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When to Take Care and Welfare Studies

This page explains when Care and Welfare Studies is listed, including its academic year, semester, credits, requirement status, and recommended timing for students planning care-related practical experience.

Availability and semester pattern

The 2026 curriculum map for the Faculty of Future Science at Tokyo Senju Campus and the Science and Technology Faculty at Saitama Hatoyama Campus lists Care and Welfare Studies as a 2-credit lecture for years 2, 3, and 4, in both the first and second semesters. In the Human and Society Understanding group, the course is also shown with a first-and-second-semester notation. A separate 2026 listing for the Science and Technology Faculty at Saitama Hatoyama Campus places the course in year 2, in both semesters, as a 2-credit seminar. This listing identifies it as required for a middle-school teaching licence and elective for a high-school teaching licence; its teacher-training code is 10505.

Year and month shown in curriculum plans

The scheduled timing differs by faculty, campus, academic year, and curriculum plan. For 2026, the Faculty of Future Science at Tokyo Senju Campus shows the course in the second year in September, while the Engineering Faculty Evening Division at the same campus shows it in the second year in April. The System Design and Engineering Faculty shows it in September for the 2026 plan, and another 2026 plan for the Engineering Faculty Evening Division also shows it in September. For 2025, the Faculty of Future Science shows the course in both April and September of the second year. The System Design and Engineering Faculty also has a 2026 plan showing it in April, while the Information Systems Engineering Department places it in the second-year second semester for 2 credits.

Requirement status and planning guidance

In the 2026 Faculty of Future Science listing at Tokyo Senju Campus, Care and Welfare Studies is a 2-credit elective lecture listed for all years and both semesters. The notes identify it as a Human Science course, a required course for a middle-school teaching licence, and a course intended for second-year study; the teacher-training code is 3601. The 2025 Engineering Faculty and Faculty of Future Science listings use the same elective, 2-credit, all-years, both-semester arrangement and the same second-year note. For the 2026 System Design and Engineering Faculty plan, the course is listed as a 2-credit course offered in both semesters and mandatory for a middle-school teaching licence. Students who wish to undertake care-related practical experience are advised to complete Care and Welfare Studies by the end of their second year. The 2026 System Design and Engineering Faculty plan also includes a September second-year placement.

Official sources

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