The purpose of this course is to create a “policy case”.
Through repeated discussions using the “policy case,” students will learn to identify and understand the key factors of various issues and acquire skills and techniques for analyzing them through evaluation of successful experiences in public policy decision-making, action plan formulation, policy formation, policy making, and policy implementation events. The program provides practical training in a variety of skills necessary for professionals in general policy (problem finding and problem solving), such as the following
The “policy case” describes the process of policy making on a specific policy issue (the part of the policy process from policy formation to policy decision-making, from “discovery of policy issue” to “policy formation,” “policy decision (selection),” “policy implementation,” and “policy evaluation”). Embedded in this “policy process” is the cutting-edge, specialized, and cross-disciplinary knowledge that moves people, organizations, and society, which is necessary to solve the problems of real society.
Based on the above recognition, this course is designed to create a new academic commons at SFC by creating a “policy casebook” that brings together knowledge related to “practical knowledge” (policy process) through the experience of “practical knowledge” (policy process).