DISCIPLINE AND IDEAS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES

APPLIED ECONOMICS
EMERGENCE OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
1. Defining Social Sciences as the study of society Quarter I.
2. Introducing the disciplines within the Social Sciences Chapter 1 Introduction to Applied Economics
2.1. Anthropology 1.1 Revisiting Economics as a social science
2.2. Economics 1.2 Economics as an applied science
2.3. Geography 1.3 Basic economic problems and the Philippine
2.4. History socioeconomic development in the 21st century
2.5. Linguistics
2.6. Political Science Chapter 2 Applied Economics:
2.7. Psychology
2.8. Sociology and Demography 2.1 Application of Supply and Demand
3. Historical context of the emergence of each discipline a. Prices of basic commodities
b. Labor supply, population growth, and wages
DOMINANT APPROACHES AND IDEAS Part 1 c. Labor migration and the Overseas Filipino
1. Structural-Functionalism Worker (OFW) phenomenon
2. Marxism d. The Philippine peso and foreign currencies
3. Symbolic Interactionism e. The Philippine housing shortage and the real
4. Psychoanalysis estate boom: Rent and Price structure
(third grading period)
2.2 Contemporary Economic Issues Facing the Filipino
DOMINANT APPROACHES AND IDEAS Part 2 Entrepreneur
6. Rational Choice a. Investment and interest rate
7. Institutionalism b. Rentals
8. Feminist Theory c. Minimum wage
9. Hermeneutical Phenomenology d. Taxes
10. Human-Environment Systems
QUARTER II
INDIGENIZING THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Chapter 3. Industry and Environmental Analysis: Business
1. Filipino Social Thinkers Opportunities Identification
2. Institute of Philippine Culture’s study on Philippine
values 3.1 Principles, Tools, and Techniques
3. Sikolohiyang Pilipino a. competition
4. Pantayong Pananaw b. customers
c. suppliers
SOCIAL SCIENCES IN THE REAL WORLD d. competitors
1. Professions e. substitutes
2. Applications and intersections of the approaches in
addressing social problems 3.2 Types of Industries
a. agribusiness
b. manufacturing
c. retail and services
d. international trade (exports and imports)

3.3 identification of Business Opportunities

Chapter 4. Socioeconomic Impact Study

a. consumer (new products and services)
b. suppliers investors(capital, income)
c. government(tax revenues, poverty alleviation ,
basic services)
d. households (standard of living, employment)
 e. international trade (exports and imports of
goods and services)
PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE
1. Introduction: The concepts of politics and governance
1.1 The meaning of politics
1.2 How politics can be studied
1.3. The meaning of governance
2. Political Ideologies
2.1 The basic tenets of the major political
ideologies (i.e., liberalism, socialism, conservatism, etc.)
11. Civil Society and Social Movements
11.1 Political participation outside formal
institutions
Citizenship - in - practice
12. Citizenship
12.1 The traditional and modern views of
citizenship, i.e., the state-centric vs participatory notions of
citizenship

3. Power 13. Integration

3.1 Nature 13.1 How the concepts/ideas learned in class can
3.2 Dimensions be utilized in actual experiences
3.3 Types
3.4 Consequences

4. States, Nations, and Globalization

4.1 The State as different from the Nation as a
political concept
4.2 Globalization as a context of relations among
nation-states

Philippine democratic politics

5. Historical Background of Philippine Democratic Politics

5.1 The evolution of Philippine politics,
government, and governance

6. The Executive
6.1 The role of the Philippine President in relation
to his/her powers

7. The Legislative
7.1 The role and responsibilities of the Philippine
Senate and the House of Representatives

8. The Judiciary
8.1 The role and responsibilities of the Philippine
Judiciary

9. Decentralization and Local Governance

9.1 Local Governance in the context of the 1991
Local Government Code (LGC) of the Philippines and
National-Local Government dynamics

State - society interactions

10. Elections and Political Parties

10.1 The nature of elections and political parties in
the context of the Philippines