Approaches To Global Studies

Catalog description

Cat. I This course examines the major theoretical and methodological approaches that characterize global studies . Since the end of the Cold War, new forms of transnational integration, interdependence and conflict have been considered examples of globalization . Yet this period is not the first to undergo such transformation, and the “global” is often experienced in disparate ways around the world . This course examines the diverse ways of understanding globalization in the past and present . No prior background is required . Especially appropriate for students interested in any of WPI’s global Project Centers .