SAN JOSE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

San Jose, Malilipot, Albay

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SYLLABUS IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

Second Semester, School Year 2021-2022

Department: Education Department Program:

Course Code: GE 03 Credit Unit: 3

Class days and class time: Prerequisite: None

Instructor: Erica L. Canon

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.

Course Learning Outcomes:

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

 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

 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
 Values
1. Articulate personal positions on various global issues
2. Identify the ethical implications of global citizenship

VISION

Provide students a better future through quality education

MISSION

Transform students through a sound academic education with a distinct commitment and aspiration to
enhance manpower capabilities to a continuing human resources developement.

GOALS

 Provides quality post-secondary and tertiary education that is relevant and responsive to the needs of the community and the world of work.
 Enhances manpower capabilities through a continuing human resources development.
 Provides an environment conducive to learning and research.
 Establishes and strengthens linkages among local officials, clients and stakeholders.
Course Outline:
Instructional Assessment Time
Specific Learning Outcomes Topic Instructional Delivery
Resources Tasks/Outputs Allotment
At the end of the lecture the
students will be able to:
SJCC
SJCC VMGO
Student Manual 1h
Introduction to Globalization Course overview ●Classroom sharing Course syllabus  Personal
●Introduce self to classmates and (Introductions) Lecture concept map 3h
teachers Classroom policies ●Personal concept map of  Introduce of
●List expectations for the course globalization: textbook: Manfred globalization.
●Recall course rules ●Students will engage in a free Stegger, Paul  Develop their
●Write a personal definition of association exercise of ideas they Battersby, and own stand
globalization based on a concept associate with “globalization.” Joseph M. about
map Based on the concepts they list, Siracusa, eds. globalization
they will synthesize a personal 2014.The SAGE thru an essay.
●Definition of the concept. Handbook of The activity
Globalization. will be,
Two vols. “Essay:
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Introduction to the ●Lecture • Reading Materials ●Quiz on the 3h

