Republic of the Philippines

Bicol University
College of Social Science and Philosophy
Legazpi City, Albay

Course Title : Contemporary World Course Placement : All courses

Course Number : GEC 13 Semester : 1st Semester, AY 2019-2020
Course Prerequisite : None Room :
Number of Credits : 3 units
Number of Hours : 54 hours

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 transformations that
have created an increasing awareness of the interconnectedness of peoples 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 student to
the world outside the Philippines, it seeks to inculcate a sense of global citizenship and global ethical responsibility.

Institutional Learning Outcomes:

Every BU graduate should:
1. Demonstrate critical thinking and integrative skills to solve and support lifelong learning.
2. Communicate effectively and appropriately orally and in writing for various purposes with responsible use ICT tools.
3. Collaborate with diverse people ethically and with mastery of knowledge and skills in given disciplines.
4. Create knowledge and innovation to promote inclusive development as well as globalization.

College Learning Outcomes:

1. Demonstrate professionalism in the fields of Social Science.
2. Manifest overt behavior along nationalism, integrity and productivity.
3. Engage in advocacies in support of various concerns towards holistic human transformation.

Course Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the course the students should be able to:

A. Competencies 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

B. Skills 1. Analyze contemporary news events in the context of globalization

2. Analyze global issues in relation to Filipinos and the Philippines
3. Write a research paper with proper citations on a topic related to globalization

C. Values 1. Articulate personal positions on various global issues

2. Identify the ethical implications of global citizenship

Specific Learning Outcome Learning Content Instructional Instructional Resources Assessment Performance Standard Time Allotment
Delivery Tasks
Introduction Course overview Classroom sharing Course syllabus Recitation The students can make 2 hours
a personal definition of
1. Introduce self to Classroom Lecture Introduce textbook: the concept.
classmates and teachers policies Manfred Stegger, Paul
2. List expectations for the Personal concept Battersby, and Joseph M.
Course. map of Siracusa, eds.
3. Recall course rules globalization 2014.The SAGE
4. Write a personal Handbook of
definition of globalization Globalization.
based on a concept map. Two vols. Thousand Oaks:
SAGE.
1. Differentiate the Introduction to the Lecture LCD Projector Active The student will be able 5 hours
competing conceptions study of Participation to submit their report
of globalization. Globalization News report Reading Materials: summary and identify
2. Identify the underlying a. Definition critique 1. Chapter 2 of textbook: Recitation the underlying
philosophies of the b. Frames “Approaches to the Study definitions of
varying definitions of c. Metaphors of Globalization” by Quiz
globalization the op-ed
globalization. d. Dynamics Manfred B. Steger writers use.
3. Agree on a working e. Origin and
definition of globalization History 2. Steger, Manfred B.
for the course. f. Types “Ideologies of
Globalization.” 2005.
Journal of Political
 Ideologies 10(1): 11–30.
Structures of The Global Guided Lecture Handouts Recitation The student can 4 hours
Globalization Economy present and share the
a. Economic Active Socialized Reading materials: pros and cons of global
1. Define economic Globalization Discussion 1. Chapter 9 of textbook, economy .
Globalization. b. Global Trade “The Globalization of
2. Identify the actors that c. Social and Debate Economic Relations” by
facilitate economic Economic I. Benczes
globalization. Issues
3. Define the modern world d. Theories of 2. Wallerstein, Immanuel.
System. Global 2004. “The Modern
4. Articulate a stance on Stratification World- System as a
global economic Capitalist World
integration. Economy: Production,
Surplus- Value, and
Polarization.”

3. World-Systems
Analysis: An Introduction.
pp. 23-41
1. Explain the role of Market Creative Reporting LCD Projector Recitation The students will be 3 hours
international financial Integration able to pass the quiz
institutions in the a. Financial Lecture/Discussion Reading Materials: Quiz given by the teacher.
creation of a global Institutions 1. Chapter 17 of textbook:
economy. b. Market Film viewing “The Rise of the Global
2. Narrate a short history of Organization and discussion Corporation” by Deane
global market integration c. History of Neubauer
in the twentieth century Market
3. Identify the attributes of Integration 2. Bello, Walden F. 2006.
global corporations. d. Global “The Multiple Crises of
Corporations Global Capitalism.” In
Deglobalization: Ideas for
a New World Economy.”
Quezon City: Ateneo de
Manila University Press,
 pp. 1-31.

