Current Semester Undergraduate Courses
Spring 2024
Anthropology is the systematic study of the humanity both past and present. The course introduces students to the four subfields of anthropology, which include archaeology, biological, linguistic and cultural anthropology. Students will learn about the concepts and methods that anthropologists use to study our species and gain a broader perspective on the human experience. Meets New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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CANCELLED 002 | 49919 | Lecture | Staff | 3 | 24 Fees: $5 |
This course provides a basic introduction to the broad field of biological anthropology. The research interests of biological anthropologists include the history and development of modern evolutionary biology, molecular and population genetics, modern primates, the primate and human fossil record, and modern human biological diversity. Biological Anthropology concentration students are required, and others are encouraged, to enroll concurrently in 1135L. Meets New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 3: Physical and Natural Sciences.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 53967 |
| Sherry V Nelson - svnelson@unm.edu | 3 | 45 Fees: $5 |
This is an introductory course that provides an overview of cultural anthropology as a subfield within the broader discipline of anthropology and as a research approach within the social sciences more generally. The course presents core concepts and methods of cultural anthropology that are used to understand the ways in which human beings organize and experience their lives through distinctive cultural practices. More specifically, this course explores social and cultural differences and similarities around the world through a variety of topics such as: language and communication, economics, ways of making a living, marriage and family, kinship and descent, race, ethnicity, political organization, supernatural beliefs, sex and gender, and globalization. This course ultimately aims to present a broad range of perspectives and practices of various cultural groups from across the globe. Meets New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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006 | 59828 |
| Sarah I Leiter - leiter@unm.edu | 3 | 33 Fees: $5 |
This is an introductory course which provides an overview of the discipline of Linguistic Anthropology. The course will discuss the implications of language within anthropology, as well as within the sciences and social sciences more generally. The course explores the core concepts and methods of linguistic anthropology, such as the basic structure of language, first and second language acquisition, bilingualism, and social and regional variations that are used to help students understand what it means to be human and the role of language in human societies.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 61625 |
| Devin A Tankersley - dtankersley@unm.edu | 3 | 1 |
002 | 50038 |
| Wilho F Macneil - wilhomac@unm.edu | 3 | 3 |
003 | 49925 |
| Danielle Angier - dangier1@unm.edu | 3 | Section Full |
This course introduces students to field and laboratory methods and techniques in archeology. Students learn the standards of archeological field recording, excavation techniques and field-related laboratory skills. Fieldwork is required. Meets New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 3: Physical and Natural Sciences. Corequisite: 1211L.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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002 | 49933 |
| Caitlin S Ainsworth - cpen42@unm.edu | 3 | 14 Fees: $5 |
A course exploring a topic not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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T: Latin America Today | |||||
002 | 62127 |
| Mariana Sabino Salazar - soymariana@unm.edu | 3 | 5 |
This course explores the core principles of human biology from an integrated evolutionary framework, including perspectives from anatomy and physiology, ethnology, primatology, paleoanthropology, ecology, neuroscience, evolutionary medicine, and more.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 57883 |
| Ian J Wallace - iwallace@unm.edu | 3 | 59 |
Archaeology is the systematic study of the human past through material remains. This course introduces students to the physical remains of past societies and compares and contrasts archaeological development in different regions. Students will explore the dynamics of the human past and its influences on contemporary society. Meets New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 56283 |
| Wirt H Wills - wwills@unm.edu | 3 | 2 Fees: $5 |
(Also offered as CJ 319; LING 359) Examination of the interrelations of language and speech with other selected aspects of culture and cognition. Prerequisite: 114 or 1155 or LING 2110 or LING 301.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 57869 |
| David W Dinwoodie - ddinwood@unm.edu | 3 | 33 Fees: $20 |
The purpose and theory of the study of archaeology; relates archaeology to anthropological principles and the practice of science. Prerequisite: 1211 and 1211L. {Yearly}
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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002 | 36435 |
| Kari L Schleher - kschlehe@unm.edu | 3 | 1 Fees: $20 |
The prehistory of Europe with emphasis on hunter-gatherer adaptations of the Pleistocene and early Holocene, using primary data sources. Prerequisite: 1115 or (1211 and 1211L) or 2175. {Alternate years}
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 60616 |
| Emily L Jones - elj@unm.edu | 3 | 18 |
Development of ideas and theories in sociocultural anthropology; focus on topics such as integration of human societies, sources of change in economic and cultural systems.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 30333 |
| David W Dinwoodie - ddinwood@unm.edu | 3 | 16 Fees: $10 |
Current topics in sociocultural anthropology to be explored in experimental courses.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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T: Song Ethnography:SardiniaIT | |||||
003 | 57013 |
