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.

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00275492

TR 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Hibben Center 105

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Keith L Hunley - khunley@unm.edu322
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.

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00363760

MWF 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Hibben Center 105

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Sarah I Leiter - leiter@unm.edu317
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.

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00266850

MWF 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Univ Advise & Enrich Center B90

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Wilho F Macneil - wilhomac@unm.edu31
00463750

MWF 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Dane Smith Hall 329

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Patricia M Farrell - farrellp@unm.edu32
00573427

MWF 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Ortega Hall 109

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Frances V Jones - jonesf@unm.edu3 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.

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00164939

TR 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Dane Smith Hall 123

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Carla Sinopoli - csinopoli@unm.edu33
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.

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00165458

TR 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Bandelier Hall East 105

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Wirt H Wills - wwills@unm.edu32
Fees: $5

A course exploring a topic not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

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T: Women Gardeners Chaco House
CANCELLED
001
75493Topics Staff 36

(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.

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00272012

TR 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Hibben Center 105

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Catherine R Rhodes - rhodesc@unm.edu332
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.

Sections
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00140563

TR 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Hibben Center 105

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Les W Field - lesfield@unm.edu38
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}

Sections
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00175241

MW 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Hibben Center 105

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Suzanne R Oakdale - soakdale@unm.edu35

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.

Sections
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00175243

TR 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Anthropology 248

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Les W Field - lesfield@unm.edu37

Current topics in sociocultural anthropology to be explored in experimental courses.

Sections
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T: Cultural & Globalizaiton
00175897

TR 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Anthropology 248

Web Enhanced - Topics
David W Dinwoodie - ddinwood@unm.edu31
Fees: $20
T: Querencia:Home Place & Iden
00276701

T 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Dane Smith Hall 127

Topics
Levi Romero - xlromero@unm.edu34
Fees: $20
T: Writers in the Community
00376705

W 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
SW Hispanic Rsrch/Chicano Stud 106

Topics
Levi Romero - xlromero@unm.eduNick Daniel Rivas - nrivas32@unm.eduXochitl Lizeth Santillan Reyna - xreyna@unm.edu35
Fees: $20
T: Violence(s) in Global Soc
00577220

T 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Social Sciences 1111

Hybrid - Topics
Ian D Stewart - ianstew@unm.edu31
Fees: $20
T: Hlth & Soc Inequalities I
01073894

MW 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Woodward Lecture Hall 147

Web Enhanced - Topics
Jessica R Goodkind - jgoodkind@salud.unm.edu3 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.

Sections
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00175223

TR 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Hibben Center 105

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Loa Traxler - lptraxler@unm.edu36

Directed study under the supervision of a faculty member. Restriction: permission of instructor. {Offered upon demand}

Sections
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00139693


Practice Experience
Melissa E Thompson - memery@unm.edu1 TO 625
00236504Practice ExperienceJeffrey C Long - jlo@unm.edu1 TO 625
00370267


Lecture
Joshua A Shapero - jshapero@unm.edu1 TO 625
00414161Lecture Staff 1 TO 625
00570281


Lecture
Ian J Wallace - iwallace@unm.edu1 TO 625
00670289


Lecture
Kari L Schleher - kschlehe@unm.edu1 TO 625
00746076


Practice Experience
Emily L Jones - elj@unm.edu1 TO 625
00871350


Lecture
David E Stuart - dstuart@unm.edu1 TO 625
01314173LectureHannah V Mattson - hmattson@unm.edu1 TO 625
01439937


