Topics Courses
Topics Courses may emphasize subject matter or content introduced in other courses, offer content at a more advanced level, or present content that is not covered in other CNM courses.
Topics courses often change from term to term. Not all topics courses are financial-aid eligible. Learn more on the Ineligible Courses List page.
Spring 2024 Topics Courses
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BIOL 1996 Human Birth Ecology (CRN:85042) |
3 credit Hours |
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Catalog Description: This class helps parents and future healthcare professionals understand the web of variables influencing pregnancies and labor, with the aim of improving postpartum outcomes. Students will learn the physiology of pregnancy and labor, the symbiosis between mother and baby, the effect of partner and family on pregnancy biology, links between biology and psychology in birth outcomes, and early infant development. |
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CHEM 1996 Chemistry I Solution (CRN: 84748, 84749) |
1 Credit Hour |
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(Prerequisites: Reading & Writing Skills 2 + MATH 1215 + Dept Approval; Co-requisite: CHEM 1215) Focusing on related problem-solving and critical thinking skills. If pre/co-requisites are not met, students may be dropped at any time. Contact your CHEM 1996 instructor IF/BEFORE dropping CHEM 1215 to stay registered in CHEM 1996. |
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| ESOL 0996 Academic and Workplace Skills 3 credit hour (CRN: 84901) | 1 Credit Hour |
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(Prerequisites: None) ESOL 0996 provides non-native English speakers with opportunities to develop reading, writing, listening, speaking, and grammar skills to use in the workplace or in an academic environment.
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| GESP 0496 Spanish HSE Math Prep (CRN: 40747) |
0 Credit Hours |
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(Prerequisites: None) This course helps students improve basic math skills in preparation for the Spanish high school equivalency exam. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and delivery of the course is in Spanish. Math word problems are used, as well as analytical reading and writing assignments that require logical reasoning. Math skills are enhanced by work with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percents, ratios and proportions, algebra, measurement, and geometry. |
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GESP 0596 Spanish High School Equivalency Language Arts Prep (CRN: 40746) |
0 Credit Hours |
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(Prerequisites: None) This course helps students improve basic language arts skills in preparation for the Spanish high school equivalency exam. An English component is also included. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and delivery of the course is in Spanish. Reading skills are taught through literature, social studies, and science. Students learn strategies for finding main idea, drawing conclusions, and making inferences. Writing instruction proceeds from sentence and paragraph structure to essay development. Grammar, punctuation, and spelling techniques are integrated as needed. |
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IBEC 0596 ESL for Bilingual ECED 1115 Heath, Safety, and Nutrition (CRN: 40808) |
0 Credit Hours |
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(Prerequisites: departmental approval and co-enrollment) Child Development develops English language skills needed to complete academic requirements and work in professional early childhood education positions. Language instruction is contextualized to the ECED class in which students are co-enrolled, and presented through project-based instruction, group work, short lessons, and individual assistance. (2.5 contact hours, lecture) |
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Fall 2023 Topics Courses
| GESP 0496 Spanish HSE Math Prep (CRN: 20447) | 0 Credit Hours |
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(Prerequisites: None) This course helps students improve basic math skills in preparation for the Spanish high school equivalency exam. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and delivery of the course is in Spanish. Math word problems are used, as well as analytical reading and writing assignments that require logical reasoning. Math skills are enhanced by work with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percents, ratios and proportions, algebra, measurement, and geometry. |
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| GESP 0596 Spanish HSE Lang Arts Prep (CRN: 20448) | 0 Credit Hours |
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(Prerequisites: None) This course helps students improve basic language arts skills in preparation for the Spanish high school equivalency exam. An English component is also included. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and delivery of the course is in Spanish. Reading skills are taught through literature, social studies, and science. Students learn strategies for finding the main idea, drawing conclusions, and making inferences. Writing instruction proceeds from sentence and paragraph structure to essay development. Grammar, punctuation, and spelling techniques are integrated as needed. |
