FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY

Nicanor Reyes Educational Foundation

COURSE CODE
COURSE TITLE THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
COURSE CREDIT 3 Units
PREREQUISITE(S)/COREQUISITE(S) No prerequisite
The course introduces students to the contemporary world by examining the multifaceted
phenomenon of globalization. Using the various disciplines of the social sciences, it will examine the
history, 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,
COURSE DESCRIPTION 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.
This course includes mandatory topics on population education in the context of
population and demography.
OBJECTIVES
General Objectives At the end of the subject, the students shall:

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.
EXAMINATION AND GRADING Course Requirements
POLICY GRADING SYSTEM
To pass this course, the students should satisfy the following minimum requirements:

1. Attendance 10%
2. Midterm and Final Exams 40%
3. Oral Reports 20%
4. Paper 20%
5. Class Participation 10%
ASSESSMENT AND GRADING Criteria : Oral Paper
1. Scope/ coverage 30%
2. Logic & depth of analysis 20%
3. Class evaluation 20%
4. Creativity 15%
5. Classmates participation 15%
Criteria : Paper
1. Presentation of the idea 50%
2. Overview of the Topic 20%
3. Class evaluation 15%
4. Creativity 15%

TEACHING/ LEARNING Lectures

METHODOLOGY Use of Instructional Media
Moodle upload lecture presentations
Class and group discussions
Role-playing/Simulation
Oral Report
Group Presentations
Research Paper

References

Textbooks:
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, Filomena 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
Affairs XI (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. Ideologist of Globalization. Journal of Political Ideologist 10(1):

11-30.

Wallerstein, Immanuel. 2004. The Modern World-System as a Capitalist World Economy:

Production, Surplus-Value, and Polarization. In World-Systems Analysis: 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/fontline/film/rise-of-isis/)
Meeting Instructional Learning Content Suggested Learning Activities Resources Assessment/
Learning Outcomes Evaluation
(ILO)

WEEK 1-2:
Introduction

WEEK 1 Introduction of the Course Introduction Group/Class discussion and Syllabus, Course Outline,
2 hours course Courseware Expectations Setting Moodle Courseware and List
2 hours The students will be Orientation of Materials
able to write a Materials for the
personal definition of course Readings:
globalization based on 1. Mann, M. (2013)
a concept map Globalizations (pp. 1-12), in
The Sources of Social Power,
Vol. 4: Globalizations, 1945-
2011. Cambridge: CUP. (e-
book)

2. Meyer, J. W. (2007)
Globalization: Theory and
Trends, International Journal
of Comparative Sociology
48(4): 261-273. (e-journal)

3.Scheuerman, W. (2010)
Globalization, in Stanford
Encyclopaedia of Philosophy,
Hyperlink:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entrie
s/globalization/ Therborn, G.
(2000) Globalizations:
Dimensions, Historical Waves,
Regional Effects, Normative
Governance, International
 Sociology 15(2): 151-179 (e-
journal)
WEEK 2 Motivation: Assignment
At the end of the Introduction to the Answer the
2 hours lesson, the students Study of Who among you here have LCD Projector following
2 hours should be Globalization relatives/friends Reading Materials questions:
able to: outside the country? Chapter 2 of textbook,
What were your means to Approaches to the Study of What do you think
1. Differentiate the connect to them? Globalization by Manfred is your role in
competing B. Steger the globalization?
conceptions Performance: Steger, Manfred How to be part of
regarding B.Ideologies of the world?
globalization NEWS REPORTING/ Globalization. 2005. 1.POSTER
2. Agree on a SLOGAN Journal of Political MAKING
working definition What do you think is the Ideologies 10(1):11-30. 2. MAKE AN
of globalization for most important story of the ADVERTISEMEN
the course. day? T
(bombing in Quiapo, traffic
in EDSA)

