Computer Science Education Graduate Certificate
Computer Science Education Graduate Certificate
Enhance your qualifications to teach computer science and empower young learners with advanced problem-solving skills for both academic and real-world success.
The interdisciplinary graduate certificate program in computer science education introduces current and future educators to the content and expertise necessary for effectively teaching computer science across K-12 grades. With an emphasis on computational thinking, the curriculum underscores the integrative role of computer science across all fundamental subjects within K-12 education.
In computer science courses, students will delve into coding proficiency across various languages using platforms such as Scratch, Python and Java, alongside other programming languages tailored for K-12 educational settings. In education courses, students will learn instructional strategies aimed at fostering conceptual comprehension with a focus on variables, expressions, loops and abstraction (VELA). Students will also be exposed to a diverse array of unplugged activities (which do not require a computer).