CNM Courses in Anthropology
| Course Number | Title & Description | Credits |
| ANTH 1101 | Introduction to Anthropology | 3 |
| (Prerequisite: RDG 0950 or Accuplacer Reading Score of 80 or equivalent) | ||
| ANTH 1110 | Language, Culture and the Human Animal | 3 |
| (Prerequisite: RDG 0950 or Accuplacer Reading Score of 80 or equivalent) | ||
| ANTH 1120 | Archaeology: Discovering Our Past | 3 |
| (Prerequisite: RDG 0950 or Accuplacer Reading Score of 80 or equivalent) Surveys archaeological theory and methods including data from selected archaeological sites in various geographical areas and from different time periods. | ||
| ANTH 1130 | Cultures of the World | 3 |
| (Prerequisite: RDG 0950 or Accuplacer Reading Score of 80 or equivalent) Surveys basic concepts of cultural anthropology as well as cultural characteristics illustrated by a variety of existing cultures in their native environments with societal examples in cross-cultural comparisons. | ||
| ANTH 1150 | Evolutionary Anthropology | 3 |
| (Prerequisite: RDG 0950 or Accuplacer Reading Score of 80 or equivalent) Introduces field of biological anthropology and concepts of organic evolution. Emphasizes fossil history of primates, prehistory of man and human genetics within a paleoecological context, modern primate behavior and its relevance to human evolution. | ||
| ANTH 2222 | Ancient Mesoamerica | 3 |
| (Prerequisite: RDG 0950 or Accuplacer Reading Score of 80 or equivalent) Traces Mesoamerican archaeology from the earliest inhabitants through the Aztec period. Emphasizes cultural processes and dynamics of cultural evolution. | ||
| ANTH 2231 | North American Indians | 3 |
| (Prerequisite: RDG 0950 or Accuplacer Reading Score of 80 or equivalent) Presents comparative ethnology of North American Indian tribes on geographic, ecologic and cultural bases, and explores life of North American Indians before European influence and the diversity of cultures existing on the North American continent. | ||
| ANTH 2238 | Cultures of the Southwest | 3 |
| (Prerequisite: RDG 0950 or Accuplacer Reading Score of 80 or equivalent) Presents basic concepts related to cultural patterns of the American Southwest from A.D. 1600 to the present and interactions of the ethnic groups that populate the Southwest. | ||
| ANTH 2255 | Southwestern Archaeology | 3 |
| (Prerequisite: RDG 0950or Accuplacer Reading Score of 80 or equivalent) Presents interpretations and dynamics of southwestern archaeology from the time of the earliest inhabitants until European contact. | ||
| ANTH 2265 | The Anthropology of Drugs | 3 |
| (Prerequisite: RDG 0950 or Accuplacer Reading Score of 80 or equivalent) Examines the nature and use of mind-altering drugs from a cross cultural perspective, including study of the varieties and effects of such drugs around the world, socio-cultural contexts and functions of drugs, the social control of drugs, and the political economy of world trade in both licit and illicit drugs. | ||
| ANTH 2296 | Topics in Anthropology | 1-3 |
| (Prerequisite: RDG 0950 or Accuplacer Reading Score of 80 or equivalent) Presents various topics. See Schedule of Classes. | ||
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