1.	Critically read, evaluate, and analyze (through weekly 
writing) scholarly writings pertaining to social-cultural 
tourism aspects focused on impacts, planning, and management 
for tourism development.

2.	Evaluate and effectively communicate critique of 
scholarly work through discussion-based seminars.

3.	Facilitate and deliver a presentation (based on a 
journal article) of selected work on course topics concerning 
one of the following: resident-tourist interactive 
relationships, residents’ attitudes of tourism, demonstration 
and acculturation effect, authenticity and commodification, 
cultural and heritage tourism, sex tourism, tourism 
disruptions, volunteer tourism, qualitative or quantitative 
measurement of tourism impacts, tourism planning, or tourism 
management.

4.	Articulate a critique of a recently-written book 
(i.e., book review) on the topic of community tourism. 

5.	Execute a community-focused research project 
concerning residents’ perceptions of social-cultural impacts 
of tourism in a Georgia destination that will inform planning 
and management (culminating in a written report and class 
visual presentation).

6.	Serve as project manager (assisting in logistical 
planning for research project and submitting weekly progress 
reports), overseeing community-focused research project for 
undergraduate students (graduate students only).

-systems approach to tourism
-conceptual models pertaining to social-cultural impacts
-guiding theoretical frameworks surrounding social-cultural 
tourism phenomena
-resident-tourist interactive relationships
-resident attitudes toward tourism
-demonstration and acculturation effect
-authenticity and commodification
-cultural and heritage tourism
-sex tourism
-tourism disruptions
-volunteer tourism
-qualitative measurement
-quantitative measurement
-planning approaches
-tools and techniques for tourism planning
-management informed through proactive planning

Students are directed to review UGA policies and procedures on 
academic dishonesty, which can be found at 
http://www.uga.edu/honesty/. All academic work must meet the 
standards contained in "A Culture of Honesty." Each student is 
responsible to inform themselves about those standards before 
performing any academic work. All students are expected to do 
their own work on all course assignments. Any student found 
cheating or plagiarizing will be subjected to university rules 
and policy decisions in respect to academic dishonesty. It is 
expected that all work handed in will be original. All 
students are responsible for maintaining the highest standards 
of honesty and integrity in every phase of their academic 
careers. The penalties for academic dishonesty are severe and 
ignorance is not an acceptable defense. All cell phones will be 
turned off or disabled during class. Use of a cell phone, PDA, 
video phone or other non-approved electronic communication 
device during a test or quiz shall be considered a violation of 
the UGA Student Honor Code and dealt with according to stated 
policy of the course and university.