| Kristina M Jacobsen - kmj23@unm.edu | 3 | Section Full Waitlist: 3 |
T: Hlth & Soc Inequality Lab | |||||
005 | 54370 | Jessica R Goodkind - jgoodkind@salud.unm.edu | 3 | 2 Fees: $20 | |
T: Hlth & Soc Inequalities II | |||||
011 | 39382 |
| Jessica R Goodkind - jgoodkind@salud.unm.edu | 3 | 2 Fees: $20 |
Our goals are to better understand the lived realities on the ground in Palestine, and to develop skills of critical analysis to better understand colonialism, decolonization, and indigeneity in across the globe.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 60608 |
| Les W Field - lesfield@unm.edu | 3 | Section Full |
Human heredity, variation and adaptation within and between different ecological and cultural settings; genetics; quantitative variation; elements of human population biology and human ecology. Prerequisite: 1135 or BIOL 1110 or BIOL 1140 or BIOL 2110C or BIOL 2410C. {Spring}
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 40168 |
| Jeffrey C Long - jlo@unm.edu | 3 | 11 Fees: $30 |
Introduces students to the fundamental principles of evolutionary theory and their application to human behavior. It surveys current research on human sexuality, mate choice, reproduction and parenting from the perspective of human evolutionary ecology. Prerequisite: 1170 or 1135 or BIOL 1110.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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CANCELLED 001 | 62262 | Lecture | Staff | 3 | 100 Fees: $20 |
Special emphasis will be on strategies of survival, reproduction, mating and rearing, in the complex social systems of apes and monkeys. The costs and benefits of alternative strategies are used to understand individual life histories. Restriction: upper division standing.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 60733 |
| Melissa E Thompson - memery@unm.edu | 3 | 23 Fees: $20 |
Directed study under the supervision of a faculty member. Restriction: permission of instructor. {Offered upon demand}
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 46771 | Melissa E Thompson - memery@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 | |
002 | 36049 | Jeffrey C Long - jlo@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 | |
003 | 36050 | Loa Traxler - lptraxler@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 | |
004 | 30645 | Lecture | Kari L Schleher - kschlehe@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
005 | 41581 | Frances M Hayashida - fmh@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 | |
006 | 54339 | Joshua A Shapero - jshapero@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 | |
007 | 54627 | Ian J Wallace - iwallace@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 | |
044 | 30664 | Lecture | Wirt H Wills - wwills@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
049 | 30665 | Lecture | Patricia L Crown - pcrown@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
052 | 30666 | Lecture | Les W Field - lesfield@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 24 |
056 | 30667 | Lecture | Bruce B Huckell - bhuckell@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
061 | 30677 | Lecture | David W Dinwoodie - ddinwood@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
064 | 30685 | Lecture | Suzanne R Oakdale - soakdale@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
066 | 30691 | Lecture | Osbjorn Pearson - ompear@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
080 | 30702 | Practice Experience | Keith L Hunley - khunley@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
085 | 34483 | Practice Experience | Julia M Hess - jmhess@salud.unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
087 | 34484 | Practice Experience | Keith M Prufer - kmp@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
097 | 34486 | Practice Experience | Sherry V Nelson - svnelson@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
101 | 37192 | Emily L Jones - elj@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 | |
102 | 43323 | Catherine R Rhodes - rhodesc@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 | |
103 | 47802 | Hannah V Mattson - hmattson@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
(Also offered as ARTH 406/506) Archaeological and historic art forms of the Plains, Southwest and western regions of North America. {Spring}
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 34653 |
| D A Fry - tsalagi@unm.edu | 3 | Section Full Fees: $85.5 |
Topics of archaeological interest including gender in archaeology, European contact and post-processualism.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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Managing Cultural Resources | |||||
001 | 60715 |
| Hannah V Mattson - hmattson@unm.edu | 3 | 3 Fees: $20 |
T: Pre-Columbian Art: S. Amer | |||||
002 | 46882 |
| Margaret A Jackson - mars@unm.edu | 3 | Section Full Fees: $72.5 |
A course exploring a topic not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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T: Advanced Osteology | |||||
002 | 60853 |
| Osbjorn Pearson - ompear@unm.edu | 3 | 3 Fees: $40 |
T: Hum Beh Ecol Life History | |||||
003 | 61731 |
| Ian J Wallace - iwallace@unm.edu | 3 | 3 Fees: $40 |
This course examines theory, data and methods used by genetic anthropologists to address questions about human origins and prehistory, race, natural selection, disease, and the social and scientific implications of research in genetic anthropology. Prerequisite: 1135 or BIOL 1110 or BIOL 1140 or BIOL 2110C or BIOL 2410C.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 60778 |
| Keith L Hunley - khunley@unm.edu | 3 | 1 Fees: $30 |
Directed study of topics not covered in regular courses.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 46429 | Jocelyn H Dehaas - chinsu@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 10 | |
002 | 35702 | Independent Study | Frances M Hayashida - fmh@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
003 | 35703 | Independent Study | Melissa E Thompson - memery@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 24 |
004 | 30717 | Independent Study | Kari L Schleher - kschlehe@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
