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Physics Literacy: Requirement and Class Assignment

Physics Literacy is a required first-year course, but its credits, class format, and semester arrangement differ by curriculum. A designated class is required for the Information Systems Design field in the 2026 Faculty of Science and Technology curriculum.

Requirement and course format

Physics Literacy is listed as a required first-year course in the supplied curricula. The course details differ by academic year and programme. For the 2026 Faculty of Science and Technology curriculum at the Saitama Hatoyama Campus, it is listed as 1 period, 1 credit, a quarter-term lecture. Other supplied curriculum records list it as 1 period and 1 credit over half a year, offered in the second semester, with one class per week on alternating weeks with Chemistry Literacy. Another record lists it as 2 periods and 2 credits over half a year, with lecture and laboratory sessions; it meets for two periods per week on alternating weeks, and first-time enrolment is for the first-semester class.

Designated class requirement in the Information Systems Design field

In the Information Systems Design field of the 2026 Faculty of Science and Technology curriculum, both Physics Literacy and Chemistry Literacy are required courses. Physics Literacy is a 1-credit course, and the class assignment is designated. The curriculum table also marks the class assignment as applicable.

Engineering-basic-course category in 2025

In the 2025 Faculty of Future Science curriculum, Physics Literacy is a required course within the department-designated-course component of the engineering-basic-course category. For Architecture and Information Media, this component is 6 credits and includes Physics Literacy as a required course. For Robot and Mechatronics, the 4-credit component includes both Basic Physics and Physics Literacy as required courses.

Official sources

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