmental Continuum: Infants and Toddlers
TEMPO/CBE ED1004 - Developmental Continuum: Preschoolers
TEMPO/CBE CL3001 - Culture as Context
TEMPO/CBE CL3002 - Policies that Support Culturally Responsive Early Childhood Settings
TEMPO/CBE CL3003 - Culturally Responsive Curriculum
TEMPO/CBE CL3004 - Culturally Responsive Relationships
TEMPO/CBE CL3005 - Access, Equity, and Positive Social Change
TEMPO/CBE EL3005 - Children's Literature
TEMPO/CBE ML4001 - Approaches to Meaningful Learning and Teaching
TEMPO/CBE ML4002 - Child/Family Contexts and Meaningful Learning and Teaching
BUSI/HUMN/HLTH/PSYC/PUBH/COMM/CRJS 1015 - Exploring Your Path
EdS, Brenau University
MS, Walden University
BS, Georgia College and State University
Faculty Excellence Award, School of Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Studies, 2023
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