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Sociology of Education: Licence Requirement and Schedule

Sociology of Education is a 2-credit, first-year second-semester lecture connected with junior-high and high-school teaching licences. Its curriculum listing and availability differ by faculty, campus, academic year, and programme.

Is Sociology of Education required for a teaching licence?

Sociology of Education is listed as a licence-required course connected with the legal category covering social, institutional, and administrative matters in education. The supplied curriculum descriptions mark it as required for both junior-high and high-school teaching licences; one description specifically records the requirement for high-school licences. The course is worth 2 credits, and it is marked as an elective in the curriculum table. This means that it is not necessarily a compulsory course for every student in the regular curriculum, but it is required where it applies to the relevant teaching-licence curriculum. It is also listed among the courses required for the basic understanding of education, within an institutional subtotal of 11 credits.

When is Sociology of Education offered?

Sociology of Education is scheduled in the first year, second semester, as a 2-credit lecture. For the Faculty of Future Science in 2025 and the Faculty of Engineering, Division II in 2026, it is listed in the teacher-training subject group and is available only to students enrolled in the teacher-training course. It is also placed in the first-year second semester for the Information Systems Engineering Department in the Faculty of System Design and Engineering in 2026 and for the Faculty of Science and Technology in 2026. The course listings identify it as a teacher-training course as well as a human-science course.

Official sources

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