LEARNING PLAN
FOR
Learning Outcomes
Week1-2: Introduction
Introduction self to classmates and
teachers
List expectations for the course
Recall course rules
Write a personal definition of
globalization based on a concept map
Differentiate the competing conceptions
of globalization
Identify the underlying philosophies of
the varying definitions of globalization
Agree on a working definition of
globalization for the course
CONTEMPORARY WORLD
Topic Methodology Resources Assessment
Course overview Classroom sharing (Introduction) Course syllabus
Classroom policies Lecture
Personal concept map of Introduce textbook: Manfred Stegger, Paul
globalization: Battersby, and Joseph M. Siracusa, eds. 2014.
Students will engage in a free The SAGE Handbook of Globalization. Two vols.
association exercise of ideas they Thousand Oaks: SAGE.
associate with "globalization."
Based on the concepts they list,
they will synthesize a personl
definition of the concept.
Introduction to the Lecture LCD Projector
Study of
Globalization
News report critique: Reading Materials
Students will find and read three *Chapter 2 of textbook: "Approaches to the
newspaper op-eds (local or Study of Globalization" by Manfred B. Steger
international) discussing
globalization. Before class, they will
write 50-word summaries of each
op-ed, identifying what the *Steger, Manfred B. "Ideologies of
underlying definitions of Globalization." 2005. Journal of Political

Week 3-5: The Structures of
Globalization
Define economic globalization
Identify the actors that facilitate
economic globalization
Define the modern world system
Articulate a stance on global economic
integration
Explain the role of international financial Market Integration
institutions in the creation of a global
economy
Narrate a short history of a global market
integration in the twentieth century
Identify the attributes of global
corporations
gobalization the op-ed writers use. Ideologies 10 (1): 11-30.
Quiz on the reading
The Global Economy Lecture/discussion LCD Projector
materials
Debate: The students will debate Reading Materials Recitation
the motion "That global free trade
has done more harm than good." *Chapter 9 of textbook: "The Globalization of
Economic Relations" by Istvan Benczes
*Wallerstein, Immanuel. 2004. "The
ModernWorld-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.
Quiz on the reading
Lecture/discussion LCD Projector
materials
Film viewing and discussion Reading Materials: Recitation
*Chapter 17 of textbook: "The Rise of the Global
Corporation" by Deane Neubauer
*Bello, Walden F. 2006. "The Multiple 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
Quiz on the reading
Explain the effects of globalization on The Global Interstate Lecture/discussion LCD Projector
materials
governments System

Identify the institutions that govern Reading Materials Recitation

international relations
*Chapter 7 of textbook: "Governments and
Differentiate internationalism from Citizens in a Globally Interconnected World of
globalism States" by Hans Schattle

*Mazowe, Mark. 2006. "An International

Civilization? Empire, Internationalism and the
Crisis of the Mid-Twentieth Century."
International Affairs 82(3): 553-566.

Quiz on the reading

Identify the roles and functions of the Contemporary Lecture/discussion LCD Projector
materials
United Nations
Identify the challenges of global Global Governance Reading Materials Recitation
governance in the twenty-first century *Chapter 29 of textbook: "The United Nations
Meets the Twenty-first Century: Confronting the
Explain the relevance of the state amid Challenges of Global Governance" by Thomas G.
globalization Weiss and Ramesh Thakur

Week 6-8: A World of Regions
Define the term "Global South"
Differentiate the Global South from the (focus on Latin
Third World
Analyze how a new conception of global
relations emerged from the experiences
of Latin American countries
Differentiate between regionalization
and globalization
Identify the factors leading to a greater
integration of the Asian region
*Hobsbawm, Eric J. 1996. "The Future of the
State." Development and Change 27(2): 267-278
Global Divides: The Quiz on the reading
Lecture/discussion LCD Projector
North and the South materials
America) Group report Reading Materials Graded Group Report:
*Chapter 12 of textbook: "Locating the Global Students will form groups
South" by Lisondra E. Claudio of 3-5. Each group will be
assigned a Latin American
country to report on. These
groups will deliver 10-
minute presentations on
*Connell, Raewyn. 2007. "Dependency, the contemporary foreign
Autonomy and Culture. In Southern Theory : and economic policies of
The Global Dynamics of Knowledge in Social their respective countries.
Science. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, pp. 139-
163
Quiz on the reading
Asian regionalism Lecture/discussion LCD Projector
materials
Group report Reading Materials Graded Group Report:
*Chapter 13 of textbook: "Globalization and the Students will form groups
Asia Pacific and South Asia" by Ehito Kimura of 3-5. Each group will be
Analyze how different Asian states assigned an Asian country
confront the challenges of globalization to research and report on.
and regionalization These groups will deliver
10-minute presentations
on the contemporary
*Shiraishi, Takashi. 2006. "The Third Wave:
foreign and economic
Southern Asia and Middle-Class Formation in
policies of their respective
the Making of a Region." In Beyond Japan: The
countries.
Dynamics of East Asian Regionalism, ed. Peter
Katzenstein and Takashi Shiraishi. Ithaca, NY:
Cornell University Press, pp. 237-71

