Educational Data Science courses offered Fall 2025
And some information on applying for and receiving the graduate certificate
Here is information on the two educational data science courses offered Fall 2025. The first is a great introduction to statistical programming and data analysis using R; the second introduces students to data visualization theory and research and creating data visualizations that are effective for communicating with an audience. Both instructors are fantastic! Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me or the instructors with questions. Flyers are also attached.
STEM 680, Foundations of Educational Data Science I (3 Credits)
Description: Introduces students to the data science software and programming language R. Course activities focusing on preparing, using, and visualizing complex data sources for analysis using the tidyverse suite of R packages. Data ethics are foregrounded. Includes an introduction to text analysis/Natural Language Processing.
Time: Monday, 6-8 pm
Modality: Online and synchronous
Instructor: Dr. Hanall Sung (hanallsung@utk.edu)
STEM 691, Visualizing Data Using R (3 Credits)
Description: Intended to support students to create static visualizations (e.g., visualizations for inclusion in presentations and publications) and dynamic visualizations (e.g., those that can allow researchers and others to interact with the visualization). Will use educational examples and data sets but is open to students across programs.
Time: Thursday, 3-5 pm
Modality: Online and synchronous
Instructor: Dr. Kelly Boles (klboles@utk.edu)
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. Those courses and some other info. on the program is here. Once you have completed the requirements, complete the form to verify your courses (and receive the certificate) here.