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Educational Counseling: Licence Requirement and Course Timing

Educational Counseling is a two-credit teacher-training course, but its requirement status and scheduled semester depend on the academic year, faculty, campus, and curriculum.

Licence requirement and curriculum category

In the 2026-entry curriculum, Educational Counseling is a two-credit course required for both junior-high and high-school teaching licences. It covers the theory and methods of educational counseling, including basic counseling knowledge. It is listed in the fourth category of subjects related to subject teaching and teacher education. Curriculum tables for other listed programmes also identify Educational Counseling as a licence-required subject, although the course status and scheduling details vary by curriculum.

Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Senju Campus: 2025

For the 2025 Faculty of Engineering curriculum at Tokyo Senju Campus, Educational Counseling is a two-credit lecture allocated to the second year and first semester. The course is identified as a licence-required subject and is offered as a summer intensive lecture. Its teacher-training code is 3406.

System Design and Technology, Information Systems Engineering: 2026

For the 2026 curriculum in the Information Systems Engineering Department of the Faculty of System Design and Technology at Tokyo Senju Campus, Educational Counseling is placed in the first semester of the second year as a two-credit course.

Other curriculum listings

In the 2025 Mechanical Engineering Department curriculum of the Faculty of Engineering, Division II, Educational Counseling is listed as a two-credit free elective in the teacher-related subject section. In the 2026 Faculty of Science and Technology curriculum at Saitama Hatoyama Campus, it is scheduled for the second semester of the second year and carries two credits.

Official sources

The following official Tokyo Denki University materials were used to prepare this page.