Practice Experience
Carla Sinopoli - csinopoli@unm.edu1 TO 625
01814177LectureLoa Traxler - lptraxler@unm.edu1 TO 625
02414196LectureCatherine R Rhodes - rhodesc@unm.edu1 TO 624
02614198LectureSiobhan M Mattison - smattison@unm.edu1 TO 625
04314211LectureHeather J Edgar - hjhedgar@unm.edu1 TO 625
04414214LectureWirt H Wills - wwills@unm.edu1 TO 625
04914215LecturePatricia L Crown - pcrown@unm.edu1 TO 625
05214216LectureLes W Field - lesfield@unm.edu1 TO 625
05614217LectureBruce B Huckell - bhuckell@unm.edu1 TO 625
06114229LectureDavid W Dinwoodie - ddinwood@unm.edu1 TO 625
06414237LectureSuzanne R Oakdale - soakdale@unm.edu1 TO 625
06614246LectureOsbjorn Pearson - ompear@unm.edu1 TO 625
08014266Practice ExperienceKeith L Hunley - khunley@unm.edu1 TO 625
08529625Practice ExperienceMichael W Graves - mwgraves@unm.edu1 TO 625
08729626Practice ExperienceKeith M Prufer - kmp@unm.edu1 TO 625
09529627Practice ExperienceMartin N Muller - muller@unm.edu1 TO 625
09729628Practice ExperienceSherry V Nelson - svnelson@unm.edu1 TO 625
09933025Practice ExperienceFrances M Hayashida - fmh@unm.edu1 TO 625

(Also offered as ARTH 402/502) Archaeological and historic art forms of the Arctic Northwest coast and the eastern woodlands of North America. {Fall}

Sections
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00114277

TR 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Center for the Arts 1020

Web Enhanced - Lecture
D A Fry - tsalagi@unm.edu3 Section Full

Topics of archaeological interest including gender in archaeology, European contact and post-processualism.

Sections
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T: Museum Practices
00173510

W 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Anthropology 178

Web Enhanced - Topics
Rachel Snow - snowr@unm.edu3 Section Full
Fees: $20
T: Pre-Columbian Art: Mesoamer
00362633

TR 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Center for the Arts 1019

Web Enhanced - Topics
Margaret A Jackson - mars@unm.edu31
Fees: $20
T: Museum Collection Mngmnt
CANCELLED
005
73506Topics Staff 3 Section Full
Fees: $20
T: Seminar in SW Archaeology
00875224

TR 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Anthropology Annex 120

Web Enhanced - Topics
Wirt H Wills - wwills@unm.edu33
Fees: $20
T: Traditional Technology
00975225

W 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Hibben Center 125

Web Enhanced - Topics
Bruce B Huckell - bhuckell@unm.edu3 Section Full
Fees: $20
T: Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology
01075230

TR 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Anthropology Annex 120

Web Enhanced - Topics
Bruce B Huckell - bhuckell@unm.edu31
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.

Sections
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00176277

MW 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Physics & Astronomy Interdis 2120

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Thomas F Turner - turnert@unm.edu320

A course exploring a topic not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Sections
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T: Human Physical Activity
00172232

M 9:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Anthropology 178

Web Enhanced - Topics
Ian J Wallace - iwallace@unm.edu37
T: Genetics of Adaptive Evol
00273871

TR 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Anthropology 150

Web Enhanced - Topics
Jeffrey C Long - jlo@unm.edu35
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}

Sections
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00175232

TR 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Anthropology 176

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Osbjorn Pearson - ompear@unm.edu31

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}

Sections
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00175239

MW 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Anthropology 248

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Sherry V Nelson - svnelson@unm.edu312

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}

Sections
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00175227

M 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Anthropology Annex B07

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Kari L Schleher - kschlehe@unm.edu32

(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.

Sections
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00175236

TR 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Castetter Hall (Biology) 57

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Jeffrey C Long - jlo@unm.edu33

Directed study of topics not covered in regular courses.

Sections
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00156817


Independent Study
Siobhan M Mattison - smattison@unm.edu1 TO 325
00235731Independent StudyMichael W Graves - mwgraves@unm.edu1 TO 325
00336235Independent StudyKeith M Prufer - kmp@unm.edu1 TO 324
00414320Independent Study Staff 1 TO 325
00536505Independent StudyLoa Traxler - lptraxler@unm.edu1 TO 325
00636506Independent StudySherry V Nelson - svnelson@unm.edu1 TO 325
00736507Independent StudyMartin N Muller - muller@unm.edu1 TO 325
00846078


Independent Study
Hannah V Mattson - hmattson@unm.edu1 TO 325
00970269


Independent Study
Joshua A Shapero - jshapero@unm.edu1 TO 325
01036508Independent StudyJeffrey C Long - jlo@unm.edu1 TO 324
01139694


Independent Study
Melissa E Thompson - memery@unm.edu1 TO 324
01270282


Independent Study
Ian J Wallace - iwallace@unm.edu1 TO 324
01314325Independent StudyCarla Sinopoli - csinopoli@unm.edu1 TO 325
01439938


Independent Study
Jocelyn H Dehaas - chinsu@unm.edu1 TO 325
01546080


Independent Study
Emily L Jones - elj@unm.edu1 TO 324
01670290


Independent Study
Kari L Schleher - kschlehe@unm.edu1 TO 325
01776573

T 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Physics & Astronomy Interdis 2120

Independent Study
Christopher C Witt - cwitt@unm.edu15
01876575

W 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Physics & Astronomy Interdis 2120

Web Enhanced - Independent Study
Thomas F Turner - turnert@unm.edu15
02414329Independent StudyCatherine R Rhodes - rhodesc@unm.edu1 TO 325
04414444Independent StudyWirt H Wills - wwills@unm.edu1 TO 324
04914447Independent StudyPatricia L Crown - pcrown@unm.edu1 TO 325
05214452Independent StudyLes W Field - lesfield@unm.edu1 TO 324
05614457Independent StudyBruce B Huckell - bhuckell@unm.edu1 TO 325
06114464Independent StudyDavid W Dinwoodie - ddinwood@unm.edu1 TO 325
06414468Independent StudySuzanne R Oakdale - soakdale@unm.edu1 TO 325
06614474Independent StudyOsbjorn Pearson - ompear@unm.edu1 TO 325
07614483Independent StudyHeather J Edgar - hjhedgar@unm.edu1 TO 325
07814487Independent StudyDavid A Phillips - dap@unm.edu1 TO 325
08014486Independent StudyKeith L Hunley - khunley@unm.edu1 TO 325
09233026Independent StudyFrances M Hayashida - fmh@unm.edu1 TO 325

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}

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00136509Practice ExperienceSherry V Nelson - svnelson@unm.edu2 TO 625
00236510Practice ExperienceMartin N Muller - muller@unm.edu2 TO 625
00336511Practice ExperienceJeffrey C Long - jlo@unm.edu2 TO 625
00414623Practice Experience Staff 2 TO 625
00539183


Practice Experience
Michael W Graves - mwgraves@unm.edu2 TO 625
00639695


Practice Experience
Melissa E Thompson - memery@unm.edu2 TO 625
00746081


Practice Experience
Carla Sinopoli - csinopoli@unm.edu2 TO 625
00946097


Practice Experience
Emily L Jones - elj@unm.edu2 TO 625
01056818


Practice Experience
Siobhan M Mattison - smattison@unm.edu225
01176565


Practice Experience
Staff 2 TO 6 Section Full
01314649Practice ExperienceHannah V Mattson - hmattson@unm.edu2 TO 625
02414657Practice ExperienceCatherine R Rhodes - rhodesc@unm.edu2 TO 625
02614658Practice ExperienceLoa Traxler - lptraxler@unm.edu2 TO 625
04414673Practice ExperienceWirt H Wills - wwills@unm.edu2 TO 625
04914674Practice ExperiencePatricia L Crown - pcrown@unm.edu2 TO 625
05214707Practice ExperienceLes W Field - lesfield@unm.edu2 TO 625
05614712Practice ExperienceBruce B Huckell - bhuckell@unm.edu2 TO 625
06114715Practice ExperienceDavid W Dinwoodie - ddinwood@unm.edu2 TO 625
06414716Practice ExperienceSuzanne R Oakdale - soakdale@unm.edu2 TO 625
06614719Practice ExperienceOsbjorn Pearson - ompear@unm.edu2 TO 625
07614728Practice ExperienceHeather J Edgar - hjhedgar@unm.edu2 TO 625
08014740Practice ExperienceKeith L Hunley - khunley@unm.edu2 TO 625
08733316Practice ExperienceKeith M Prufer - kmp@unm.edu2 TO 620
10033027Practice ExperienceFrances M Hayashida - fmh@unm.edu2 TO 625