COLLEGE DEPARTMENT
COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Title: The Contemporary World Schedule: Mon. 3:00-400 (Asynchronous)
Course Code: GEC 103
Number of Units: Three (3) units
Pre-requisite subjects: None
Course Description: Introduces globalization and its impact on individuals, communities and nations, challenges and responses. / Globalisasyon at ang epekto nito
sa mga indibidwal, mga komunidad, at mga nasyon; mga hamon at mga tugon
Course Learning Outcomes (Course Objectives)
At the end of the course, the students will:
1. Distinguish different interpretations of and approaches to globalization.
2. Describe the emergence of global economic, political, social, and cultural systems
3. Analyze the various contemporary drivers of globalization
4. Understand the issues confronting the nation-state.
5. Assess the effects of globalization on different social units and their responses.
6. Analyze contemporary newest events in the context of globalization.
7. Analyze global issues in relation to Filipinos and the Philippines
8. Write a research paper with proper citations on a topic related to globalization
9. Articulate personal positions on various global issues
10. Identify the ethical implications of global citizenship
Tel No.: (044) 815-6739 * Cellphone No. 0917-425-19-63 * E-mail: [email protected]
Department of Education (DepEd) Recognition: Pre-Elementary E-004 S.1985 * Elementary E-006 s.1985
Secondary s.1996 * SHS Permit No. 116 s. 2015 * No. 620 s. 2015 * No. 748 s. 2016
Accredited by Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities – Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) & Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC)
COURSE CONTENT:
Week Lesson/Topic Intended Outcomes (Specific Objectives) Teaching Assessment Task
1 Class Orientation Discuss the course syllabus and requirements Discussion Agreement Form
Agree on class rules Agreement
(Synchronous)
2-3 Introduction to the Study of Differentiate the competing conceptions of Lecture Quiz on the reading materials
Globalization globalization
News report Critique Recitation
Identify the underlying philosophies of the
varying definitions of globalization (Asynchronous & Module/Activity Sheet in the
Synchronous) Google Classroom
Agree on a working definition of
globalization for the course
4 Prelims Assess the learning of the students. Paper and Pencil test Students must get a grade of
75 % in the preliminary
exam.
5-7 The Global Economy Differentiate economic globalization Lecture Quiz on the reading materials
Identify the actors that facilitate economic Discussion Recitation
globalization
Film Viewing Module/Activity Sheet in the
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Department of Education (DepEd) Recognition: Pre-Elementary E-004 S.1985 * Elementary E-006 s.1985
Secondary s.1996 * SHS Permit No. 116 s. 2015 * No. 620 s. 2015 * No. 748 s. 2016
Accredited by Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities – Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) & Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC)
Define the modern world system Google Classroom
Group Activity
Articulate a stance on global economic
integration Research
Market Integration Explain the role of international financial (Asynchronous &
institutions in the creation of a global Synchronous)
economy
Narrate a short history of global market
integration in the twentieth century
Identify the attributes of global corporations.
The Global Interstate System Explains the effects of globalization on
governments
Identify the institutions that govern
international relations
Differentiate internationalism from globalism
Contemporary Global Identify the roles and functions of the United
Governance Nations
Identify the challenges of global governance
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Secondary s.1996 * SHS Permit No. 116 s. 2015 * No. 620 s. 2015 * No. 748 s. 2016
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in the twenty-first century
Explain the relevance of the state amid
globalization
8-9 Global Divides: The North and Define the term “Global South” Discussion Quiz on the reading materials
the South (focus on Latin
America) Differentiate the Global South from the Third Lecture Graded Group Report:
World Students will form groups of
Group report 3-5. Each group will be
Analyze how a new conception of global assigned a Latin American
relations emerged from the experiences of (Asynchronous & country to report on. These
Latin America countries Synchronous) groups will deliver 10-
minute presentations on the
contemporary foreign and
economic policies of their
respective countries.
Group Presentation
Asian Regionalism Differentiate between regionalization and
globalization Module/Activity Sheet in the
Google Classroom
Identify the factors leading to a greater
integration of the Asian region
Analyze how different Asian states confront
the challenges of globalization and
regionalization.
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Department of Education (DepEd) Recognition: Pre-Elementary E-004 S.1985 * Elementary E-006 s.1985
Secondary s.1996 * SHS Permit No. 116 s. 2015 * No. 620 s. 2015 * No. 748 s. 2016
Accredited by Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities – Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) & Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC)
10-11 Global Media Cultures Analyze how various media drive various Discussion Quiz on the reading
forms of global integration materials
Lecture
Explain the dynamic between local and global Graded Group Report:
cultural production Group Report Students will form group of
3-5.Each group will be asked
The Globalization of Religion Explain how globalization affects religious Discussion of film top pick an Asian musical act
practices and beliefs that became internationally
famous. In their group report,
Analyze the relationship between religion and (Asynchronous & they must answer the guided
global conflict and conversely, global peace Synchronous) questions:
Recitation
Module/Activity Sheet in the
Google Classroom
12 Midterm Assess the learning during the first half of the Paper and pencil test Students must get a grade of
semester. Understand and analyze the case 75 % in the midterm exam
study and movie assignments.
