Introduction to Contemporary Latin America
Dear students, welcome to an online course in Introduction to Contemporary Latin America (LAT-100). The main objectives of this course are to introduce Latin American history, geography, development, environment and society. The course provides insights to important contemporary topics in Latin America. Examples are, poverty, injustice and inequality, indigenous rights and social movements, environmental issues, and contemporary economic and political issues. The Andes Region, especially Bolivia are the main focus areas of this course.
LAT-100 is purely an online course offered by the University of Agder through their learning management system (LMS) called Fronter and the course room is called LAT-100. Students studying bachelor in Latin American Studies and International Development and Environment are obligated to take this course and to register with the system manager of Fronter to get the log in details that can allow them to access the course room. Moreover, this course is also open for other students. You just need to search for LAT-100 in søknadsweb and register for the course.
LAT-100 has also its own course blog. Students taking the course also get access to the blog of Introduction to Contemporary Latin America through the link below. Here, the students will get mini-lectures and posts, more reading materials, and related resources which will enable them to go through the course smoothly.
https://contemporarylatinamerica.wordpress.com/
For any challenge concerning the course feel free to get in touch. I am more than willing to help during this course.
Please enjoy the course and I look forward to see you in August!
Introduction to Contemporary Latin America 