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This document outlines a module on The Contemporary World designed to introduce students to concepts of globalization. The module is comprised of 7 units covering topics like the global economy, global governance, global divides between the North and South, Asian regionalism, global media and religion, global population trends like migration and demography, sustainable development and food security, and global citizenship. The goal is for students to gain competencies in distinguishing approaches to and drivers of globalization, describing emerging global systems, and assessing globalization's effects on different groups. Students will also build skills like analyzing current events and writing research on globalization, along with values like articulating views on global issues and global citizenship.

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1 - Intro, Obj, Course Outline

This document outlines a module on The Contemporary World designed to introduce students to concepts of globalization. The module is comprised of 7 units covering topics like the global economy, global governance, global divides between the North and South, Asian regionalism, global media and religion, global population trends like migration and demography, sustainable development and food security, and global citizenship. The goal is for students to gain competencies in distinguishing approaches to and drivers of globalization, describing emerging global systems, and assessing globalization's effects on different groups. Students will also build skills like analyzing current events and writing research on globalization, along with values like articulating views on global issues and global citizenship.

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The Contemporary World 2020

The Contemporary World

This module on GED 104 - The Contemporary World is designed to introduce


students to varied concepts and perspectives of globalization; its effects to different social
units and different challenges posed by it.
This module is comprised of seven units with various subtopics.
Unit I deals with the introduction to globalization where students will be able to
present their own personal concepts of globalization; and be able to identify different
underlying philosophies out of these notions.
Unit II concerns with the structures of globalization which include the subtopics on
the global economy, market integration, the global interstate system and contemporary
global governance. Here, students will be able to articulate a stance on global economic
integration; identify attributes of global corporations; explain the effects of globalization in
governments as well as the challenges of global governance in the twenty first century.
Unit III deals with a world of ideas where Global Divides: the North and the South
as well as Asian regionalism is the focus. Students in this unit will be able to differentiate
the Global South for the third world and identify the factors leading to a greater integration
of the Asian region.
Unit IV presents a world of ideas in relation to global media culture and globalization
of religion. Students in this unit will be able to determine the drive of various media to
different forms of global integration, as well as the relationship between religion and global
conflict including global peace.
Unit V focuses on globalization and mobility dealing on the subtopics about the
global city, global demography and global migration. Students in this unit will be able to
identify the attributes of the global city; explain the theory of demographic transition as it
affects global population, and analyze economic, cultural and social factors underlying the
global movements of the people.
Unit VI concerns toward a sustainable world focusing on sustainable development
and global food security. In this unit, students will be able to differentiate stability from
sustainability and give concepts on global food security.
Unit VII deals with global citizenship. Here, students will develop appreciation on
the ethical obligations of global citizenship.

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With the different lessons covered in this module, it is hoped that students will
gain the necessary competencies, skills and values intended for this course.

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The Contemporary World

Weeks
1-2 Introduction to Globalization
3-5 The Structures of Globalization
.The Global Economy
. Market Integration
. The Global Interstate System
. Contemporary Global Governance
6-8 A World of Regions
. Global Divides: The North and the South
. Asian Regionalism
9 Midterm
!0-11 A World of Ideas
. Global Media Cultures
. The Globalization of Religion
12-14 Global Population and Mobility

.The Global City


. Global Demography
.Global Migration
15-16 Towards a Sustainable World

. Sustainable Development
. Global Food Security
17-18 Global Citizenship

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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; and
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; and
3. Write a research paper with proper citations on a topic related to globalization.

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

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