Curriculum Studies: Teaching Licence Requirement and Schedule
Curriculum Studies is a 2-credit course required for both junior-high and high-school teaching licences. The course is scheduled in the second year, first semester, in the curricula covered here.
Is Curriculum Studies required for a teaching licence?
Yes. Curriculum Studies corresponds to the legal category covering the significance and organization of the curriculum, including curriculum management, and is required for both junior-high and high-school teaching licences. The statutory minimum for the relevant third-category group is 10 credits; the university lists 11 credits in total, including Curriculum Studies as a 2-credit course. In the curricular table, the course may be marked as an elective in the course-selection column, but it is identified in the remarks as a course required for the teaching licence.
When is Curriculum Studies offered?
Curriculum Studies is a 2-credit lecture course offered in the second year, first semester. For the 2026 curriculum, this placement is shown for the Faculty of System Design Engineering, Department of Information Systems Engineering, and the Faculty of Science and Engineering. The Faculty of Engineering, Division II also lists the course in the first semester.
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 194
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of Engineering (2026 academic year) — PDF page 197
- 2025 Student Handbook — School of Engineering (2025 academic year) — PDF page 197
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of Future Science (2026 academic year) — PDF page 140
- 2025 Student Handbook — School of Future Science (2025 academic year) — PDF page 142
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of System Design and Technology (2026 academic year) — PDF page 50
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of System Design and Technology (2026 academic year) — PDF page 120
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of System Design and Technology (2026 academic year) — PDF page 123
- 2025 Student Handbook — School of System Design and Technology (2025 academic year) — PDF page 119
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of Engineering II (2026 academic year) — PDF page 44
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of Engineering II (2026 academic year) — PDF page 141
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of Engineering II (2026 academic year) — PDF page 144
- 2025 Student Handbook — School of Engineering II (2025 academic year) — PDF page 144
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of Science and Engineering (2026 academic year) — PDF page 205
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of Science and Engineering (2026 academic year) — PDF page 211
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of Science and Engineering (2026 academic year) — PDF page 212
- 2025 Student Handbook — School of Science and Engineering (2025 academic year) — PDF page 213
- 2025 Student Handbook — School of Science and Engineering (2025 academic year) — PDF page 219