Computer Science K-12 Teaching Graduate Certificate

This program is designed for professionals wishing to start teaching or enhance their knowledge and skills to teach computer science. The cohort-based program begins every Fall semester. Our students come from diverse educational contexts and backgrounds. Our courses are designed with students’ individual needs and prior knowledge and skills in consideration to help them achieve their professional goals. 

All students in the online certificate program in Computer Science Education are professionals. The program is purposefully designed for those in full-time jobs.

The certificate program requires students to complete 12 hours beyond their bachelor’s degree. The online certificate in Computer Science Education is designed such that students complete the required courses as a cohort. Graduates of the program have typically taken 1 year (Fall and Spring semesters) to complete the program.

For complete information on the admissions process, please review our program-specific application instructions.

Please also visit the following application information for the School of Teaching and Learning.

The application for our program may be found on the UF application portal. 

Our application deadline is in July. Please use the deadline on this page and plan accordingly. Please read these FAQs carefully before you apply.

If providing scores, the University of Florida Office of Admissions will only accept scores sent directly from ETS. You can send the scores using code 5812.

Acceptance requires a completed bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution. We also require applicants to be current educators. You may be engaged in education in any context. We do not require applicants to have a background in CS or CS Education.

The TOEFL (English proficiency) is required by UF for international applicants unless: 

They have successfully completed one academic year in a degree-seeking program at a recognized/regionally accredited university or college in the United States or a country where English is the official language.

OR

They hold an earned equivalent of associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, or Ph.D. degree from a recognized/regionally accredited college or university in the United States or country where English is the official language.

No. Our certificate program is fully online, and we do not have campus-based requirements.

This is a cohort-based program, all requirements and activities have to be completed as an online cohort. The curriculum can be found here. Students are required to take two courses a semester that total six credits in both Fall and Spring semesters.

Our online courses are time-limited. Most involve 16-week semesters. Some classes provide synchronous sessions, yet mainly they are not mandatory with a purpose of supporting those in need of help. 

Faculty decide whether synchronous sessions are advantageous based on the content of their courses. These sessions are announced at the beginning of the semester and held during evening hours.

A primary concern for working professionals studying part-time is the tuition cost of an advanced degree. Completely online students who take no face-to-face courses receive an out-of-state fee waiver, therefore our costs are very reasonable.

For more information on the graduate cost of attendance, please view the most recent graduate tuition costs and distance learning fees at the College of Education Online Tuition and Fees page.  This information may also be found on the UF Bursar’s website.

Program faculty cannot answer questions about tuition. Further questions can be answered by the Admissions office at 352-392-1365.

This waiver, which applies to online students enrolled in our certificate, MAE, or Ed.D. programs, is applied after the end of the drop/add period for each semester. It is only applied once per semester, so you must be registered for all courses by the end of drop/add. You can not receive the flat rate waiver if you enroll in a course after the drop/add period. Please note this waiver is not necessary for Florida Residents or EEP students.

The AY flat rate waiver is college-specific. At the end of drop/add, when we are certain that everyone has registered, a staff member sends a list of all those students who qualify to the Bursar’s Office, and then the waiver is applied. Be assured that if you are in a completely online program (certificate, MAE, or Ed.D. programs), then the tuition rate will eventually reflect our tuition page.

 Since this waiver is college-specific, meaning the College of Education bears the financial costs of these waivers, the Bursar’s Office cannot give you accurate information since they typically quote from standard tuition rates, which are higher than the waiver. We know this can be frustrating, but this is the only way we can apply the waiver.

Yes! Most of our courses are eligible for the Employee Education Program at UF.

The College of Education awards scholarships to graduate and undergraduate students through an annual scholarship process. For more information on current scholarships, please visit the college student affairs scholarship website.

A primary concern for working professionals studying part-time is the tuition cost of an advanced degree. Completely online students who take no face-to-face courses receive an out-of-state fee waiver, therefore our costs are very reasonable.

For more information on the graduate cost of attendance, please view the most recent graduate tuition costs and distance learning fees at the College of Education Online Tuition and Fees page.  This information may also be found on the UF Bursar’s website.

Students are required to complete 12 credits to complete the program.

Program faculty cannot answer questions about tuition. Further questions can be answered by the Admissions office at 352-392-1365.

The process to sign up for online classes is not the same as signing up for classes on campus at UF. After you are officially admitted into the program, you will receive emails at the University level to prompt you to set up a UF email account. After you complete this task, you will receive course registration instructions from the College of Education in your UF email account.

Gatorlink accounts are handled at the university level. Neither the College of Education nor our Computer Science Education program can help with this issue. UFIT provides resources related to Gatorlink accounts.

Online students are not required to have the same immunization documentation as campus-based students. However, students are sometimes incorrectly coded when admitted. If this happens to you, please email Tom McMorrow, Ph.D., at mcmorrow@coe.ufl.edu and copy Kara Dawson, Ph.D., at dawson@coe.ufl.edu. Dr. McMorrow will be able to fix the error.

Everyone in the UF community is required to complete certain online training. All students will receive emails about completing these training sessions at the beginning of their degree programs.

If you have questions about the admissions process, please contact GradAdmissions@coe.ufl.edu. If you have questions about the program, please contact Dr. Rui Tammy Huang at coe-cseducation@coe.ufl.edu.