Walden’s Doctor of Public Administration program requires you to complete a doctoral capstone. The capstone consists of:
Creating a proposal for a doctoral study that describes the problem you want to solve; the purpose of the study; and your research questions, methodology, and design.
Presenting an oral defense of your research proposal to the doctoral committee (a 20-minute presentation followed by a question-and-answer session).
Collecting data and writing the findings.
Presenting a final oral defense of your research findings to the doctoral committee.