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| IBEC 0596 ESL for Bilingual ECED 1115 Health, Safety, and Nutrition (CRN: 20445/20446) | 0 Credit Hours |
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(Prerequisites: departmental approval and co-enrollment) This course develops English language skills needed to complete academic requirements and work in professional early childhood education positions. Language instruction is contextualized to the ECED class in which students are co-enrolled, and presented through project-based instruction, group work, short lessons, and individual assistance. |
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BIOL 1996 Global Climate Change (CRN: 76630) |
3 credit hours |
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(Prerequisites: None) Global Climate Change will analyze the effects of the Anthropocene (humans) on a region of student choice through four lenses: biological diversity (extinctions and migration), socioeconomic and cultural disparities (costs of climate disruptions to individuals, communities, and countries), changes in abiotic parameters (temp, precipitations, solar gain, etc.), and changes in biotic parameters (biomass, land use, agricultural production etc.). |
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BIOL 1996 Horticulture (CRN: 76658) |
3 credit hours |
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(Prerequisites: None) This course is designed as a lower level introductory survey of gardening techniques applicable to the local semi-arid as well as global arid environments. The approach is a comparison and contrast in the efficacy of ancient and modern horticultural practices in the face of predicted world-wide climatic changes. It will highlight the contributions of the ethnic groups of people indigenous and non-indigenous of native New Mexican and Meso-American plus non-native naturalized domestic crops. |
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| CHEM 1996 Chemistry I Solution (CRN: 76520, 76521) |
1 credit hour |
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(Prerequisites: Reading & Writing Skills 2 + MATH 1215 + Departmental Approval; Co-requisite: CHEM 1215) Focusing on related problem-solving and critical thinking skills. If pre/co-requisites are not met, students may be dropped at any time. Contact your CHEM 1996 instructor IF/BEFORE dropping CHEM 1215 to stay registered in CHEM 1996. This class will be graded as CR/NC. |
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| PHYS 1996 Physics of Music (CRN: 76642) |
4 credit hours |
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(Prerequisites: Reading & Writing Skills 2) Intended for non-science majors, this course is an introduction to the basic concepts, laws, and skills in physics, in the context of a study of sound, acoustics, and music. |
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| LTAM 2996 Nahuatl I (CRN: 76672) |
3 credit hours |
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(Prerequisites: None) This course is taught by a native speaker from the Instituto de Docencia e Investigación Ethnológica de Zacatecas (IDIEZ) in Mexico through real-time distance-learning video conferencing. IDIEZ instructors teach modern Nahuatl spoken in the Huasteca Veracruzana region of Mexico. Nahua culture, history, and modern-day life are at the center of this basic-level course. |
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| LTAM 2996A Quechua I (CRN: 76681) |
3 credit hours |
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(Prerequisites: Intermediate knowledge of Spanish, SPAN 2110, or appropriate placement score) This course is offered through a partnership with Centro Tinku, based in Cusco, Peru. Centro Tinku instructors are native Quechua speakers and teach using real-time distance-learning video conferencing. Andean culture, history, and modern-day life are at the center of this basic-level course. In order to take Quechua, students must have at least an intermediate level of Spanish.
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| LTAM 2996B Yucatec Maya I (CRN: 76682) |
3 credit hours |
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(Prerequisites: None) Taught in person at UNM. The goal of this course is to develop your ability to use everyday expressions to accomplish necessary, everyday tasks, like greetings, exchanging information, purchasing goods, and navigating daily life. The course will involve reading, writing, basic grammar, listening, and speaking. The focus of this course is communicative and will rely on real contemporary situations and contexts. In addition to the real-time online instruction, the course is supported by two in-person Maya speakers at UNM.
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| CJUS 2996A GANGS IN AMERICAN SOCIETY (CRN: 76704) |
1 credit hours |
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(Prerequisites: CJUS 1120 Criminal Law & CJUS 1330 Constitutional Policing) This course examines the history and evolution of criminal gangs in the United States. Students will study gang definitions, gang types, why people join gangs, theoretical explanations, common criminal behavior, and racial and gender variations within gangs. Additionally, students will analyze law enforcement responses, prevention and intervention strategies, and public policy issues. |
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