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Welcome to HUMU 310: Contemporary Latin American Societies, and thank you for teaching this course.

I am Leigh Ann Wilson, the course developer and your contact for anything related to the content of this
course.  

I am going to share a bit about the course and about myself, and then I look forward to hearing from
you whenever you have questions or suggestions or just wish to connect. 

Let’s start with the course. HUMU 310 is a brand new course. I proposed its creation based on two
reasons:

 First, the University’s designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), meaning has an
enrollment of undergraduate full-time equivalent students that is at least 25 percent Hispanic
students at the end of the award year immediately preceding the date of application.
 Next, as I have doctoral training in Latin American History, I was interested in developing
coursework that would allow me to contribute to Brandman’s Humanities course battery. Upon
my arrival at Brandman in 2012, I was allowed to write the HISU 390 course, Modern Latin
America. Sadly, it has never made due to low enrollment.

This course, HUMU 310, is an elective, but it is hoped that since we are an HSI, students from many
diverse majors will choose this course as part of their educational experience here at Brandman.

I have discussed the possibility with my Dean, Jeremy Korr, about the potential for subsequent classes,
or even some sort of emphasis in Latin American studies.

This course does not have a signature assignment, so there are no related ILOs that must be addressed.

More tips about the course in general are provided just for you in the course shell’s instructor resource
folder.

Regarding the text used for this class, there is no dedicated, single textbook that students are required
to buy. Because this type of course is more commonly addressed as part of a history curriculum, rather
than LatAm studies, the most typical approach from other scholars nationwide who have written similar
courses is to select various readings and audio/visual resources in lieu of a single book.

And about me.  I have been with Brandman since 2012 as Assistant Professor in History. In 2016, I was
named Deputy to the associate dean of curriculum and assurance of learning, which is an administration
and faculty hybrid role. 
In 2017, that role was revised to “Curriculum Coordinator,” in which I focused solely on curriculum
issues, rather than assessment. I was promoted to Associate Professor of History and Communications in
2018 and returned to my FTF role. I truly enjoy working with you, as instructors, to support your
valuable work and to help you and your students have the best experience.

Finally, you can also produce a podcast for students just like this one.  If you aren’t sure how to do that
or anything else, ask me. If I don’t know, I will find someone who does.  Enjoy the course!