Week 10-11: A World of ideas

Global Media Quiz on the reading
Analyze how various media drive various Lecture/discussion LCD Projector
Cultures materials
forms of global integration
Explain the dynamic between local and Group report Reading Materials Graded Group Report:
global cultural production Students will form groups
*Chapter 22 of textbook: "Globalization and the of 3-5. Each group will be
Share the interrelationship between local Media: Creating the Global Village" by Jack Lule asked to pick an Asian
& global cultured production or global musical act that became
integration. internationally famous. In
*Chapter 23 of textbook: "Popular Music and their group report, they
Globalization" by Yara El-Ghadban 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?
Quiz on the reading
Explain how globalization affects religious The Globalization of Lecture/discussion LCD Projector
materials
practices and beliefs Religion
Analyze the relationship between religion Discussion of film Reading Materials Recitation
and global conflict and, conversely, global
peace *Chapter 10 of textbook: "Religion and
Globalization" by Victor Roudometor

Integrate the help of religion to the

global peace. *Chapter 43 of textbook: "Religion and Global
Conflict" by Mark Juergensmeyer

Film: PBS Frontline: " The Rise of ISIS"

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

Week 12-14: Global Population and

Mobility
Quiz on the reading
Identify the attributes of a global city The Global City Lecture/discussion LCD Projector
materials
Analyze how cities serve as engines of
globalization Group report Reading Materials
Graded Group Report:
Justify the contribution of cities or *Chapter 26 of textbook: "Mobility, Diversity Students will form groups
globalization
Explain the theory demographic
transition as it affects global population
Discuss how demography defers global
population
Relate how change covered by
population depends on demography
and Community in the Global City" by Val Colic-
Peisker
*Sassen, Saskia.2005. "The Global City:
of 3-5. Each group will be
Introducing a Concept." Brown Journal of World
assigned a global city to
Affairs XI(2):27-43.
discuss and research on.
1. How would you describe
your city
2. What is your city known
for?
3. What makes your city a
global city?
Quiz on the reading
Mandated topic: Lecture/discussion LCD Projector
materials
Global Demography
Reading Materials Short research paper to
discuss the topic: Has the
*Lee, Ronald. 2003. "The Demographic Philippines undergone the
Transition: Three Centuries of Fundamental demographic transition?
Change." Journal of Economic Perspectives Why or why not?
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. 2005. "What We Can and
Cannot Learn from the History of World
Population. Population Studies: A Journal of
Demography 69(S1): S21-S28.

Quiz on the reading

Analyze the political, economic, cultural, Global Migration Lecture/discussion LCD Projector
materials
and social factor underlying the global
movements of people
OFW Interview: Each student will Reading Materials Recitation
Display first-hand knowledge of the be asked to interview a former or a
experiences of OFWs current OFW (face-to-face or *Castles, Stephen. 2000. "International
online). In class they will share what Migration at the Beginning of the Twenty-First
they learned from these interviews Century: Global Trends and issues."
about transitionalism and the International Social Science Journal 52 (165):
factors that affect global 269-281.
migrations.

*Aguilar, Filomeno V. 2012. "Differentiating

Sedimented from Modular Transnationalism:
The View from East Asia." Asian and Pacific
Migration Journal 21(2): 149-171.

Week 15-16: Towards a Sustainable

World
Differentiate stability from sustainability Sustainable Lecture/discussion LCD Projector Quiz on the reading
Development materials
Articulate models of global sustainable Reading Materials
development *Chapter 48 of textbook: "Sustainable Economic Recitation
 Systems" by Sebastian Plociennik

Quiz on the reading

Define global food security Global Food Security Lecture/discussion LCD Projector
materials
Critiques existing models of global food Film Viewing Reading Materials Recitation
security
*Chapter 50 of textbook: "Global Food Security:
The Challenge of Feeding the World" by Monika
Barthwal-Datta

*McMichael, Philip. 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

Week 17-18: Conclusion

Quiz on the reading
Articulate a personal definition of global Global Citizenship Lecture/discussion Reading Materials
materials
citizenship
Recitation
Personal concept map of global *Carter, April. 2001. "Global Civil Society: Acting
Appreciate the ethical obligations of
citizenship: Students will engage in as Global Citizens" in The Political Theory of
global citizenship
a free association exercise of ideas Global Citizenship. London: Routledge, pp. 147-
they associate with "global 176.
citizenship." Based on this, they will
synthesize a personal definition of
the concept. Afterwards, they will
list the obligations of a global
 citizen.
Write a research paper on a topic related Research paper Independent research and writing Students will spend the
to globalization, with proper citation writing final week completing their
research papers.