The finite volume time domain (FVTD) method gives accurate results for the calculation of electromagnetic wave propagation but it requires large amount of computer memory. In this paper we propose a modified FVTD that employs a time subdivision. The time-subdivided FVTD (TS-FVTD) method is enough to divide the space domain grid with a large step size. This method can reduce computation time and memory resources. We check the effectiveness of the proposed method in order to apply to the analysis of electromagnetic field from rough surface with dielectric waveguide.