Film: “The Corporation”

directed by Mark Achbar
and Jennifer Abbott
1. Explain the effects of The Global Lecture/Discussion LCD Projector Quiz The students will be 3 hours
globalization on Interstate System able to answer the
governments. Reading Materials: Recitation questions asked during
2. Identify the institutions 1. Chapter 7 of textbook: the recitation.
that govern international “Governments and
relations. Citizens in a Globally The students will be
3. Differentiate Interconnected World of able to pass the quiz
internationalism from States” by Hans Schattle given by the teacher.
globalism.
2. Mazower, Mark. 2006.
“An International
Civilization? Empire,
Internationalism and the
Crisis of the Mid-Twentieth
Century.” International
Affairs 82(3): 553–566.
1. Identify the roles and Contemporary Lecture/Discussion Reading Materials: Recitation The students will be 3 hours
functions of the United Global 1. Chapter 29 of textbook: able to answer the
Nations. Governance “The United Nations Meets Creative questions asked during
2. Identify the challenges of a. Relevance of the Twenty-first Century: Reporting the recitation.
global governance in the State Confronting the
twenty-first century. b. Challenges Challenges of Global
3. Explain the relevance of and Effects Governance” by T. G.
the state amid Weiss and R. Thakur
c. Institutions that
globalization.
govern
2. Hobsbawm, E. J. 1996.
International “The Future of the State.”
Relation Development and Change
27(2): 267–278.
A World of Regions Global Divides: Lecture/Discussion LCD Projector Quiz The students can 2 hours
The North and present and share
1. Define the term the South Group report Reading Materials: Creative ideas on the assigned
“Global South.” (focus on 1. Chapter 12 of textbook: Reporting concept.
2. Differentiate the Global Latin America) “Locating the Global
South from the Third South” by Lisandro E.
World. Claudio
3. Analyze how a new
conception of global 2. Connell, Raewyn. 2007.
relations emerged from “Dependency, Autonomy
the experiences of Latin and Culture. In Southern
American countries. Theory: The Global
Dynamics of Knowledge in
Social Science.
Cambridge, UK: Polity
Press, pp. 139163.
Preparation for Active Participation Handout Review of works The student will be able September 2-
Chapter 1 of to submit the draft of 20, 2019
Research the research paper
proposal:
1. Consultation
2. Searching for
Topic
3. Objectives
setting
4. Writing of the
chapter
1. Differentiate between Asian Lecture/Discussion Reading Materials: Creative The students can 2 hours
regionalization and Regionalism 1. Chapter 13 of textbook: Reporting present and share
globalization. Group Report “Globalization and the ideas on the assigned
2. Identify the factors Asia Pacific and South concept.
leading to a greater Asia” by E. Kimura
integration of the Asian
region. 2. Shiraishi, T. 2006. “The
3. Analyze how different Third Wave: Southeast
Asian states confront the Asia and Middle-Class
challenges of Formation in the Making of
a Region.” In Beyond
globalization and
 regionalization.
A World of Ideas
1. Analyze how various
media drive various
forms of global
integration.
2. Explain the dynamic
between local and global
cultural production.
1. Explain how globalization
affects religious practices
and beliefs.
2. Analyze the relationship
between religion and
global conflict and,
conversely, global
peace.
Japan: The Dynamics of
East Asian Regionalism,
ed. P. Katzenstein and T.
Shiraishi, pp.
237–71
MIDTERM 3 hours
Global Media Lecture/Discussion Reading Materials: Quiz The students will be 3 hours
Cultures 1. Chapter 22 of textbook: able to pass the quiz
Active Socialized “Globalization and the Creative given by the teacher.
Discussion Media: Creating the Global Reporting
Village” by J. Lule The students can
present and share
2. Chapter 23 of textbook: ideas on the assigned
“Popular Music and concept.
Globalization” by Y. El-
Ghadban
Preparation for Active Participation Related literature and Draft of . The student will be September 30-
Chapters 2 and 3 studies Chapters 2 and able to submit the draft October 18,
1. Consultation 3 via Google of the research paper 2019
2. Making Materials on research and Classroom
questionnaire sampling designs
3. Deciding on
the designs
The Globalization Lecture/Discussion LCD Projector Quiz The students will be 3 hours
of Religion able to answer the
Discussion of film Reading Materials : Recitation questions asked during
1. Chapter 10 of textbook: the recitation.
“Religion and
Globalization” by Victor
Roudometof Chapter 43 of
textbook: “Religion and
Global Conflict” by Mark
Juergensmeyer
Film: PBS Frontline: “The
Rise of ISIS”

