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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Tonisha (Toni) Harrison is a certified Adult Primary Care and Family Nurse Practitioner earning her highest degree FNP from the University of Cincinnati in 2019. She received her Masters of Nursing from Phoenix University in 2012 and her first Post Masters in Nursing as an Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner in 2015 from Kaplan University. She graduated Bachelors of Nursing from Oakland University in 2009 and her Associates of Applied Science in Nursing in 2003 from Wayne County College. She earned a Diploma in Practical Nursing in 1999. She currently serves as contributing faculty in the college of Nursing at Walden University. she has held multiple faculty positions in nursing and serves as a preceptor for various APRN programs in acute care . She is employed full time at Promedica Health system as a certified nurse practitioner at Flower Hospital and has extensive nursing background in emergency and medical surgical nursing. Her community involvement includes volunteering as a primary care NP at free community care clinic ran entirely by the University of Toledo Medical students. she also serves as an active board member for Ohio Association of Advanced Practice Nursing (OAAPN). she has presented locally on inpatient Anemia and Blood Management for Promedica Health system. she also is a committee member for Blood Management. She holds active licenses in OH, MI, and MN.
Post-master's Certificate, University of Cincinnati
Post-master's Certificate, Kaplan University College of Nursing
MSN, University of Phoenix College of Nursing
BSN, Oakland University
AAS, Wayne County Community College
Ohio Association of Advanced Practice Nursing, Board Member - TOLEDO
Free Community Care Clinic, Volunteer - Toledo
Harrison, T. M. (2018). Blood Management for Inpatient Providers. Promedica Health System
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