Contemporary World

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Course Title: CONTEMPORARY WORLD
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1st Semester, SY 2022-2023
Vision
To establish an excellent academic venue which shall transform the individuals to become well-balanced and fully developed citizens through reasonable and
legitimate standards instruction, research, community involvement and spiritually related undertakings in the pursuit for meaningful and excellent education.
Mission
Stratford International School, Inc. is an institution of learning fully committed to produce physically, mentally, socially and spiritually developed individuals for
the up building of the progressive society and for the assurance of life that is to come.
Goals
Stratford International School seeks to:
1. Implement transformative and relevant curricula;
2. Acquire ideal necessary resources;
3. Organize an involved and transparent administration;
4. Recruit academically equipped and research-oriented faculty;
5. Introduce nature-friendly and service-driven students.
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A. Course Description
This course introduces students to the contemporary world by examining the multifaceted phenomenon of globalization. Using the various disciplines of the social
sciences. It examines the economic, social, political, technological, and other transformation that have created an increasing awareness of the interconnectedness of
people and places around the globe. To this end, the course provides an overview of the various debates in global governance, development, and sustainability. Beyond
exposing the students to the world outside the Philippines. It seeks to inculcate a sense of global citizenship and global ethical responsibility.
B. Course Objectives
At the end of this course, students should be able to:

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; and

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5. Assess the effects of globalization on different social units and their responses.
6. Analyze contemporary news events in the content of globalization;
7. Analyze global issues in relation to Filipinos and the Philippines; and
8. Write a research paper with proper citations on a topic related to globalization.
9. Articulate personal positions on various global issues; and
10. Identify the ethical implications of global citizenships.
C. Course Outline and Timeframe:
TEACHING
TOPICS LEARNING OUTCOMES WEEK NO. LEARNING ASSESSMENT METHODS
ACTIVITIES (TLAs)
 Course overview  WEEK 1 Common assessment methods that will be used
 Classroom policies  Introduce self to are:
classmates and  Self-
teachers  Graded Recitation
 List expectations for  Quiz

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the course Introduction

 Recall course rules  Lecture
 Write a personal  Interactive
definition of
discussion
globalization based
on a concept map  Classroom  Assignment
sharing
 Personal
concept map
of
globalization
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 Introduction to the  WEEK 2-3 Common assessment methods that will be used
Study of  Differentiate the are:
Globalization competing
conceptions of  Graded Recitation
globalization  Quiz

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 Identify the  Assignment
underlying
philosophies of the
tured
varying definitions of
globalization
 Agree on a working
Lear
definition of
globalization for the
course
ning
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Lect
ure
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Sho
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Case
Anal
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 Lecture
 Film
viewing
 Interactive
discussion
Group activity
 The Global Economy  Define economic  WEEK 4 Common assessment methods that will be used
globalization  Lecture are:
 Identify the actors  Interactive
that facilitate discussion  Graded Recitation
economic Group activity  Quiz
globalization  Assignment
 Define the modern
world system
 Articulate a stance on

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global economic
integration
 Explain the role of
international financial
institutions in the
Common assessment methods that will be used
creation of a global
are:
economy  Lecture
 Market Integration  Narrate a short  Week 5  Interactive
 Graded Recitation
history of global discussion
 Quiz
market integration in  Group activity
 Assignment
the twentieth century
 Identify the attributes
of global corporations
 Explain the effects of  Week 6 Common assessment methods that will be used
 The Global Interstate globalization on  Lecture are:
System governments  Interactive
 Identify the discussion  Graded Recitation

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institutions that
govern international  Quiz
relations  Group Activity  Research
 Differentiate  Assignment
internationalism from
globalism
 Identify the roles and

functions of the
United Nations
 Identify the  Group Activity
are:
 Contemporary Global challenges of global  Week 7 -8  Group
Governance governance in the Presentation
twenty-first century
 Explain the relevance
of the state amid
globalization

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 Define the term

 “Global South”
 Differentiate the
are:
Global South from
 Global Divides: The  Lecture
the Third World
North and the South  Sharing of  Graded Recitation
 Analyze how a new Week 9-10
(focus on Latin Ideas  Quiz
conception of global
America)  Individual task  Research
relations emerged
 Assignment
from the experiences
of Latin American
countries
 Asian regionalism  Differentiate between  Lecture
regionalization and  Sharing of
globalization Ideas
 Identify the factors  Individual task
leading to a greater
integration of the

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Asian region
 Analyze how different
Asian states confront
the challenges of
globalization and
regionalization
 Synthesize Midterm essay: Students will be asked to write 2,000-

knowledge word essays answering one of these two questions:
concerning
globalization 1. How do we make globalization more just?
 Synthesis Midterm essay
2. How is the state affected by globalization? How
is the nation affected by globalization? Do these
institutions/conce pts remain relevant?
Why/why not?
 Global Media  Analyze how various Week 11  Lecture Common assessment methods that will be used
Cultures media drive various  Sharing of are:

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forms of global
 integration  Graded Recitation
 Explain the dynamic Ideas  Quiz
between local and  Individual task  Research
global cultural  Assignment
production
 The Globalization of  Explain how Week 12  Lecture
Religion globalization affects  Sharing of
 The Global City religious practices Ideas
and beliefs  Group task
 Analyze the
relationship between
religion and global
conflict and,
conversely, global
peace
 Identify the attributes

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of a global city
 Analyze how cities
serve as engines of
globalization
 Explain the theory of
demographic
transition as it affects
global population
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 Analyze the political,
 Mandated topic:  Sharing of
economic, cultural,
Global Demography Week 13 Ideas
and social factors
 Global Migration  Group
underlying the global
Reporting
movements of people
 Display first-hand
knowledge of the
experiences of OFWs
 Research Proposal  Write a research  Individual task  Individual presentation

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paper proposal with

Writing
proper citation
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 Critique research
 Research Proposal
proposals of
Critique
classmates
 Differentiate stability
from sustainability
 Articulate models of
global sustainable
 Sustainable
development  Lecture/  Quiz on the reading materials
Development Week 14
 Define global food discussion  Recitation
 Global Food Security
security
 Critique existing
models of global food
security
 Global Citizenship  Articulate a personal Week 14  Lecture/ Students will spend the final week completing
definition of global discussion their research papers.

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citizenship
 Appreciate the ethical
obligations of global
citizenship
 Research paper
 Write a research
writing
paper on a topic
related to
globalization, with
 proper citation
REFERENCES:
Textbook:
Steger, Manfred B., Paul Battersby, and Joseph M. Siracusa, eds. 2014.The SAGE Handbook of Globalization. Two volumes. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications.
Other Readings:

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Aguilar, Filomeno V. 2012. “Differentiating Sedimented from Modular Transnationalism: The View from East Asia.” Asian and Pacific 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, 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

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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.
Wallerstein, Immanuel. 2004. “The Modern World-System as a Capitalist World Economy: Production, Surplus-Value, and

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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/)

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Course Assessment:
As per standard grading system, thoroughly discussed during orientation meeting;
Examination - 40%
Reports/Participation/
Outputs - 30%
Quizzes/Assignment - 20%
Attendance - 10%
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100%
CLASS POLICIES:
 No cellphones or other gadgets during class.

 Strictly No cheating.
 Do not submit plagiarized works, always put your references.
 No senseless noise during class discussions.

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 Submit requirements before deadlines, there will be no extensions of deadlines.

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