LADY OF LOURDES HOSPITAL AND COLLEGES OF CAYBIGA

#5 General Luis Street, Caybiga, Caloocan City

THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

S.Y 2020 2021

BSAIS 1, BA 1, ED 1, HM 3, & TM 3

NIMROD V. DELA CRUZ, PhD

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Course Name: The Contemporary World (GE-CW)
Course Credits: 3 units
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 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 student to the world outside the Philippines, it seeks
to inculcate a sense of global citizenship and global ethical responsibility. Contact Hours/Week: 3 hours every week for
18 weeks or 54 hours in a semester
Prerequisite: None
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
C. Values
1. Articulate personal positions on various global issues
2. Identify the ethical implications of global citizenship

COURSE OUTLINE AND TIMEFRAME

Week 1-3
• Introduction to Globalization
➢ Defining Globalization
➢ Metaphors of Globalization
➢ Origins and History of Globalization
➢ Globalization Theories
➢ Dynamics of Local and Global Cultures
➢ Globalization and Regionalization
Week 4-6
• The Globalization of Religion
Week 7-9
• Global Population and Mobility
➢ Global Demography
➢ Global Migration
Week 10-12
• The Global Economy
➢ Economic Globalization and Global Trade
➢ Economic Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality
➢ The Modern World Systems
Week 13
• Midterm Examination

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Week 14-17
• A World of Regions
➢ The Global City
➢ The North and the South
➢ The Third World and the Global South

Week 18-19
• Market Integration
➢ International Financial Institutions
▪ The Bretton Woods System
▪ General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
▪ World Trade Organization (WTO)
▪ World Bank
▪ European Union (EU)
• History of Market Integration
• Global Corporations
Week 20-21
• The Global Interstate System
➢ Global Governance in the 21st Century
➢ Institutions that Govern International Relations
Week 22
• Global Citizenship

COURSE CONTENT/SUBJECT MATTER

• Defining Globalization
• Metaphors of Globalization
• Origins and History of Globalization
• Globalization Theories
• Dynamics of Local and Global Cultures
• Globalization and Regionalization
• The Globalization of Religion
• Global Demography

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 • Global Migration
• The Global Economy
• Economic Globalization and Global Trade
• Economic Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality
• The Modern World Systems
• Theories of Global Stratification
• The Global City
• The North and the South
• The Third World and the Global South
• International Financial Institutions
• History of Market Integration
• Global Corporations
• Global Governance in the 21st Century
• Institutions that Govern International Relations
• Global Citizenship

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INTRODUCTION:
Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and
governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided
by information technology. This process has effects on the environment, on culture, on political
systems, on economic development and prosperity, and on human physical well-being in societies
around the world.
For thousands of years, people—and, later, corporations—have been buying from and selling to each
other in lands at great distances, such as through the famed Silk Road across Central Asia that
connected China and Europe during the Middle Ages. This current wave of globalization has been
driven by policies that have opened economies domestically and internationally.
Technology has been the other principal driver of globalization. Proponents of globalization argue
that it allows poor countries and their citizens to develop economically and raise their standards of
living, while opponents of globalization claim that the creation of an unfettered international free
market has benefited multinational corporations in the Western world at the expense of local
enterprises, local cultures, and common people.
To find the right balance between benefits and costs associated with globalization, citizens of all
nations need to understand how globalization works and the policy choices facing them and their
societies.
Globalization is the word used to describe the growing interdependence of the world’s economies,
cultures, and populations, brought about by cross-border trade in goods and services, technology,
and flows of investment, people, and information. Countries have built economic partnerships to
facilitate these movements over many centuries. But the term gained popularity after the Cold War
in the early 1990s, as these cooperative arrangements shaped modern everyday life.
Directions: answer the following questions on a separate sheet/s;
1. What has led to increased globalization?
2. What are some positive effects of globalization?
3. When people trade, how do both sides benefit?
4. What are some negative effects of globalization?

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 5. What is globalization in your personal view?
Concept:

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DIRECTIONS: Write the answer on a separate sheet (yellow pad). Answer them briefly.

1. What do you think is the importance of defining globalization?

2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using wider and inclusive definition;
tapered and comprehensive definitions of globalization?
3. What is globalization? How would you define globalization?

4. There is application of globalization on different aspects in our daily lives; a. Film

b. Disaster
c. Politics
d. Sports
e. Music
f. Celebrities

• Jot down the title of the music you have recently listened. Identify the
artist’s/writer’s nationality for each music.
• At this moment what gadget you are using to listen to music?
• How were you able to access this music?

5. Enumerate at least five (5) effects of free trade.

6. At this time our country is experiencing corona virus disease pandemic, how
globalization gives rise to the health issue we are facing?
7. In the Philippines farmers are battling from farm to market access, how
globalization can take part in order to ease this problem?
8. How education and communication may lead to globalization?
9. Enumerate at least five (5) man made act that leads to environmental degradation.
Explain each briefly.
10. How globalization affects the Philippines economy?

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