Global Population and
Mobility
1. Identify the attributes of a
global city.
2. Analyze how cities serve
as engines of
globalization.
1. Explain the theory of
demographic transition
as it affects global
population.
(http://www.pbs.org/
wgbh/frontline/film/riseof-
isis/)
The Global City Lecture/Discussion LCD Projector Quiz The students can 3 hours
present and share
Group report Reading Materials: ideas on the assigned
1. Chapter 26 of textbook: Creative concept.
“Mobility, Diversity and Reporting
Community in the Global
City” by Val Colic-Peisker
2. Sassen, Saskia. 2005.
“The Global City:
Introducing a Concept.”
Brown Journal of World
Affairs XI(2): 27-43.
Global Lecture/Discussion Reading Materials: Quiz The students will 3 hours
Demography 1. Lee, R. 2003. “The submit the research
Demographic Transition: paper and will be able
Three Centuries of Short research to pass the quiz given
Fundamental Change.” paper by the teacher.
Journal of Economic
Perspectives 17(4): 167–
190.
2. Lesthaeghe, R. 2010.
“The Unfolding Story of
the Second Demographic
Transition.” Population
and Development Review
36(2): 211–251.
3. Livi-Bacci, M. 2005.
“What We Can and
Cannot Learn from the

1. Analyze the political,
economic, cultural, and
social factors underlying
the global movements of
people.
2. Display first-hand
knowledge of the
experiences of OFWs.
Toward a Sustainable
World
1. Differentiate stability from
Sustainability.
2. Articulate models of
global sustainable
development.
1. Define global food
Security.
2. Critique existing models
History of World
Population. Population
Studies: A Journal of
Demography 69(S1): S21–
S28
Global Migration Lecture/Discussion LCD Projector Quiz The students will be 3 hours
able to pass the quiz
Interview Reading Materials: Recitation given by the teacher.
1. Castles, Stephen. 2000.
“International Migration at The student will
the Beginning of the interview an OFW and
Twenty First Century: will share what they
Global Trends and learned from these
Issues.” International interviews.
Social Science Journal 52
(165): 269–281.
2. Aguilar, Filomeno V.
2012. “Differentiating
Sedimented from Modular
Transnationalism: The
View from East Asia.”
Asian and Pacific
Migration Journal 21(2):
149–171.
Sustainable Lecture/Discussion LCD Projector Quiz The students will be 3 hours
Development able to answer the
Reading materials Recitation questions asked during
1. Chapter 48 of textbook: the recitation.
“Sustainable Economic
Systems” by Sebastian
Plóciennik
Global Food Active Socialized Reading materials: Recitation The students will be 3 hours
Security Discussion 1. Chapter 50 of textbook: able to answer the
“Global Food Security: Writing Reaction questions asked during
 of global food security. Film Viewing The Challenge of Paper the recitation.
Feeding the World” by
Monika Barthwal-Datta

2. McMichael, Pp. 2009.

“A Food Regime Analysis
of the World Food Crisis.
Agriculture and Human
Values 26(4): 281-95.

Film: “The Price of Sugar”

directed by Bill
Haney
1. Articulate a personal Global Lecture/discussion Reading Materials: Quiz The students will be 3 hours
definition of global Citizenship 1. Carter, April. 2001. able to pass the quiz
citizenship Personal concept “Global Civil Society: Recitation given by the teacher
map of global Acting as Global Citizens”
2. Appreciate the ethical citizenship in The Political Theory of
obligations of global Global Citizenship.
citizenship London: Routledge, pp.
147-176.
FINAL EXAMINATION 3 hours
Write a research paper on a Research Paper Active participation Research The student will be able December 2-6,
topic related to Writing proposal to submit a research 2019
Globalization with proper manuscript proposal
citation. submitted via
Google
Classroom
Based and copied on CHED Syllabus

Course Requirements:
A. Class Standing
B. Reports
C. Written Examination
D. Research proposal
SYSTEM OF COMPUTING GRADES:
Quizzes 15%
Recitation 10
Creative reporting 10
Midterm/Final Examination 25
Research proposal 40
100%

1/3 Midterm Grade + 2/3 Finale Grade

REFERENCES:
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 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 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/)

Prepared by: Recommending Approval: Approved by:

JOHN HENRY BRIONES PROF. GERARD LAWENKO ATTY. ALEX B. NEPOMUCENO, Ph.D.
Instructor Chairperson, General Education Department Dean, BU-College of Social Sciences and Philosophy