13-14 The Global City Identify the attributes of a global city Lecture/Discussion Quiz on the reading materials
Analyze how cities serve as engines of Group report Graded Group Report:
globalization Students will form group of
3-5.Each group will be asked
top pick an Asian musical act
that became internationally
famous. In their group report,
they must answer the guided
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Department of Education (DepEd) Recognition: Pre-Elementary E-004 S.1985 * Elementary E-006 s.1985
Secondary s.1996 * SHS Permit No. 116 s. 2015 * No. 620 s. 2015 * No. 748 s. 2016
Accredited by Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities – Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) & Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC)
questions:
Short research paper to
discuss the topic: Has the
Philippines undergone the
demographic transition?
Why or why not?
Recitation
Mandated Topic: Global Explain the theory of demographic transition Lecture/Discussion
Demography as it affects global population Module/Activity Sheet in the
Google Classroom
Global Migration Analyze the political, economic, cultural, and Lecture/Discussion
social factors underlying the global
movements of people (Asynchronous &
Synchronous)
Display first-hand knowledge of the
experience of OFWs
15-16 Sustainable Development Differentiate stability from sustainability Lecture/Discussion Quiz on the reading materials
Articulate models of global sustainable Recitation
development
Module/Activity Sheet in the
Global Food Security Define global food security Lecture/Discussion Google Classroom
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Department of Education (DepEd) Recognition: Pre-Elementary E-004 S.1985 * Elementary E-006 s.1985
Secondary s.1996 * SHS Permit No. 116 s. 2015 * No. 620 s. 2015 * No. 748 s. 2016
Accredited by Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities – Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) & Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC)
Critique existing models of global food Film Viewing
security
Global Citizenship Articulate a personal definition of global Personal concept map
citizenship of global citizenship:
Student will engage in
Appreciation the ethical obligations of global a free association
citizenship exercise of ideas they
associate with “global
citizenship “. Based on
this, they will
synthesize a personal
definition of the
concept.
(Asynchronous &
Synchronous)
17-18 Pre-finals and Finals Assess the learning during the first half of the Paper and pencil test Students must get a grade of
semester. Understand and analyze the case 75% in the final written
study and movie assignments. exam
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS:
1. PowerPoint
2. Film and videos
Tel No.: (044) 815-6739 * Cellphone No. 0917-425-19-63 * E-mail: [email protected]
Department of Education (DepEd) Recognition: Pre-Elementary E-004 S.1985 * Elementary E-006 s.1985
Secondary s.1996 * SHS Permit No. 116 s. 2015 * No. 620 s. 2015 * No. 748 s. 2016
Accredited by Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities – Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) & Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC)
CLASSROOM POLICIES:
The student’s responsibility is to come to each class prepared. It is also expected to take all examinations on the date scheduled. They should
read the assigned lessons prior to class. They are expected to attend each class and participate actively in the discussions.
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
All students are expected to be academically honest. Cheating, lying and other forms of immoral and unethical behaviour will not be tolerated. Any
student found guilty of cheating in examinations or plagiarism in submitted course requirements will be subjected for disciplinary deliberation. Plagiarism
and cheating refer to the use of unauthorized books, notes or otherwise securing help in a test; copying tests, assignments, reports or term papers;
representing the work of another person as one’s own; collaborating without authority, with another student during an examination or in preparing academic
work; signing another student’s name on an attendance sheet; or otherwise practicing scholastic dishonesty
POLICY ON ABSENCES:
The allowed number of absences for the student enrolled in a 3-unit course with 2 meetings in a week is 12 based on student handbook. Request for
excused absences or waiver of absences must be presented upon reporting back to class. Special examinations will be allowed only in special cases, such as
prolonged illness. It is the responsibility of the student to monitor her own tardy incidents and absences that might accumulate leading to a grade of “FA” or
Failure due to Absences. It is also his/her responsibility to consult with the teacher, chair or dean should his/her case be of special nature.
