Practical Seminar for Strategy Build-up Ⅱ

Course aims
This course is offered as a special subject for the "Strategy Design Human Resource Development Course" of Shinshu University's "University-Wide
Special Education Program." This course mainly targets second-year students in this program.
Amid various developments, such as the declining birthrate, aging population, and climate change, major changes are occurring in terms of flows of
people and logistics, the state of cities and rural areas, and the roles of the real and the virtual. The purpose of this course is to understand the
importance of discovering problems, scientifically clarify their current status, background, and causes, and find proposals that contribute to solving
them to respond effectively to such unknown changes. To achieve this, students will acquire skills in data-driven thinking, task-setting, presenting, and
data analysis. After focusing on skill acquisition, students will cultivate practical skills by engaging in problem-based learning (PBL) on themes from
governments, companies, etc.
Course outline
This course cultivates the knowledge, skills, and ways of thinking necessary to propose solutions to problems based on scientific evidence. Students
learn basic skills and methods for investigating and analyzing the current situation, setting issues, and coming up with hypotheses in stages. Based on
real practice, the course emphasizes gaining experience in utilizing knowledge and understanding its necessity. This is why it is a PBL course
conducted in collaboration with companies and local governments, with the plan being to report outcomes to the community.
As the course is conducted in a seminar format centered on group work, it is necessary to have a proactive attitude. There is also the possibility of
going out into the community outside of regular class time (Saturdays and Sundays, etc.). The number of participants will be limited to 20 or fewer for
operational reasons, assuming that all participants can take part in the above. Furthermore, this course will be conducted with (1) the faculty member
in charge (who has entrepreneurial experience / corporate work experience) and (2) an external lecturer (practitioner).
Companies with planned collaboration: Local governments, Shinshu University IR, major telecommunications company

Logic model, EBPM (evidence based policy making), critical thinking, data science, social research, statistics, experiment design, research literacy, psychology, kansei informatics, marketing and branding, regional orientation, regional issues, regional revival, regional revitalization, regional creation, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Project for Universities as Drivers of Regional Revitalization through New Human Resources Education Programs (COC+R), ENGINE program-certified subject, group work, fieldwork, essay feedback, work experience

(1) Regular seminars
Twice a month (planned for the 6th hour on a fixed weekday)
Regular seminars. In regular seminars, students will learn basic skills and methods that can be used in the intensive seminars gradually and communicate and coordinate
with other course students about exchanges and extracurricular activities.
(2) Intensive seminars
Intensive seminars will be held over four days (planned) in the third and fourth weeks of February.
During these seminars, we will concentrate on problem-based learning with examples from the field.
◎ The contents and schedule are subject to change depending on course progress and the circumstances of partner companies.
◎ A course survey will be conducted on the last day of class.

Syllabus (Japanese site only)