Course Name	Social Problems
Credits	3
Professor(s)	Name	Joong-Seop Kim
	Department/School	Department of Sociology

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Objectives

The main purpose of this course is to enable students to understand issues on social problems in the sociological perspective and to encourage them to comprehend the global issues through English materials.

MAIN TEXTBOOK and FURTHER READINGS

Rischard, J.F. High Noon: Twenty Global Problems, Twenty Years to Solve Them, (New York: Basic Books, 2002)

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING

Assignments- Quiz after each chapter

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

COURSE SCHEDULE

Course Outline

Week 1: Orientation on the course

Week 2: Demographic Explosion

Week 3: New World Economy

Week 4: Opportunities and Stresses of the New World Economy

Week 5: Three New Realities: Economic, Political, Environmental Systems

Week 6: Global Issues: Sharing Our Planet

Week 7: Global Issues: Sharing Our Humanity

Week 8: Mid-term exam

Week 9: Global Issues: Sharing Our Rule Book

Week 10: New Approaches to Solve Global Issues

Week 11: Networked Governance

Week 12: Global Issues Networks

Week 13: Controversial Aspects of Global Issues Networks

Week 14: Discussion on the Method How to Handle Global Issues

Week 15: Final exam

CONTACT DETAILS

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

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