CNM Honors Courses
Interested in learning more about Honors courses?
Please email CNM Honors Course Coordinator Chris Prentice for more information.
CNM Honors courses 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.
CNM Honors courses boast 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
Spring 2027
Food brings people together in surprisingly deep ways, from the chemistry of your brain to the oldest survival strategies of our species. Sharing a meal is one of the few human behaviors found in every culture on earth. It builds trust, strengthens relationships, reinforces identity, and improves well-being. This is not a cooking class, but it is a tasting class.
Registration Information
HNRS 2364, CRN: 88811
Instructor: Barb Thompson
Location: CNM Main Campus
Meeting Times: Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
In this hands-on course, you will learn publishing-related skills, including management and editing, and publish an annual edition of a student literary arts journal: CNM's Leonardo. In the first part of the course, you will survey the present and recent past of regional and national peer institution student literary arts journals to explore such questions as:
- What makes a really good (or bad) issue?
- How does a student publication represent a wide diversity of voices and perspectives equitably and as compellingly as possible?
- What has Leonardo been recently, and what do we want it to be going forward?
With answers to these questions, through journaling assignments and class discussion, you will work collaboratively to produce and promote the upcoming issue. This includes everything from reviewing submissions and communicating with student contributors to designing the issue and helping organize the spring release party. In this class, you don’t just learn about publishing, you do it.
Registration Information
HNRS 1120, Section 101, CRN: 87657
Instructor: Jessica Mills
Location: CNM Main Campus
Meeting Times: Fridays, Noon - 2:45 p.m.