005 | 35846 | Independent Study | Jeffrey C Long - jlo@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
006 | 54327 | Hannah V Mattson - hmattson@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 | |
007 | 54328 | Joshua A Shapero - jshapero@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 | |
008 | 54629 | Ian J Wallace - iwallace@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 23 | |
009 | 54630 | Catherine R Rhodes - rhodesc@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 | |
013 | 30719 | Independent Study | Jane B Lancaster - jlancas@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 4 |
043 | 30759 | Independent Study | Hillard S Kaplan - hkaplan@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
044 | 30760 | Independent Study | Wirt H Wills - wwills@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 24 |
049 | 30761 | Independent Study | Patricia L Crown - pcrown@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
052 | 30762 | Independent Study | Les W Field - lesfield@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
056 | 30763 | Independent Study | Bruce B Huckell - bhuckell@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
061 | 30764 | Independent Study | David W Dinwoodie - ddinwood@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
064 | 30765 | Independent Study | Suzanne R Oakdale - soakdale@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
066 | 30766 | Independent Study | Osbjorn Pearson - ompear@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
073 | 30767 | Independent Study | Loa Traxler - lptraxler@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
076 | 30768 | Independent Study | Heather J Edgar - hedgar@salud.unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
078 | 30770 | Independent Study | David A Phillips - dap@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
080 | 30769 | Independent Study | Keith L Hunley - khunley@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
085 | 34491 | Independent Study | Michael W Graves - mwgraves@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
087 | 34492 | Independent Study | Keith M Prufer - kmp@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 24 |
095 | 34493 | Independent Study | Martin N Muller - muller@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
097 | 34494 | Independent Study | Sherry V Nelson - svnelson@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
101 | 37196 | Emily L Jones - elj@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 23 | |
102 | 43324 | Siobhan M Mattison - smattison@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
Readings and discussions concerning anthropological research methods, sources, goals and professional ethics. Open to upper division majors and concentrators whose applications for the honors program have been approved. Restriction: permission of instructor. {Fall}
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 53509 |
| Catherine R Rhodes - rhodesc@unm.edu | 3 | 1 |
Field research for qualified advanced undergraduate or graduate students with previous experience in archaeology, biological anthropology, human evolutionary ecology, linguistics or general ethnology. Problems are selected on the basis of student-faculty interest and field research opportunities. Restriction: permission of instructor. {Offered upon demand}
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 35792 | Practice Experience | Melissa E Thompson - memery@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
002 | 54329 | Hannah V Mattson - hmattson@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 | |
003 | 54330 | Joshua A Shapero - jshapero@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 | |
004 | 30821 | Practice Experience | Kari L Schleher - kschlehe@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
005 | 54631 | Ian J Wallace - iwallace@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 | |
006 | 54632 | Catherine R Rhodes - rhodesc@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 | |
012 | 30828 | Practice Experience | Loa Traxler - lptraxler@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
018 | 30832 | Practice Experience | Jeffrey C Long - jlo@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
043 | 30837 | Practice Experience | Hillard S Kaplan - hkaplan@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
044 | 30839 | Practice Experience | Wirt H Wills - wwills@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
049 | 30840 | Practice Experience | Patricia L Crown - pcrown@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
052 | 30857 | Practice Experience | Les W Field - lesfield@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
056 | 30859 | Practice Experience | Bruce B Huckell - bhuckell@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
061 | 30862 | Practice Experience | David W Dinwoodie - ddinwood@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
064 | 30863 | Practice Experience | Suzanne R Oakdale - soakdale@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
066 | 30866 | Practice Experience | Osbjorn Pearson - ompear@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
076 | 30871 | Practice Experience | Heather J Edgar - hedgar@salud.unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
080 | 30879 | Practice Experience | Keith L Hunley - khunley@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
085 | 34496 | Practice Experience | Michael W Graves - mwgraves@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
087 | 34497 | Practice Experience | Keith M Prufer - kmp@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
095 | 34498 | Practice Experience | Martin N Muller - muller@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
096 | 35092 | Practice Experience | Frances M Hayashida - fmh@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
097 | 34499 | Practice Experience | Sherry V Nelson - svnelson@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
101 | 37199 | Emily L Jones - elj@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 | |
102 | 43325 | Siobhan M Mattison - smattison@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |