1.	Be able to address issues of urban sustainability, and 
the complex relationships between human societies and their 
natural environments, from multiple disciplinary perspectives. 
2.	Know and appreciate the impacts of human actions on 
natural systems and human responses to those changes.
3.	Develop an understanding of ecological education, 
integrated natural resource management, and conservation.
4.	Understand the role of social mixing in urban planning.
5.      Enhance their understanding through personal development
of the challenges and opportunities as leaders and how these
lessons relate to their own life and work.
6.      Examine the connections between leadership and personal
development through service learning.

A field studies course in which the first 25% of the program 
will be delivered in primarily a lecture/classroom format at a 
host university (typically overseas). The remaining 75% will be 
delivered via educational travel and using a modular-based 
approach in which students complete a series of modules (250 
word essays) related to sub-themes (refer to the objectives 
above) of sustainable development. Practical problems and 
issues will be emphasized.

All academic work must meet the standards contained in the 
University's academic honesty policy (see "A Culture of 
Honesty"; www.uga.edu/ovpi). All students are responsible for 
informing themselves about those standards before performing 
any academic work. The penalties for academic dishonesty 
include (but are not limited to): award of a failing grade for 
the course, suspension, notification placed on the student’s 
transcript of their having been found guilty of cheating, and 
expulsion from the university, and ignorance is not an 
acceptable defense. Academic dishonesty will be reported to the 
University Academic Policy Panel.