Certificate of Graduate Studies in Computer Science Education

The non-degree, 12-hour endorsement program in Computer Science covers pedagogical principles of computer science, digital computing, and programming. It will prepare educators to teach students to use digital tools for research and collaboration, to become familiar with systems, and to use computational thinking in our technological world. Teacher candidates will foster student curiosity and mastery through hands-on experiences such as coding, robotics, and gaming and help them to learn to make creative ideas tangible. Candidates with an active TN teaching license will be eligible to add the Computer Science endorsement to their license once the appropriate Praxis exam has been passed. The program adheres to similar admission standards and procedures and academic policies of the graduate studies in the education department.