WEEK 3-5:
The
Structures of
Globalizatio
n
The learners will be The Global Motivation: LCD Projector
WEEK 3
Debate
able to explain What is your economic Laptop
Economy
2 hours economic globalization story? Whiteboard Marker Debate
globalization.
Activity: References: The class will be
2 hours Analyse the global
economic system and Benczes, Istvan. The divided into two
How close is globalization of groups and will
its institutions, actors
the world to me ?
 Whats the origin of the most economic relations. London. take a
and trends from an recent song or piece of music Sage stand on the
transdisciplinary that you listened to? (Identify Publishing. motion:
perspective; the nationality of the creator of
the Ruffin, R. & Paul Gregory.
music as well as the tradition 2009.
to which it belongs.) Principles of economics.
What technology do you most Houston, The Global free
commonly use to listen to USA.Harper Collins trade has done
music? College Publishers. more harm than
Where is the technology made? good
Where is the company that to the local
owns economy of the
the technology based? Philippines
How have you obtained music The teacher will
online purchases or provide a rubric.
physically
bought from retail outlets?

What is the role of nation

state in
economic globalization ?

VIDEO PRESENTATIONS
MNC
HISTORY OF EU

WEEK 4
LCD Projector
2 hours The learners will be Market Integration Motivation Laptop Essay:
2 hours able to explain the role Global Whiteboard marker
of international Corporations Bond Paper
This activitys objective is for
financial institutions in In at least 100
the creation of a global
the students to create a story
Attributes of Global out of the logos presented to References words, discuss
economy.
Identify the attributes
Corporation them. the role of global
of global corporations. Steger, Manfred. (2012). corporations
Define global Relevance of The class will be divided into The SAGE handbook on in the economy.
corporations; Global five (5) groups; each will be Globalization
Corporations to the given bond papers.
Explain the economy
relevance of the Sien, Chia Lin. (2003).
A set of logos will be projected
global corporations Southeast Asia
on screen which they will use
to Transformed: A
for their story
the economy. Geography of Change.
Institute of Southeast Asian
The students will be given 10 Studies
minutes to come up with their
story and write it in the bond
paper For further learning watch
this video entitled The
Each group will present their Corporation directed by
story to the class. Mark Achbar and Jennifer
Abbott:
Lecture/ Discussion

https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=Y888wVY5hzw
Assignment

The students groups at the

beginning of the class will still
be their groups in this
assignment.

Directions: Investigate on the

origin and the marketing
strategies of one (1) Jollibee
and one (1) McDonalds
branches in Quezon City and
Makati. Write a 500-word
narrative about the results of
your investigation

Focus your observation on

the following questions:

1. How did the Branch start in

that specific area?

2. How much was the capital

3. What are the products

served in that particular
branch?

4. What are the marketing

strategies used by the branch?

5. What have you observed

from the results of your
 investigation among the
different branches?

WEEK 5

2 hours The learners will The Global Interstate Motivation: LCD projector, Letter to the
2 hours be able to explain System Power Point, President
the effects of The teacher will show pictures Pictures, and
globalization on of different flags of different VideoClips Write a reflective
governments. countries. Students will journal on the
The learners will identify the name of the Reading Materials: question given
be able to country. Students will write 1. Chapter 17 of earlier. Students
differentiate their group answers on their textbook. The Rise of will be graded
internationalism own board. the Global according to this
from globalism. Corporation by rubric.
Lecture/ Discussion: Deane Neubaue
2. Bello, Walden F. 2006. Is it possible to
The Multiple Crises have a single
Teacher will show images of
of Global Capitalism. government under
selected famousworld leaders
In deglobalization: one leader?
and will ask the question:
Ideas fo a New World
Economy. Quezon
How do you perceive the way City: Ateneo de
they govern their respective Manila University
states and their relationship Press, pp.1-31.
with other countries?
Film: The Corporation
Generalization: directed by Mark Achbar
and Jennifer Abbott through
From the lesson discussed, https://archive.org/details/
teacher will pose the question The_Corporation
 Is it possible to have a single
government under one leader?

WEEK 6-8
A World of
Regions
Based on the
WEEK 6 Discuss the concept of Motivation: LCD projector, pictures below,
global governance; Global Governance In the coming hundred of years Power Point,
2 hours
choose one of the
forward, imagine that you have Pictures, and pictures
2 hours Identify the roles of the capacity VideoClips which you think is
the United Nations in to drive a space vehicular, and
global governance; most challenging
the space seems a highway References scenario faced by
Identify an issue or
where everything Chapter 29 of textbook. UN in Global
problem, and appropriately travels on. The United Nations Meets Governance.
formulate the Twenty-irst Century: Explain in at least
solutions/recommenda Think-Pair-Share Confronting the Challenges 500 words.
tions through a short of Global Governance by
presentations. Recognition of Human Rights Thomas G. Weiss and
Ramesh Thakur
How does the International Hobsbawn, Eric J. 1996.
Organization, UN The Future of the State.
in particular, intermeddle with Development and Change
transnational crime? 27(2): 267-278.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION
 (EQ):

Will the space still be governed

despite the absence of a
government?
How will this be possible?

