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. Tiffany McLaurin received her PHD in Juvenile Justice in 2007, her Masters’ Degree in Counseling in 1995, and her Bachelors’ Degree in Criminal Justice in 1993. Dr. McLaurin recently joined the Walden University Faculty as a Contributing Faculty in Criminal Justice in 2020. She has a comprehensive background in Teaching, Counseling and Criminal Justice that extends over a twenty-year period. She is a published author and has published over 15 scholarly articles, book chapters and book reviews.
Dr. McLaurin’s research areas of interest and publication are honed on adolescent delinquency, gangs, human trafficking, corrections, and prisons. She has presented research on the local, national, and international levels and has been an invited speaker on Children in Danger at Oxford University as well as in Sofia Bulgaria in Human Trafficking. Dr. McLaurin has held several positions in professional associations.
Tiffany is passionate about service to her community and has a long history of advocacy, mentoring students in Servant Leadership. Her service extends to her active commitment to Habitat for Humanity, March of Dimes March for Babies, Victim Awareness, and Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA).
CRJS 2001 - Criminology & Social Control
PhD, Prairie View A&M University
MA, Prairie View A&M University
BS, Prairie View A&M University
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