● Differentiate the competing Study of Globalization ●News report critique: Chapter 2 of reading
conceptions of globalization ●Students will find and read three textbook: materials
● Identify the underlying newspaper op-eds (local or “Approaches to ●50-word
philosophies of the varying international) discussing the Study of summaries
definitions of globalization globalization. Before class, they Globalization” by
● Agree on a working definition will write 50-word summaries of Manfred B. Steger
of globalization for the course each op-ed, identifying what the Steger, Manfred B.
 underlying definitions of “Ideologies of
globalization the op-ed writers Globalization.” 2005.
use. Journal of Political
Ideologies 10(1): 11–
30.
The Structures of Globalization
 Define economic globalization The Global Economy ●Lecture/Discussion ●Reading Materials ●Recitation 3h
 Identify the actors that ●Debate: The students will debate Chapter 9 of (assynchronous)
facilitate economic the motion “That global free textbook: “The
globalization trade has done more harm than Globalization of
 Define the modern world good.” Economic Relations”
system by István Benczes
 Articulate a stance on global Wallerstein,
economic integration Immanuel. 2004. “The
Modern World-
System as a Capitalist
World Economy:
Production, Surplus-
Value, and
Polarization.” In
World- Systems
Analysis: An
Introduction.
Durham & London:
Duke University
Press, pp. 23-41.
 Explain the role of Market Integration ●Lecture/discussion ●Reading Materials ●Quiz on the 3h
international financial Chapter 17 of reading
institutions in the creation of a ●Film viewing and discussion textbook: “The Rise materials
global economy of the Global
 Narrate a short history of Corporation” by
global market integration in Deane Neubauer
the twentieth century Bello, Walden F.
 Identify the attributes of global 2006. “The Multiple
corporations Crises of 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
● Explain the effects of The Global Interstate Lecture/discussion Reading Materials ●Quiz on the 3h
globalization on governments System ●Chapter 7 of reading
● Identify the institutions that textbook: materials
govern international relations “Governments and
● Differentiate internationalism Citizens in a
from globalism Globally
Interconnected
World of States” by
Hans Schattle
Mazower, Mark.
2006. “An
International
Civilization?
Empire,
Internationalism and
the Crisis of the
Mid-Twentieth
Century.”
International Affairs
82(3): 553–566.
Preliminary Examination 1.5h
●Identifying the roles/functions of Contemporary Global Lecture/discussion Reading Materials ●Quiz on the 3h
the United Nations Governance ●Chapter 29 of reading
●Identify the challenges of global textbook: “The materials
governance in the twenty-first United Nations ●Graded Group
century Meets the Twenty- Report:
●Explain the relevance of the state first Century: Students will
amid globalization Confronting the form groups of
Challenges of Global 3-5. Each group
Governance” by will be assigned
Thomas G. Weiss a Latin
 and Ramesh Thakur American
●Hobsbawm, Eric J. country to
1996. “The Future of report on. These
the State.” groups will
Development and deliver 10-
Change 27(2): 267– minute
278. presentations on
the
contemporary
foreign and
economic
policies of their
●respective
countries
A World of Regions
●Define the term “Global South” Global Divides: The Lecture/discussion Group report Reading Materials ●Quiz on the 3h
●Differentiate the Global South North and the South ●Chapter 12 of reading
from the Third World (focus on Latin textbook: “Locating materials
●Analyze how a new conception America) the Global South” by
of global relations emerged from Lisandro E. Claudio ●Graded Group
the experiences of Latin ●Connell, Raewyn. Report:
American countries 2007. “Dependency, Students will
Autonomy and form groups of
Culture. In Southern 3-5. Each group
Theory: The Global will be assigned
Dynamics of a Latin
Knowledge in Social American
Science. country to
Cambridge, UK: report on. These
Polity Press, pp. 139- groups will
163. deliver 10-
minute
presentations on
the
contemporary
foreign and
economic
policies of their
respective
countries
●Differentiate between Asian regionalism Lecture Discussion Group Report Reading Materials ●Quiz on the 3h
regionalization and globalization ●Chapter 13 of reading
●Identify the factors leading to a textbook: materials
greater integration of the Asian “Globalization and
region the Asia Pacific and ●Graded Group
●Analyze how different Asian South Asia” by Ehito Report:
states confront the challenges of Kimura Students will
globalization and regionalization ●Shiraishi, Takashi. form groups of
2006. “The Third 3-5. Each group
Wave: Southeast will be assigned
Asia and Middle- an Asian
Class Formation in country to
the Making of a research and
Region.” In Beyond report on. These
Japan: The groups will
Dynamics of East deliver 10-
Asian Regionalism, minute
ed. Peter presentations on
Katzenstein and the
Takashi Shiraishi. contemporary
Ithaca, NY: Cornell foreign and
University Press, pp. economic
237–71. policies of their
respective
countries.
MIDTERM EXAMINATION 1.5h
A World of Ideas
●Analyze how various media Global Media Cultures Lecture/discussion Reading Materials Graded Group 3h
drive various forms of global Report:
integration Group Report ●Chapter 22 of Students will
●Explain the dynamic between textbook: form groups of
local and global cultural “Globalization and 3-5. Each group
production the Media: Creating will be asked to
the Global Village” pick an Asian
by Jack Lule musical act that
●Chapter 23 of became
textbook: “Popular internationally
Music and famous. In their
Globalization” by group report,
Yara El-Ghadban they must
 answer the
following
questions:
1. Where did
the musical
act/artist
originate?
2. In which
countries did
the artist
become famous?
3. How did
the artist
become famous?
4. Why do
you think the
artist became
famous?
The Globalization of Lecture/discussion Reading Materials Quiz on the 3h
Religion reading materials
Discussion of film ●Chapter 10 of
textbook: “Religion
and Globalization”
by Victor Recitation
Roudometof
●Chapter 43 of
●Explain how globalization affects
religious practices and beliefs textbook: “Religion
●Analyze the relationship between and Global Conflict”
religion and global conflict and, by Mark
conversely, global peace Juergensmeyer

Film: PBS Frontline:

“The Rise of ISIS”

(http://www.pbs.org
/wgbh/frontline/film
/rise- of-isis/)

