INTLSTD 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Gross National Product, Harvard Business Review, Gross Domestic Product

• School: U of M
• Department: International Studies
• Course: INTLSTD 101
• Professor: Greta Uehling

Document Summary

Describe the different types of borders that shape our understanding of the modern world and identify their main units of analysis. Explain the pros and cons of globalization. Explain how the concept of citizenship and how it has changed over time. Every aspect of our lives is due to globalization, traditional distances and borders have shrunk. International studies: a field of inquiry that examines the broad array of geographic, political, economic, social, and cultural interactions and relationships that cross borders. With the emergence of new technologies navigating the world"s borders has become easier. However we still face new geographic, political, economic, social and cultural changes as we traverse these borders for the first time. Goal of international studies is to prepare students to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world. Fastest growing majors because we all recognize that we live in a rapidly changing world and that we need new tools to engage it.