De La Salle University

COLLEGE: College of Liberal Arts DEPARTMENT: International Studies COURSE CODE: INTGLOS A59 ROOM: A1007 CLASS DAYS AND TIME: MH 1440-1610 TERM: Term 2, SY 2011-2012 INSTRUCTOR: Mr. Al James Untalan (Assistant Lecturer)

E-mail address: al.untalan@dlsu.ph Consultation: Wednesdays (by appointment), William Hall 701

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Introduction to Global Society (INTGLOS) is designed to introduce undergraduate students from the College of Liberal Arts, College of Business and School of Economics to the theory and practice of international relations. The goal of this course is to acquaint students with the concepts, ideas and analytic tools necessary to understand state behavior and relationships among actors in the international system. It intends to raise the awareness of students towards global issues and to give them new perspective on how to think about the world. The course will use three combined approaches, namely, political, historical, and economic. The political aspect would require an analysis of the behavior and actions of different actors and their impact to the global society. The historical aspect would involve an in-depth survey of the critical events of the past and how these shaped the present configuration of the international system. Lastly, the economic aspect would touch the issues encompassing the international political economy such as trade and globalization. LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Expected Lasallian Graduate Attributes (ELGA) By the end of the course, the students should be able to:

Socially Responsive Christian Achiever

Have an overview of how interaction occurs between different actors in the international system and their repercussions to the global society.

Critical Global Citizen Understand how and why cooperation occurs in the international system; the various theories of state behavior and how they apply to current and past political events; the issues that concern international relations today and how they shape the foreign policy decisions of states; how non-state actors such as international organizations can affect the actions of states.

Competent Professional Be introduced to the concept of global citizenry and how one could contribute to its development.

Technologically Adept Be acquainted to the importance of online research as a supplement to the materials available in the university library.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Students will be graded according to the following: recitation (20%), quizzes (20%) and three long exams (60%). Students are expected to have read required materials prior to the beginning of a class meeting. Quizzes are objective type and will be unannounced. Three long exams will be given within the term. These exams are objective type and will require students to exhaust their learning from the topics covered. Final grades correspond to this scale: 4.0 (97-100), 3.5 (93-96), 3.0 (89-92), 2.5 (85-88), 2.0 (80-84), 1.5 (75-79), 1.0 (70-74), and 0.0 (0-69). COURSE SCHEDULE:

DATE TOPICS 8 September Introduction

12 September Actors in the international system and levels of analysis Kegley, C. (2009). World Politics: Trend and Transformation, (pp. 2-24).

California: Wadsworth.

15 September Schools of thought (Realism, Liberalism, Constructivism, Marxism) Kegley, C. (2009). World Politics: Trend and Transformation, (pp. 26-50).

California: Wadsworth.

19 September

22 September The Quest for Hegemony and the First World War Kegley, C. (2009). World Politics: Trend and Transformation, (pp. 86-95).

California: Wadsworth.

26 September

29 September The Second World War Kegley, C. (2009). World Politics: Trend and Transformation, (pp. 95-100).

California: Wadsworth.

3 October

6 October First Long Exam 10 October The Cold War Era

Kegley, C. (2009). World Politics: Trend and Transformation, (pp. 100-125).

California: Wadsworth.

13 October 17 October

20 October

Global Governance: The United Nations Kegley, C. (2009). World Politics: Trend and Transformation, (pp. 161-173).

California: Wadsworth.

24 October Regionalism: The European Union 27 October

Kegley, C. (2009). World Politics: Trend and Transformation, (pp. 177-188). California: Wadsworth.

3 November From Bretton Woods to the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and World

Trade Organization Kegley, C. (2009). World Politics: Trend and Transformation, (pp. 173-177, 256-

275). California: Wadsworth.

7 November Second Long Exam

10 November

The international political economy Kegley, C. (2009). World Politics: Trend and Transformation, (pp. 276-303).

California: Wadsworth.

14 November

17 November Human rights Kegley, C. (2009). World Politics: Trend and Transformation, (pp. 219-253).

California: Wadsworth.

21 November

24 November Security Kegley, C. (2009). World Politics: Trend and Transformation, (pp. 375-417, 525-

547). California: Wadsworth.

28 December Environmental issues Kegley, C. (2009). World Politics: Trend and Transformation, (pp. 338-374).

California: Wadsworth.

5 December

International law Kegley, C. (2009). World Politics: Trend and Transformation, (pp. 486-513).

California: Wadsworth.

8 December Third Long Exam REFERENCES: Burchill, S., et al. (2009). Theories of International Relations. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Kegley, C. (2009). World Politics: Trend and Transformation. California: Wadsworth.