Global Population and Mobility

●Identify the attributes of a global The Global City Lecture/discussion Reading Materials Quiz on the 3h
city ●Chapter 26 of reading
●Analyze how cities serve as Group report textbook: “Mobility, materials
engines of globalization Diversity and
Community in the Graded Group
Global City” by Val Report:
Colic-Peisker Students will
●Sassen, Saskia. 2005. form groups of
“The Global City: 3-5. Each group
Introducing a will be assigned
Concept.” Brown a global city to
Journal of World discuss and
Affairs XI(2): 27-43. research on.
Their reports
should answer
the following
questions:
1. How
would you
describe your
city?
2. What is
your city known
for?
3. What
makes your city
a global city?
●Explain the theory of Mandated topic: Global Lecture/discussion Reading Materials Quiz on the 3h
demographic transition as it Demography ●Lee, Ronald. 2003. reading
affects global population “The Demographic materials
Transition: Three
Centuries of Short research
Fundamental paper to discuss
Change.” Journal of the topic: Has
Economic the Philippines
Perspectives 17(4): undergone the
167–190. demographic
●Lesthaeghe, Ron. transition? Why
2010. “The or why not?
Unfolding Story of
 the Second
Demographic
Transition.”
Population and
Development
Review 36(2): 211–
251.
●Livi-Bacci,
Massiomo. 2005.
“What We
Can and Cannot
Learn from the
History of World
Population.
Population Studies: A
Journal of
Demography 69(S1):
S21–
S28.
Global Migration Lecture/discussion Reading Materials Quiz on the 3h
●Castles, Stephen. reading
OFW Interview: Each student will 2000. “International materials
be asked to interview a former or a Migration at the
current OFW (face-to-face or Beginning of the Recitation
online).In class they will share Twenty- First
Century: Global
what they learned from these
Trends and Issues.”
●Analyze the political, economic, interviews about transnationalism International Social
cultural, and social factors and the factors that affect global Science Journal 52
underlying the global
migrations (165): 269–281.
movements of people
●Aguilar, Filomeno V.
●Display first-hand knowledge of
2012.
the experiences of OFWs
“Differentiating
Sedimented from
Modular
Transnationalism:
The View from East
Asia.” Asian and
Pacific Migration
Journal 21(2): 149–171.
 Research Proposal ●Mini-lecture on citation methods
Writing for research papers
●Proposal for final research paper:
●Write a research paper proposal Students will begin writing a 500-
with proper citation word proposal for their final
Research Proposal
●Critique research proposals of research paper.
classmates Critique
●Pair discussion: Students will
pair off and critique each other’s
research proposals.

PREFINAL EXAMINATION 1.5h

Towards a Sustainable World
●Differentiate stability from ●teacher discussion and student Reading materials
sustainability Sustainable interaction ●Chapter 48 of
●Articulate models of global Development/ ●lecture textbook:
sustainable development ●recitations “Sustainable ●quizzes, exams
3h
●learning assessment Economic Systems”
●individual/group exercises by Sebastian
Plóciennik
●Online resources
Global Food Security ●teacher discussion and student ●Chapter 50 of ●quizzes, exams
interaction textbook: “Global
●lecture Food Security: The
●film viewing Challenge of
Feeding the World”
by Monika
Barthwal-Datta
●McMichael, Philip.
●Define global food security
2009. “A Food
Critique existing models of 3h
Regime Analysis of
global food security
the „World Food
Crisis. Agriculture
and Human Values
26(4): 281-95.

Film: “The Price of

Sugar” directed by
Bill Haney
Conclusion
●Articulate a personal definition Global Citizenship ●Lecture/discussion ●Carter, April. 2001. Quiz on the 3h
of global citizenship ●Personal concept map of global “Global Civil reading
●Appreciate the ethical obligations citizenship: Society: Acting as materials
of global citizenship ●Students will engage in a free Global Citizens” in
association exercise of ideas they The Political Theory
associate with “global of Global
citizenship.” Based on this, they Citizenship. London:
will synthesize a personal Routledge, pp. 147-
definition of the concept. 176.
Afterwards, they will list the ●Online resources
obligations of a global citizen.
●Write a research paper on a topic Research paper writing ●Independent research and Students will 3h
related to globalization, with writing spend the final
proper citation week
completing their
research papers.
FINAL EXAMINATION 1.5h

Course Requirements:

 Active participation in all class activities.

 Submission of requirements on time.
 Pass major exams (Term Exams)

Course Assessment:

Quizzes/Prob Sets/Solutions to Worksheets- 20%

Midterm and Finals - 40%
Final Research Paper/Case Study - 40%
100%

Course Policies:

1. All announcements will be made at the beginning of lecture. This will include schedules for the next lecture, tasks and consultations.
 2. The teacher reserves the right to make changes to the syllabus/policies of the course and inform students as needed regarding such changes.
3. The students are responsible for knowing the content of any announcements from the teacher.
4. Completion of all requirements of the course will be the basis for the grades at the end of the semester.
5. It is expected that every student will observed honesty and courtesy toward the teacher and their co-students.

THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD Required Readings 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
Publications.

Other Readings:

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:

ERICA L. CANON
Instructor, SJCC