Educational Data Science Certificate
This is a 12-credit hour graduate certificate offered 100% through online and synchronous methodology.
Digital data are now part of everyday classroom life – from click stream logs in learning apps to survey responses and discussion posts. This four-course certificate helps educators and researchers turn that raw information into clear, ethical and actionable insight – no prior coding experience is required!
Take the courses at the pace that fits your schedule; most students finish in a year. By the end, you’ll be able to collect and clean digital traces, visualize trends, ask critical questions about privacy and equity, and communicate results in formats others can use. Whether you’re a classroom teacher, instructional designer, data analyst, or researcher, the certificate gives you practical data-science skills you can apply the very next day!
Campus Code
Knoxville (K) Campus
Distance Education (DE) Campus
Graduate Certificate Type
Add-On
Stand-Alone
Home Department: Theory and Practice in Teacher Education (TPTE)
Credit Hours Required
12 Graduate Credit Hours
Required Courses & Semesters Offered
Admissions Standards/Procedures
Applicants can be currently admitted to a degree program at UTK or can apply solely for the Educational Data Science Certificate through the Graduate Admissions Office.
All 12 credit hours of graduate coursework must be completed at the University of Tennessee within five years of applying for a certificate.
You can apply for the graduate certificate program (which involves these two courses and two others – either STEM 685 and STEM 695 or one of those plus an approved additional course) here.
Non-Course Requirements
In order to receive the certificate, students must:
- Complete the Graduate Certificate Course Verification Form
- Through myUTK, apply to graduate from the certificate program.
Program Faculty
Joshua M. Rosenberg, Associate Professor and Educational Data Science Program Coordinator, STEM Education, jrosenb8@utk.edu
Kelly Boles, Assistant Professor, Educational Data Science, klboles@utk.edu
Hanall Sung, Assistant Professor, Educational Data Science, hanallsung@utk.edu
Yukyeong Song, Assistant Professor, Educational Data Science
Louis Rocconi, Associate Professor, Evaluation, Statistics, and Methodology, lrocconi@utk.edu
Who to Contact
Joshua Rosenberg, Ph.D., jrosenb8@utk.edu, 513 Bailey Education Complex, 1122 Volunteer Blvd., Knoxville, TN