noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
vocational-technical studies; industrial arts
Refers to a school subject covering practical skills such as woodworking, metalworking, and basic technology, typically in junior high school.
中学校の技術科では木工や金属加工を学ぶ。
In junior high school industrial arts classes, students learn woodworking and metalworking.
技術科の授業で簡単なロボットを作った。
We built a simple robot in our vocational-technical class.
技術 is the general term for technology or skill; 技術科 specifically refers to the school subject.
Compound of 技術 (technology, skill) and 科 (subject, department).