SYLLABUS FOR HISTORY 223

COURSE TITLE: PHILIPPINES DURING THE 19th CENTURY
COURSE DESCRIPTION:History of the Philippines during the 19th century. Focus on international events impinging on the country's domestic affairs, particularly Spain's political and economic problems resulting to its inevitable collapse.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
2 oral reports....................20
1 research paper..............40
Final exam.......................40
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100%
COURSE OUTLINE
1.Overview of events during the 17th to 18th centuries
2.Spanish Institutions already established during the 19th century
* a. Centralized government
* b. Civil & ecclesiastical bureaucracy in local governance
* c. Monastic supremacy in church & state
* d. Elitist education
* e. International trade and the incipient capitalist economy
* f. Hispanic culture and the arts
3. Birth of Filipino nationalism
* a. The Reform movement
* b. The Philippine Revolution
4. *Nativism and Muslim uprising
5. *Foreign incursions into the archipelago-the coming of the American invaders
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*Assigned for reporting
SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS:
JUNE 25- FIRST MEETING/ORIENTATION
JULY 1-29 RECESS FOR RESEARCH OF FIRST REPORT
AUGUST 5-12 FIRST REPORT
AUG 19-SEPT 23 RECESS FOR RESEARCH PAPER (SECOND REPORT)
SEPT 26-OCT 7 SECOND REPORT
OCTOBER -SUBMISSION OF RESEARCH PAPER/FINAL EXAM
REFERENCES:
Kasaysayan History of the Filipino People vols. 3&4
Blair and Robertson, The Philippine Islands
Zaide,Documentary History of the Philippines
Arcilla,The Jesuit Letters
n.b. As primary sources serve as the only accepted references for the reports/research paper, sources other than the above should bear the approval of the undersigned.

Prepared by:
FAINA C. ABAYA-ULINDANG,Ph.D
Professor of History
For: MA History Students
1st sem, 2009-2010