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Teacher certificate (educational staff license)
1. In the Faculty of Maritime Sciences, students can obtain the certificates listed in the following table if they obtain the number of credits prescribed by each department.
Students who enrolled on or before 2012
Department name |
Type of certificate |
Certificated subject |
Department of Maritime Technology Management |
High School Teacher Category 1 Certificate |
Mercantile marine |
Department of Maritime Logistics Sciences |
Engineering |
Department of Marine Engineering |
Students who enrolled on or after 2013
Department name |
Type of certificate |
Certificated subject |
Department of Global Transportation Sciences |
High School Teacher Category 1 Certificate |
Mercantile marine |
Department of Marine Engineering |
2. Basic qualification and the minimum number of credits to be obtained (Appended Table 1, Article 5 of the Teacher Certificate Act)
Category |
Basic qualification |
Minimum number of credits to be obtained |
Subjects |
Teaching profession |
Subjects / teaching profession |
High schools |
Specialist |
Has a Master's degree |
20 |
23 |
40 |
Category 1 |
Has a Bachelor's degree |
20 |
23 |
16 |
- The credits for "subjects on teaching a subject or on the teaching profession" shall be the credits for subjects taken that exceed the minimum number of credits for "subjects on teaching a subject" or "subjects on the teaching profession."
- Re: special cases for "subjects on teaching a subject "
Within the credits necessary for subjects on the teaching profession, up to half of the credits for "Mercantile marine" and "Engineering" can be allocated from taking additional subjects on teaching a subject.
However, half of the credits for subjects on the teaching profession must be acquired from the specified categories shown below 【Teacher Certificate Act Article 5 Appended Table 1 Remarks 9】 【Enforcement of the Teacher Certificate Act Article 6 Appended Table 1 Remarks 17】
Teacher Certificate Act subject categories
Teacher Certificate Act subject categories |
Number of credits |
Teacher Practical Training (including prior and post guidance) |
3 credits (participation in the fourth year) |
Before participating in Teacher Practical Training (Kyo-iku Jissyu), it is necessary to have taken subjects on the teaching profession (10 credits) other than Teacher Practical Training |
Subjects on basic educational theory |
2 subjects (4 credits) |
Subjects on the curriculum and teaching methods (education theory subjects) |
2 subjects (4 credits) |
Subjects on student guidance, educational counselling, and career guidance, etc. |
1 subject (2 credits) |
Total |
13 credits |
3. Overview of taking subjects on the teaching profession and on teaching subjects
Students who wish to obtain a teacher certificate must obtain (1) "credits for subjects on the teaching profession" and (2) "credits for subjects on teaching a subject," and shall refer to the table in the Student Handbook to prepare a course plan. Other than those subjects, they must also take (3) "Subjects specified by ministerial ordinance."