Course is designed to familiarize students with a spectrum of
issues associated with globalization, including environment,
population and food, distributive justice, human rights,
terrorism, security, social systems, and cultural change. The
course will help students enhance their global literacy in a
way that they will better understand and analyze the complexity
of the process of globalization, and help them function more
effectively in the contemporary world.

Problem Solving and Education 
Based on the premise of sociology of knowledge, problem 
solving will be advanced as the purpose of learning. 

Development and Globalization     
Globalization will be introduced as an extension of 
development. This necessitates a comprehensive analysis of the 
process of development leading to globalization.

The Dynamics of Globalization
	Causes
	Symptoms
	Effects

Areas of Global Problems 
	Sustainable Development (Environment)
	Population
	Food
	Distributive Justice
	Security and Peace
	War and Terrorism 
	Production and Proliferation of Weapons
	Human Rights

Problem Solving Initiatives
	Governments and Non-governmental Organizations
	Individual Groups and Mass Public

You are expected to be a good citizen in this course. This 
includes good behavior toward other class participants and the 
instructor. As attendance is a necessary but not sufficient 
condition, class contributions should include meaningful 
contributions to the overall quality of the discussion. 
Examples include active engagement with concepts from the 
required reading and choosing comments that contribute to 
others’ understanding of the material rather than detract from 
them. General respect includes maintaining academic integrity. 
Cases of academic dishonesty will be dealt with according to 
the University’s guidelines. Being unfamiliar with the Academic 
Honesty Policy is not a reasonable explanation for a violation. 
UGA Student Honor Code: "I will be academically honest in all of 
my academic work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of 
others." The University's policy and procedures for handling 
cases of suspected dishonesty, can be found at www.uga.edu/ovpi.