Effecting Change: Russia (Flagship Program only)

INSTRUCTOR INFO

Anna Alsufieva

alsufiev@pdx.edu

COURSE CRN

• Spring 2025

  • 63564, 63565

• Fall 2025

  • 13612

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This Capstone is restricted to students who are enrolled in PSU Russian Flagship Program and the course is conducted completely in Russian. Intercultural competence is an important skill that one needs to acquire to be a successful and contributing member of modern global society. This course is the concluding component of the Portland State University Russian Language Flagship Partner Program that focuses on the preparation of global professionals. 

Course Goals:

The course provides students the opportunity to explore working environments related to their professional interests particularly in Russia. 

Project Description

While in Russia, students will participate in internships in different types of the organizations (internships set up through the Overseas Russian Flagship Program based in St. Petersburg State University and two state universities located in Nizhnii, Novgorod). Discussions, reading, writing assignments and final projects (all will be done in Russian) will be arranged to help students explore the meaning of cross-cultural communication and the position of the professions that students selected in the modern society. The final assignment will be a collective research project integrating students’ internship experiences and related to American-Russian cross-cultural communication. The projects are intended to serve both the Russian-speaking community in Portland and Russian language learners in the U.S.A.

CONTACT INFO

Anna Alsufieva, alsufiev@pdx.edu