Course Name	Reading in Sociology
Credits	3
Professor(s)	Name	Joong-Seop Kim
	Department	Department of Sociology

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Objectives

The main purposes of this course are to enable students to understand social issues in sociological perspective and to encourage them to comprehend sociological materials written in English.

MAIN TEXTBOOK and FURTHER READINGS

McGovern, George, The Third Freedom: Ending Hunger in Our Time(New York; London; Toronto; Sydney; Singapore; Simon & Schuster, 2001)

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING

Assignments: Presentations on the subjects required.

And short papers on global issues in sociological perspective

Grading Scheme: Attendance 10%, Mid-term Exam 30%, Final Exam 30%,

Presentations and short papers 30%

COURSE SCHEDULE

Course Outline

Week 1: Orientation on the course

Week 2: Introduction: What is the social problem on ‘world hunger’?

Week 3: A Strategy to Defeat World Hunger.

Week 4: Food for Peace

Week 5: World action against hunger

Week 6: Hunger: USA

Week 7: Women and Girls

Week 8: Mid-term exam

Week 9: The Vicious Circle: Hunger, Conflict, More Hunger

Week 10: Water

Week 11: International Non-governmental organizations against hunger

Week 12: Ending world hunger in our time

Week 13: Globalization and hunger problem

Week 14: Discussion on the method how to end world hunger.

Week 15: Final exam

CONTACT DETAILS

Office: Building of College of Social Sciences, Rm # 151-227

Tel: 055-751-5765, e-mail: kimjs@gnu.ac.kr