Lecture/ Discussion

News Article Analysis:

Directions:
With the use of news article,
determine the roles and
functions of United
Nations to persistent world
problems.

Guide Questions:

1. What are the problems or

issues presented in the news
article?
2. What roles does the United
Nations play in solving world
problems?
3. Are the functions of United
Nations effective to the world
problems?

WEEK 7 Define the term Global Divides: Lecture/Discussion LCD Projector A 10 item quiz
Global South The North and the Laptop
2 hours Differentiate the South(focus on Group Report Whiteboard Marker Graded Group
2 hours Global South from Latin America Report:
the Third World Students will
References form groups of 3-
Chapter 12 of textbook. 5. Each group will
locating the Global South be assigned a
by Lisandro Claudio coutry to report on.
These groups will
deliver 10 minute
presentations on
the contemporary
foreign and
economic policies
of their respective
countries.
WEEK 8 Differentiate Motivation LCD Projector Quiz on the
between regionalism Asian Regionalism Lecture/ Discussion Laptop reading materials.
2 hours and Whiteboard Marker Graded Group
2 hours globalization Report
References Students will
Chapter 13 of Sage textbook form groups of 3-5
Identify the factors by Ehito Kimura. each group will be
that led to a greater assigned an Asian
integration of the country to research
Asian region and report on.
WEEK 9 Synthesis MIDTERM

2 hours
2 hours
WEEK 10-
11- A World
of Ideas

WEEK 10 Global Media

Appreciate the Motivation: LCD Projector
2 hours evolution of media Cultures Kultura Divisoria Laptop A 10 item quiz.
2 hours and globalization 1. The class will be Whiteboard/ marker
Analyze the various divided into five(5)
media drive various groups. References
forms of global 2. Each group will draw a Huntington, SP.(1996).
integration. piece of paper The Clash of Civilizations
containing the name of and the Remaking of World
a country they are Order. New York: Simon
going to present. and Schuster.
3. They will be given 10 Lull, J.(2000). Media,
minutes to prepare for a Communicatio, Culture: A
3-minute skit Global Approach, 2nd
portraying the culture edition, Cambridge, UK:
of the country they Polity.
represent. McLuhan M.(1964).
Understanding Media: The
Lecture/Discussion Extensions of Man. London:
Routledge..
Show pictures

Examine the following

pictures and analyse how
cultures are presented.

Assignment:
Expo Exhibit
Drawing from the
motivational activity, the
students from the same group
will prepare a presentation of
different cultures which will
presented the next meeting.
The activity will be presented
 as an Expo.

WEEK 11 The Globalization Motivation LCD projector, Recitation

Identify the major of Religion Power Point, A 10 item quiz
2 hours religions in the Faith in the Age of Play the music video of John Chart, and Manila Paper
2 hours world. Modernity Essay
Lennons Imagine while
Explain how projecting the video on the References How do you
globalization affets widescreen. contribute in the
religious practices an Asad, T.(2003). Formations promotion of
beliefs Guide questions: of the Secular: Christianity, religious tolerance
Analyze the 1. Why is the song Islam, Modernity. Stanford, and inter-faith
relationship between entitled Imagine? CA: Stanford University understanding?
religion and global 2. What is the message Press.
conflict and embedded in the lyrics Chapter 10 of textbook
conversely, global of the song? SAGE.
peace. Discussion
Assigment:
Watch a local-based religion
on television or youtube and
write a 250-300 words reaction
paper.

