CNM Honors Program
Interested in joining the CNM Honors student club for pizza, book clubs, lectures, and concerts? 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
Summer 2025
No matter who we are, we tell stories about men every day. Some of them are so common that we talk about them in a kind of shorthand: "he's the strong silent type," "that guy's a finance bro," or, "that's an example of toxic masculinity." These stories have a history that's deeply embedded in our culture, yet we rarely focus our attention on how these narratives shape ideas about what it means to be a man, or to be masculine. In this class, we explore this "literature of masculinity," learning to read its “bro code.” Like literary detectives, we will work to uncover some key ideas that shape how we think about masculinity today.
Our survey reaches from a distant past where Beowulf must do battle with a horrible, man-eating monster and—even worse—his mother, to a far future where men touch down on a planet inhabited only by women. Along the way, we'll stop in King Arthur's court and visit Shakespeare's England on the brink of a civil war. Throughout it all, we will keep an open mind about what the stories we tell about "manly men" have been, and consider what these might reveal about current and historical concepts of masculinity and manhood in all its forms and interpretations.
This course fulfills core Humanities Requirement towards your degree!
Registration Information
HNRS 1120, Section 101, CRN: 93784
Location: CNM Main Campus, MS 103
Meeting Times: Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
