Current Semester Undergraduate Courses
Fall 2023
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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002 | 75492 |
| Keith L Hunley - khunley@unm.edu | 3 | 22 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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003 | 63760 |
| Sarah I Leiter - leiter@unm.edu | 3 | 17 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. Meets New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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002 | 66850 |
| Wilho F Macneil - wilhomac@unm.edu | 3 | 1 |
004 | 63750 |
| Patricia M Farrell - farrellp@unm.edu | 3 | 2 |
005 | 73427 |
| Frances V Jones - jonesf@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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001 | 64939 |
| Carla Sinopoli - csinopoli@unm.edu | 3 | 3 Fees: $5 |
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 | 65458 |
| Wirt H Wills - wwills@unm.edu | 3 | 2 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: Women Gardeners Chaco House | |||||
CANCELLED 001 | 75493 | Topics | Staff | 3 | 6 |
(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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002 | 72012 |
| Catherine R Rhodes - rhodesc@unm.edu | 3 | 32 Fees: $20 |
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 | 40563 |
| Les W Field - lesfield@unm.edu | 3 | 8 Fees: $10 |
Ethnographic studies and a variety of anthropological approaches to ritual are read to examine the defining characteristics of ritual activity and its contemporary significance in peoples' lives. {Offered periodically}
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 75241 |
| Suzanne R Oakdale - soakdale@unm.edu | 3 | 5 |
This class contextualizes issues of complex social violence in Colombia by both a broad attention to Colombian history, society and culture, and by literatures that address various kinds of identity formation and dynamism.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 75243 |
| Les W Field - lesfield@unm.edu | 3 | 7 |
Current topics in sociocultural anthropology to be explored in experimental courses.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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T: Cultural & Globalizaiton | |||||
001 | 75897 |
| David W Dinwoodie - ddinwood@unm.edu | 3 | 1 Fees: $20 |
T: Querencia:Home Place & Iden | |||||
002 | 76701 |
| Levi Romero - xlromero@unm.edu | 3 | 4 Fees: $20 |
T: Writers in the Community | |||||
003 | 76705 |
| Levi Romero - xlromero@unm.eduNick Daniel Rivas - nrivas32@unm.eduXochitl Lizeth Santillan Reyna - xreyna@unm.edu | 3 | 5 Fees: $20 |
T: Violence(s) in Global Soc | |||||
005 | 77220 |
| Ian D Stewart - ianstew@unm.edu | 3 | 1 Fees: $20 |
T: Hlth & Soc Inequalities I | |||||
010 | 73894 |
| Jessica R Goodkind - jgoodkind@salud.unm.edu | 3 | Section Full Fees: $20 |
Archaeological survey of the cultures of ancient Mexico from earliest inhabitants to the period of the Spanish Conquest. This course explores environmental, social, and political aspects of the rise and fall of societies across Mexico. This a starred (*) level course and may be taken for graduate credit by students enrolled in a graduate program. A graduate student enrolled in a starred course numbered below 500 may be required to complete extra work.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 75223 |
| Loa Traxler - lptraxler@unm.edu | 3 | 6 |
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 | 39693 | Melissa E Thompson - memery@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 | |
002 | 36504 | Practice Experience | Jeffrey C Long - jlo@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
003 | 70267 | Joshua A Shapero - jshapero@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 | |
004 | 14161 | Lecture | Staff | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
005 | 70281 | Ian J Wallace - iwallace@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 | |
006 | 70289 | Kari L Schleher - kschlehe@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 | |
007 | 46076 | Emily L Jones - elj@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 | |
008 | 71350 | David E Stuart - dstuart@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 | |
013 | 14173 | Lecture | Hannah V Mattson - hmattson@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
014 | 39937 | Carla Sinopoli - csinopoli@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 | |
018 | 14177 | Lecture | Loa Traxler - lptraxler@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
024 | 14196 | Lecture | Catherine R Rhodes - rhodesc@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 24 |
026 | 14198 | Lecture | Siobhan M Mattison - smattison@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
