Internationalizing Course Design: Summer Institute

Yuliya Kartoshkina speaks at a table in a classroom with another person

A five-day in-person learning experience
June 23-27, 2025
Minneapolis, Minnesota

This Summer Institute is designed for faculty and instructors at any higher education institution who are seeking new approaches to internationalizing their students’ learning. Participants will receive focused, personalized coaching through this hands-on experience, enabling them to substantially design or re-design a course of their choosing.  

Program participants will: 

  • Learn about theoretical foundations and practical applications of the University of Minnesota Curriculum Internationalization Model
  • Develop student learning goals, teaching strategies, content, and assessments focused on deepening students’ international, intercultural, and global learning in the course of their choice
  • Reflect on what it means to bring one’s cultural self to teaching
  • Expand their professional network by working alongside participants from different disciplines and institutions preparing global ready graduates
  • Gain access to additional internationalized teaching, learning, research, service, and career success opportunities for themselves and their students

Institute facilitators will share examples of how the UMN model has been applied to different courses and disciplines by faculty and instructors who have participated in our curriculum internationalization programs. Participants will work on their own syllabi throughout the Institute and receive feedback from expert facilitators and co-attendees.  

Summer Internationalizing Course Design Institute participants will be able to:

  • Revise a course of their choice by rethinking student learning goals to prepare global ready graduates in their discipline
  • Apply a wide variety of teaching strategies and assessments focused on deepening international, intercultural, and global learning of their students 
  • Expand their professional teaching network by working together with participants from different disciplines and institutions preparing global ready graduates 

Program Facilitators:

Yuliya Kartoshkina, PhD, (bio) is a Program Director for Internationalizing Course Design at the University of Minnesota.  
Ann Smith, PhD, (bio) is Program Director for International Student Academic Integration at the University of Minnesota.

Cost: 

Includes training materials and meals (breakfast and lunch) during the Institute. Participants are responsible for their own travel, parking, dinner, and lodging expenses. 

  • UMN participants: no charge 
  • Non-UMN: TBD 
  • Group pricing: TBD

Registration: 

  • The final registration deadline has been extended to June 14, 2024, by noon. 
  • To register, fill out this Interest Form to tell us more about you and the course you would like to focus on for this program.

Questions?