Algebra Introduction: Shaded Status and Teaching-License Requirements
This page explains how the shaded status of Algebra Introduction affects teaching-license completion requirements and how its classification differs from graduation requirements.
2025: Teaching-license completion requirement
For the 2025 academic year at the Tokyo Senju Campus, in both the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Science and Technology for Future, Algebra Introduction is shaded in the subject-content table. Shaded courses must be completed to obtain the teaching license, regardless of whether the course is classified as free under the table's course classification. For the specialist subject requirements for a mathematics teaching license, Algebra Introduction is worth 2 credits and is classified as an elective. The shaded status is the relevant teaching-license requirement; the course classification concerns progression and graduation requirements.
2026: Course status and credit classification
For the 2026 academic year in the Faculty of Engineering at the Tokyo Senju Campus, Algebra Introduction is the shaded course shown in the subject-specific specialist matters table. It is worth 2 credits, and its graduation requirement classification is free.
Official sources
The following official Tokyo Denki University materials were used to prepare this page.
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of Engineering (2026 academic year) — PDF page 177
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of Engineering (2026 academic year) — PDF page 178
- 2025 Student Handbook — School of Engineering (2025 academic year) — PDF page 178
- 2025 Student Handbook — School of Future Science (2025 academic year) — PDF page 131