043 | 14211 | Lecture | Heather J Edgar - hjhedgar@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
044 | 14214 | Lecture | Wirt H Wills - wwills@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
049 | 14215 | Lecture | Patricia L Crown - pcrown@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
052 | 14216 | Lecture | Les W Field - lesfield@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
056 | 14217 | Lecture | Bruce B Huckell - bhuckell@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
061 | 14229 | Lecture | David W Dinwoodie - ddinwood@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
064 | 14237 | Lecture | Suzanne R Oakdale - soakdale@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
066 | 14246 | Lecture | Osbjorn Pearson - ompear@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
080 | 14266 | Practice Experience | Keith L Hunley - khunley@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
085 | 29625 | Practice Experience | Michael W Graves - mwgraves@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
087 | 29626 | Practice Experience | Keith M Prufer - kmp@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
095 | 29627 | Practice Experience | Martin N Muller - muller@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
097 | 29628 | Practice Experience | Sherry V Nelson - svnelson@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
099 | 33025 | Practice Experience | Frances M Hayashida - fmh@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 25 |
(Also offered as ARTH 402/502) Archaeological and historic art forms of the Arctic Northwest coast and the eastern woodlands of North America. {Fall}
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 14277 |
| D A Fry - tsalagi@unm.edu | 3 | Section Full |
Topics of archaeological interest including gender in archaeology, European contact and post-processualism.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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T: Museum Practices | |||||
001 | 73510 |
| Rachel Snow - snowr@unm.edu | 3 | Section Full Fees: $20 |
T: Pre-Columbian Art: Mesoamer | |||||
003 | 62633 |
| Margaret A Jackson - mars@unm.edu | 3 | 1 Fees: $20 |
T: Museum Collection Mngmnt | |||||
CANCELLED 005 | 73506 | Topics | Staff | 3 | Section Full Fees: $20 |
T: Seminar in SW Archaeology | |||||
008 | 75224 |
| Wirt H Wills - wwills@unm.edu | 3 | 3 Fees: $20 |
T: Traditional Technology | |||||
009 | 75225 |
| Bruce B Huckell - bhuckell@unm.edu | 3 | Section Full Fees: $20 |
T: Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology | |||||
010 | 75230 |
| Bruce B Huckell - bhuckell@unm.edu | 3 | 1 Fees: $20 |
(Also offered as ANTH 544, BIOL 444/544, EPS 444/544, GEOG 444/544, MSST 444/544.) Interdisciplinary overview of how science museum resources are used to study change in human communities, natural, and physical systems over space and time. Course activities emphasize materials science, data science, and team science. Restriction: instructor permission.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 76277 |
| Thomas F Turner - turnert@unm.edu | 3 | 20 |
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: Human Physical Activity | |||||
001 | 72232 |
| Ian J Wallace - iwallace@unm.edu | 3 | 7 |
T: Genetics of Adaptive Evol | |||||
002 | 73871 |
| Jeffrey C Long - jlo@unm.edu | 3 | 5 Fees: $40 |
The analysis of the skeletal remains from past human populations, oriented at the mortality, morbidity and genetic affinities of those extinct populations. Prerequisite: *351L. {Alternate years}
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 75232 |
| Osbjorn Pearson - ompear@unm.edu | 3 | 1 |
Events and processes leading from the appearance of the human lineage to the beginnings of agriculture, with discussions of Australopithecus and the genus Homo, through Homo sapiens. Prerequisite: *351L. {Alternate years}
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 75239 |
| Sherry V Nelson - svnelson@unm.edu | 3 | 12 |
Basic concepts, methods and approaches used in the analysis of archaeological pottery. Lectures cover concepts and strategies. Labs give practical experience with techniques of analysis. {Spring}
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 75227 |
| Kari L Schleher - kschlehe@unm.edu | 3 | 2 |
(Also offered as BIOL 491/591) This course investigates how genetic variation is patterned within and between populations, and how these patterns change over time. Topics include neutral theory, population structure, phylogenetics, coalescent theory, the molecular clock, and laboratory methods.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 75236 |
| Jeffrey C Long - jlo@unm.edu | 3 | 3 |
Directed study of topics not covered in regular courses.
# | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available |
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001 | 56817 | Siobhan M Mattison - smattison@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 | |
002 | 35731 | Independent Study | Michael W Graves - mwgraves@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
003 | 36235 | Independent Study | Keith M Prufer - kmp@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 24 |
004 | 14320 | Independent Study | Staff | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
005 | 36505 | Independent Study | Loa Traxler - lptraxler@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
006 | 36506 | Independent Study | Sherry V Nelson - svnelson@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
007 | 36507 | Independent Study | Martin N Muller - muller@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
008 | 46078 | Hannah V Mattson - hmattson@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 | |
009 | 70269 | Joshua A Shapero - jshapero@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 | |
010 | 36508 | Independent Study | Jeffrey C Long - jlo@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 24 |
011 | 39694 | Melissa E Thompson - memery@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 24 | |
012 | 70282 | Ian J Wallace - iwallace@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 24 | |
013 | 14325 | Independent Study | Carla Sinopoli - csinopoli@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
014 | 39938 | Jocelyn H Dehaas - chinsu@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 | |
015 | 46080 | Emily L Jones - elj@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 24 | |
016 | 70290 | Kari L Schleher - kschlehe@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 | |
017 | 76573 |
| Christopher C Witt - cwitt@unm.edu | 1 | 5 |
018 | 76575 |
| Thomas F Turner - turnert@unm.edu | 1 | 5 |
024 | 14329 | Independent Study | Catherine R Rhodes - rhodesc@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
044 | 14444 | Independent Study | Wirt H Wills - wwills@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 24 |
049 | 14447 | Independent Study | Patricia L Crown - pcrown@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
052 | 14452 | Independent Study | Les W Field - lesfield@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 24 |
056 | 14457 | Independent Study | Bruce B Huckell - bhuckell@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
061 | 14464 | Independent Study | David W Dinwoodie - ddinwood@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
064 | 14468 | Independent Study | Suzanne R Oakdale - soakdale@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
066 | 14474 | Independent Study | Osbjorn Pearson - ompear@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
076 | 14483 | Independent Study | Heather J Edgar - hjhedgar@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
078 | 14487 | Independent Study | David A Phillips - dap@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
080 | 14486 | Independent Study | Keith L Hunley - khunley@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
092 | 33026 | Independent Study | Frances M Hayashida - fmh@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 25 |
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 | 36509 | Practice Experience | Sherry V Nelson - svnelson@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
002 | 36510 | Practice Experience | Martin N Muller - muller@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
003 | 36511 | Practice Experience | Jeffrey C Long - jlo@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
004 | 14623 | Practice Experience | Staff | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
005 | 39183 | Michael W Graves - mwgraves@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 | |
006 | 39695 | Melissa E Thompson - memery@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 | |
007 | 46081 | Carla Sinopoli - csinopoli@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 | |
009 | 46097 | Emily L Jones - elj@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 | |
010 | 56818 | Siobhan M Mattison - smattison@unm.edu | 2 | 25 | |
011 | 76565 | Staff | 2 TO 6 | Section Full | |
013 | 14649 | Practice Experience | Hannah V Mattson - hmattson@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
024 | 14657 | Practice Experience | Catherine R Rhodes - rhodesc@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
026 | 14658 | Practice Experience | Loa Traxler - lptraxler@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
044 | 14673 | Practice Experience | Wirt H Wills - wwills@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
049 | 14674 | Practice Experience | Patricia L Crown - pcrown@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
052 | 14707 | Practice Experience | Les W Field - lesfield@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
056 | 14712 | Practice Experience | Bruce B Huckell - bhuckell@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
061 | 14715 | Practice Experience | David W Dinwoodie - ddinwood@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
064 | 14716 | Practice Experience | Suzanne R Oakdale - soakdale@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
066 | 14719 | Practice Experience | Osbjorn Pearson - ompear@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
076 | 14728 | Practice Experience | Heather J Edgar - hjhedgar@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
080 | 14740 | Practice Experience | Keith L Hunley - khunley@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |
087 | 33316 | Practice Experience | Keith M Prufer - kmp@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 20 |
100 | 33027 | Practice Experience | Frances M Hayashida - fmh@unm.edu | 2 TO 6 | 25 |