GRADING SYSTEM:
Percentage % Grade Equivalent
Description
99-100 1.00 Excellent
96-98 1.25 Very Good
Tel No.: (044) 815-6739 * Cellphone No. 0917-425-19-63 * E-mail: [email protected]
Department of Education (DepEd) Recognition: Pre-Elementary E-004 S.1985 * Elementary E-006 s.1985
Secondary s.1996 * SHS Permit No. 116 s. 2015 * No. 620 s. 2015 * No. 748 s. 2016
Accredited by Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities – Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) & Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC)
93-95 1.50 Very Good
90-92 1.75 Good
87-89 2.00 Good
84-86 2.25 Good
81-83 2.50 Fair
78-80 2.75 Passing
75-77 3.00 Passing
70-74 4.00 Failed
Below 70 5.00 Failed
FA – Failure due to Absences
INC- Incomplete (must be completed within 2 months or grade becomes an F)
Reference and other Materials:
Textbook:
Steger, Manfred B., Paul Battersby, and Joseph M. Siracusa, eds. 2014. The SAGE Handbook of Globalization. Two volumes. Thousand
Oaks: SAGE Publication.
Other Readings:
Aguilar, Filomeno V. 2012. “ Differentiating Sedimented from Modular Transnationalism: The View from East Asia. “ Asian and Paciifc
Migration Journal 21(2): 149-171.
Bello, Walden F. 2006. “ The Multiple Crises of Global Capitalism. “ In Deglobalization: Ideas for a New World Economy, pp. 1-31.Quezon
City: Ateneo de Manila University Press., Castles,
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Department of Education (DepEd) Recognition: Pre-Elementary E-004 S.1985 * Elementary E-006 s.1985
Secondary s.1996 * SHS Permit No. 116 s. 2015 * No. 620 s. 2015 * No. 748 s. 2016
Accredited by Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities – Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) & Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC)
Stephen. 2000. “International Migration at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century: Global Trends and Issues.” International Social
Science Journal 52 (165): 269–281.
Carter, April. 2001. “Global Civil Society: Acting as Global Citizens” in The Political Theory of Global Citizenship, pp. 147-176 London:
Routledge.
Connell, Raewyn. 2007. “Dependency, Autonomy and Culture. In Southern Theory: The Global Dynamics of Knowledge in Social Science,
pp. 139-163. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press. Hobsbawm,
Eric J. 1996. “The Future of the State.” Development and Change 27(2): 267–278. Lee, Ronald. 2003. “The Demographic Transition: Three
Centuries of Fundamental Change.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 17(4): 167–190.,
Lesthaeghe, Ron. 2010. “The Unfolding Story of the Second Demographic Transition.” Population and Development Review 36(2): 211–251.
Livi-Bacci, Massiomo. 205. “What We Can and Cannot Learn from the History of World Population. Population Studies: A Journal of
Demography 69(S1): S21–S28.
Mazower, Mark. 2006. “An International Civilization? Empire, Internationalism and the Crisis of the Mid-Twentieth Century.” International
Affairs 82(3): 553–566.
McMichael, Philip. 2009.“A Food Regime Analysis of the World Food Crisis.”Agriculture and Human Values 26(4): 281-295.
Sassen, Saskia. 2005. “The Global City: Introducing a Concept.” Brown Journal of World AffairsXI(2): 27-43.
Shiraishi, Takashi. 2006. “The Third Wave: Southeast Asia and Middle-Class Formation in the Making of a Region.” In Beyond Japan: The
Dynamics of East Asian Regionalism, edited by Peter Katzenstein and Takashi Shiraishi, pp. 237–271. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Steger, Manfred B. 2005. “Ideologies of Globalization.” Journal of Political Ideologies 10(1): 11–30.
Tel No.: (044) 815-6739 * Cellphone No. 0917-425-19-63 * E-mail: [email protected]
Department of Education (DepEd) Recognition: Pre-Elementary E-004 S.1985 * Elementary E-006 s.1985
Secondary s.1996 * SHS Permit No. 116 s. 2015 * No. 620 s. 2015 * No. 748 s. 2016
Accredited by Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities – Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) & Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC)
Wallerstein, Immanuel. 2004. “The Modern World-System as a Capitalist World Economy: Production, Surplus-Value, and Polarization.” In
World-SystemsAnalysis: An Introduction, pp. 23-41. Durham and London: Duke University Press.
Films:
“The Corporation” directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott
“The Price of Sugar” directed by Bill Haney
“The Rise of ISIS,” PBS Frontline (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/rise-of-isis/)
CONSULTATION HOURS:
DAYS TIME ROOM
Friday 4:00-5:00 Google Classroom/Messenger
Tel No.: (044) 815-6739 * Cellphone No. 0917-425-19-63 * E-mail: [email protected]
Department of Education (DepEd) Recognition: Pre-Elementary E-004 S.1985 * Elementary E-006 s.1985
Secondary s.1996 * SHS Permit No. 116 s. 2015 * No. 620 s. 2015 * No. 748 s. 2016
Accredited by Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities – Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) & Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC)
