Minors in Anthropology and Forensics

The UNM Anthropology Department offers three Minors: Anthropology, Forensic Anthropology, and Forensic Sciences.

Anthropology Minor in Anthropology 

The requirements for this minor are:

• ANTH 1115 (Introduction to Anthropology)

At least one of the following core curriculum sequences:

• ANTH 1135  (Introduction to Biological Anthropology) and ANTH 350 (Human Genetic and Genomics);
• ANTH 1140 (Introduction to Cultural Anthropology) and ANTH 330(Principles of Cultural Anthropology); 
• ANTH 1170 (Human Life Course) and ANTH 360 (Human Behavioral Ecology);
• ANTH 1211 and ANTH 1211L (Archaeological Method and Theory and Lab) or ANTH 2175 (World Archaeology) and ANTH 320 (Strategy of Archaeology);

No more than 3 credit hours of field or problem courses (ANTH 399, ANTH 497, ANTH 499);

At least 9 credit hours of upper-division courses. 300-level core sequence courses, field courses, and problems courses can be applied to this upper-division course requirement.

Forensic Anthropology

The requirements for this minor are:

• ANTH 1135  (Introduction to Biological Anthropology)
• ANTH 1135L  (Introduction to Biological Anthropology Lab)
• ANTH 2190C  (Forensic Anthropology)
• ANTH 351L (Anthropology of the Skeleton)
• ANTH 450 (Human Variation and the Concept of Race)
• ANTH 455 (Anthropological Genetics)

One of the following:     

• ANTH 454 (Paleopathology)
• ANTH 458 (Dental Anthropology)
• ANTH 459 (Advanced Osteology)

Forensic Sciences

The requirements for this minor are:

• ANTH 1135 (Introduction to Biological Anthropology)
• ANTH 2190C (Forensic Anthropology)
• ANTH 450 (Human Variation and the Concept of Race)
• SOCI 2120  (Introduction to Criminal Justice Systems)         

Two of the following:    

• ANTH 351L (Anthropology of the Skeleton)
• BIOL 1140/1140L  (Biology for Health Sciences)
• PSYC 332 (Abnormal Behavior)
• SOCI 424  (Race, Class and Crime)