CNM Honors Program
Interested in joining the CNM Honors student club? You don’t have to have taken a course to join!
Please email CNM Honors Director Chris Prentice for more information.
The CNM Honors Program aims to provide education beyond the core curriculum. Our dedicated and experienced faculty design learning experiences in small, seminar-style environments so that you are able to connect with instructors and other students who are passionate about learning.
The CNM Honors Program boasts the following features:
- Courses fulfill core requirements for most CNM degree programs and certificates.
- Courses transfer to the UNM Honors College.
- Small class sizes allow students to engage with instructors and classmates.
- Courses address current issues and provide space for students to pursue their own interests.
- No barriers to entry! No prerequisites beyond IRW 980 and no GPA minimums or other special requirements to register. Any student is able to register for CNM Honors classes, regardless of the topic.
Upcoming Honors Course Offerings
Fall 2025
In contemporary debates, "evil skeptics" have argued that the concept of evil is outdated given modern methods to understand human behavior, and is potentially dangerous in its emotional appeal to move the public against those already marginalized. However, "evil revivalists" have argued that the concept is still useful to understand the world, especially with the persistence of serial murderers, violent extremism, state violence, genocides, war crimes, unrestrained ecological destruction, and artificial scarcity around the globe.
In this seminar, we will explore how the concept of evil has been formed over human history and discuss whether it is still important in our moral and political discourses. We will study how ancient and religious traditions have informed our understanding of evil, as well as how modern philosophy, psychology, literary studies, art, sociology, and religious studies have grappled with this concept. How we position ourselves in regard to this concept has a significant impact in how we think about other concepts such as humanity, power, freedom, forgiveness, and punishment, as well as how we understand and respond to current and past atrocities.
Registration Information
HRNS 2167, CRN: 77682
Location: CNM Main Campus, MS Building
Meeting Times: Mondays and Wednesdays from Noon - 1:15 p.m.
Contact: [email protected]