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. Victoria Landu-Adams has been teaching and researching since 1992. Her experience included teaching integrated science, research methods, and statistical analysis to undergraduate and graduate students on research methods, data collection, data analysis, and interpretation for research and academic publications. She has taught graduate courses in Program Evaluation, Action Research, Research methods, (quantitative and qualitative design), and quantitative reasoning, respectively. Obtaining a Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research and Certification in Grant Writing further increased knowledge of methodologies. Hence, she is proficient in research methods in all social science research. She has successfully chaired and graduated several doctoral candidates to date. She is currently one of the Academic Program Coordinators in Public Policy Administration at the College of Health Sciences and Public Policy.
Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research, Nova Southern University, Graduate School of Humanities, Fort-Lauderdale, Florida
Nigerian Certificate in Education( NCE), College of Education, Ilorin, Nigeria
BS, University of Jos, Nigeria
MEd, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
PhD, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
, Organizer - Marietta
Best Paper Session Award, , 2016
Best Session Conference paper award, IMSCI 2016, 2016
Outstanding Faculty of the year, Argosy University, Atlanta , Georgia, 2010
Outstanding Faculty of the year, , 2009
Landu, V. B. (2015). Anxiety in Graduate‑Level Quantitative Research Class- Case Study.
Thomas, K., Desir, C., Landu, V. B. (2015). Journey into the qualitative arena: a transformation.
Landu, V. B., Dubyak, J. (2015). Quick and Easy Strategies for Creating Positive Learning.
Landu, V. B. (2015). Quantitative Faculty‑ Qualitative Student Experience in Ethnographic Qualitative Graduate Research Class- An Evocative Autoethnography.
Landu-Adams, V. B. (2016). Increasing Understanding of Research Methods: Chronicles of Teaching Approach Adopted in Graduate Program Classes.
Landu-Adams, V. B., Dubyak, J. (2016). Fostering Graduate Level Student Success: What Research Says and How to Apply it in the Classroom.
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