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Applying Excess Credits to Teacher-Licence Requirements

This page explains how excess credits and Category 4 credits may be counted toward other teacher-licence credit requirements, including the 30-credit requirement for specialised subject courses.

How Category 4 and excess credits affect other requirements

All university-established courses in Categories 1, 2, and 3 must be completed. Category 4 courses are not compulsory, but credits earned from Category 4 courses may be included in the required credit total. When this happens, the required number of credits for Category 2 specialised subject courses is reduced by the same number of Category 4 credits earned. In addition, when the number of university-established credits in a category exceeds the statutory minimum, the excess credits may be applied toward the statutory minimum for Category 4.

30-credit requirement for specialised subject courses

You must earn at least 30 credits from courses covering specialised matters related to the subject, including all designated shaded courses. Up to 2 of these 30 credits may be replaced by credits from university-established independent courses. If you use this substitution, the required number of specialised subject-course credits is reduced by the number of independent-course credits used. For example, earning 2 credits from independent courses means that you must earn at least 28 credits from specialised subject courses.

Official sources

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