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.
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Dr. Yvonne Thompson has over 25 years of professional experience and progressively greater responsibility in the functional areas of Business Development and Operational Management as an educator, consultant, and business owner. She combines contract management acumen with technology, business, and financial development expertise to deliver formulas that “Impacts the Bottom-Line” of organizations. Her career began in the United States military. As an officer, she worked as a comptroller at a regional military installation. As a professor at Walden University for over 17 years and 24 years in academia, she has chaired dissertation committees, taught/teach multiple courses in the master’s program, and work with committees to further future success of the students attending the university.
WMBA 6000 - Dynamic Leadership
PPPA 9000A - Dissertation
SBSF 7100 - Research Forum
MMBA 6570 - Business Strategy for Competitive Advantage
MMBA 6501 - Managing & Leading: A Contemporary Approach
MMBA 6540 - Innovation and Technology
PhD, Southern California University
MBA, Southern California University
BS, Norfolk State University
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