AY 2025-2026 Term 1
Announcements
No need to buy any book. Just download the ppts.
Mondays / Tuesdays are in class meetings to discuss the chapter of the day.
Thursdays / Fridays have no class meetings, please do your HWs. You may finish all HWs in advance.
Quizzes
Please automatically expect a quiz the next meeting when the topics of the ppts are already covered.
Quiz 1 = Chapters 1, 2 and 5
Quiz 2 = Chapters 6, 7 and 8
Quiz 3 = Chapters 9 and 10
Grading System
3 Long Exams 45%
Term Paper 30%
Reflection Papers 25%
Total 100%
Passing Grade is 70%, equivalent to a 1.0
Final papers
The papers will have to talk about the
Philippine Experience
on the respective topics we discussed in class.
Each group has to choose a particular problem to focus on (education, health, environment, urbanization, urban job market, rural job market, corruption, etc.) and show the solutions of the government (what are the existing laws? are these effective or not?) and the group's own suggestions (think of this as a potential CSR). And an individual reflection paper on that topic.
The rubric for grading the final paper and reporting is found in the files area.
Further details can be found in AnimoSpace
(you may submit early)
Schedule of Activities (MH)
*TF classes just add one day
Sept 2025
1 Introduction + Chapter 1
4 Homework reflection on "if the world were 100 People"
8 Chapter 2
11 Homework reflection on "could you survive in wealth?"
15 Chapter 5
18 Quiz 1
22 Chapter 6
25 Homework reflection on "Hungry Planet"
29 Chapter 7
Oct 2025
2 Homework reflection on "Baby-o-matic"
6 Chapter 8
9 Quiz 2
13 Chapter 9
16 Use the class period to watch and write the Homework reflection on China's growing appetite scroll to the bottom (any 45 min episode, but if you become interested in the entire series, feel free to comment on all episodes)
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/video-on-demand/chinas-growing-appetite
20 Chapter 10
23 Quiz 3
27 ILW - NO CLASS
30 ILW - NO CLASS
Nov 2025
3 Culminating Activity
6 Continue working on your final papers
10 Continue working on your final papers
13 Submission of Final Papers