WEEK 12- Identify the Motivation: LCD projector, Graded Group:

14: Global attributes of a global Instruction: The teacher will Power Point,
Population city going to show a video about Pictures, and Their flyers
and Mobility Explore the Thailand, a global city located VideoClips should answer the
WEEK 12 factors, both failure in Southeast Asia. following
and success, that The Global City Using factstorming web to questions:
2 hours makes a city a global identify characteristics of a References
2 hours city; global city. Chapter 26 of textbook: 1. How would
Create a flyer of Mobility, Diversity and you describe
one of the global Community in the Global your city?
cities in Asia. City by Val Colic-Pesiker
2. What is your
Sassen, Saskia. 2015.
city known
The Global City:
for?
Introducing a Concept.
A. In what ways are global Brown Journal of World
cities global? 3. What makes
Affairs XI (2): 27-43. your city a
B. In what ways they
reflect and represent global city?
global phenomena and
processes?
Lecture/Discussion

Performance
The teacher will group the
students by numbers, then
create a flyer of one of the
global city in Asia.
Each group may select
from the given categories
the content of their flyer:
a. politics
b. economy
c. socio-cultural

WEEK 13 Explain the theory of Lecture/ Discussion LCD projector, Powerpoint, A 10 item quiz
demographic Global Whiteboard Marker
2 hours transition as it Demography
2 hours affects global References:
population 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.

WEEK 14 Global Migration Motivation: Debate LCD projector, The teacher will
Analyze the The teacher will divide the Power Point, provide a copy of
2 hours political, economic, class in 2 groups. Each group and the movie Anak by
2 hours cultural, and social should have 5 speakers. VideoClips Chito S. Rono and
factors underlying Teacher will give the rules for students need to
the global the debate and the proposition:
References: write a reflective
movements of 1. What is the link between Castles, Stephen.2000. jounal regarding
people. poverty and migration? International Migration at the movie.
Displays fist-hand 2. Do receiving countries the Beginning of the twenty-
knowledge of the benefit from migration? first Century: Global Trends
experiences of Yes or no? and Issues. International
OFWs Social Science Journal 52
Lecture/Discussion (165): 269-281.
Evaluation Aguilar, Filomeno V.
For the Unsung Heroes of 2012. Differentiating
Today Sedimented from Modular
transnationalism: The View
The teacher will ask the from East Asia. Asian and
 students to create an open Pacific Migration Journal
letter directed to our OFWs 21 (2): 149-171.
citing their contribution and
sacrifices for their respective
families and as well as the
country as a whole.

Write a research
paper proposal with
proper citation.
Critique research
proposals of
classmate. Writing a research Mini-lecture on citation
proposal methods for research papers
Proposal critique.
Proposal for final research
paper. Students will begin
writing a 500-word proposal
for their final research paper.
Pair discussion: Students will
pair off and critique each
others research proposal.
WEEK 15- Laptop/ LCD Projector
16: Towards Lecture/Discussion Whiteboard Marker
a
Sustainable
References
World
Differentiate Sustainable Chapter 48 of textbook:
WEEK 15 stability from Development Sustainable Economic
sustainability Systems by Sebastian
2 hours Articulate models Plociennik
2 hours of global sustainable
development.
WEEK 16 Define global food Global Food Lecture/Discussion Laptop/ LCD Projector Recitation
security Security Whiteboard Marker
2 hours - Identify the Film Showing
2 hours four pillars References
Analyze the food
and human security
in a localized area. Chapter 50 of the Sage
book.
Maxwell, S. (1996). Food
Security Cambridge: Polity
Press.

Film: The Price of Sugar

directed by Bill Haney
References

WEEK 17- Laptop/ LCD Projector A 10 item quiz

18: Whiteboard Marker
Conclusion Recitation
Articulate a personal Global Citizenship Lecture/Discussion References:
WEEK 17
definition of global Personal Concept Map of Carter, April. 2001.
2 hours
2 hours
citizenship. global citizenship: Global Civil Society: Acting
 Appreciate the Students will engage in free as Global Citizens in the
ethical obligations of association exercise of ideas Political Theory of Global
global citizenship. they associate will global Citizenship. London:
citizenship. Based on this, they Routledge, pp. 147-176.
will synthesize a personal
definition of the concept.
Afterwards, they will list the
obligations of a global citizen.

WEEK 18 Write a research Research Paper Group Research Writing Students will
paper on a topic Writing spend the final
2 hours related to week completing
2 hours globalization,with their research
proper citation. paper.