Constitution of Japan: Credits and Teacher-Education Status

Required credits and course classification

The Constitution of Japan category has a minimum requirement of 2 credits. The matching university course, Constitution of Japan, is worth 2 credits and is classified as an elective in the listed records. It is placed among Human Sciences courses.

For the 2025 academic year at Tokyo Senju Campus in the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Engineering, Second Division, the statutory minimum for both the Type 1 junior-high-school and Type 1 senior-high-school teaching certificates is 2 credits. The corresponding course is the 2-credit Constitution of Japan course.

For the 2025 academic year at Tokyo Senju Campus in the Faculty of Future Science, the course corresponding to the Constitution of Japan requirement is also Constitution of Japan, worth 2 credits and classified as an elective. In the records covering the 2025 academic year at Saitama Hatoyama Campus in the Faculty of Science and Engineering and the 2026 academic year at Tokyo Senju Campus in the Faculty of System Design and Engineering, the category minimum is likewise 2 credits, matched by the 2-credit Constitution of Japan course.

In the records covering the 2025 academic year at Saitama Hatoyama Campus in the Faculty of Science and Engineering and the 2026 academic year at Tokyo Senju Campus in the Faculty of Engineering, Second Division, the course is listed as a one-class, 2-credit lecture, assigned to all years and offered in the second semester.

Position in the teacher-education curriculum

For the 2025 academic year in the Faculty of Engineering at Tokyo Senju Campus, Constitution of Japan is listed as a 2-credit lecture and marked as a foundational requirement for teacher education. It is listed for all assigned years and offered in both semesters.