Dec 09, 2025  
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

Data-Driven Decision-Making Graduate Certificate


Data analytics involves the development and application of statistical and quantitative analysis methods and the construction of explanatory and predictive models to drive the decision-making process. Students completing the certificate will have a basic foundation of critical tools to extract useful information from big data, as well as for modeling, simulation, optimization and decision analysis in order to support efficient data-driven decision making. Home department: Industrial and Systems Engineering .

Campus Code


  • Knoxville Campus
  • Distance Education

Graduate Certificate Type


  • Add-on
  • Stand-Alone

Admissions Standards/Procedures


  • Applicants must meet the minimum admission requirements of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Graduate School.
  • Must apply for the certificate online through the Office of Graduate Admissions.

Credit Hours Required


A minimum of 12 graduate credit hours (4 courses) is required for the certificate.

Non-Course Requirements


To receive the certificate, students must: