Topics Courses
About 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.
Fall 2025 Topics Courses
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ARTS 2996 Photographer Cinematography (CRN: 77267) |
3 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisites: ARTS 1410 This course introduces the making of photographic images from a cinematographic point of view. The course covers technical information on camera use and functionality, composition and visual design, digital workflow and editing, and professional functions of manipulating and enhancing images. The basics of photography are compared and applied to cinematographic images. |
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CSCI 1996 Survey of Quantum Computing (CRN: 77607) |
4 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisites: None This course introduces the fundamental concepts of quantum computing, including qubits, superposition, entanglement, quantum gates, and quantum algorithms. Students will explore how quantum computers differ from classical computers and gain hands-on experience using simulators like IBM's Qiskit. No prior quantum experience is needed - just curiosity, some experience with Python and basic algebra skills. |
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| ENGT 1996A Methods in Engineering Tech I (CRN: 77580) | 3 Credit Hours |
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Prequisites/Corequisites: CHEM 1215, CHEM 1215L, MATH 1220 OR MATH 1220P Learners will explore the processes and tools used to manufacture nano-materials, structures, and components. Learners will gain the foundational understanding and hands-on experience in materials growth and synthesis methods, component fabrication processes, packaging methods and in-situ and ex-situ component testing to determine quality, yield, and long-term materials/component reliability. |
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| ENGT 2996A Methods in Engineering Tech II (CRN: 77435) | 3 Credit Hours |
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Prequisites/Corequisites: ENGT 1996A Learners will explore the processes and tools used to manufacture nano-materials, structures, and components. Learners will gain the foundational understanding and hands-on experience in materials growth and synthesis methods, component fabrication processes, packaging methods and in-situ and ex-situ component testing to determine quality, yield, and long-term materials/component reliability. |
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| ESL 0996 High Intermediate to Low Advanced (CRN: 20214 & 20215) | 0 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisites: None Students will increase their abilities to process, understand, interpret and/or engage with level-appropriate literary and informational written and spoken text to construct meaning, produce level-appropriate written and spoken text such that it meaningfully transmits meaning, and to process and produce level-appropriate written and spoken text interactively with the purpose of understanding, interpreting, engaging in and transmitting meaning (U.S. Department of Education, 2024). |
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| FILM 2996 Wardrobe for Film (CRN: 77546) | 1 Credit Hour |
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Prerequisites: None This course introduces students to basic sewing and destressing techniques as well as covers the fundamentals of costuming for film on a professional level. Students will be practicing these skills in collaboration with other film classes to provide costumes for a final film project. |
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| GEOL 1996 STEM Research Methods II (CRN: 77147) | 1 Credit Hour |
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Requires Dept. Approval In this immersive research course, students engage in hands-on, collaborative research to explore Albuquerque’s Urban Heat Island (UHI) Effect. Through fieldwork, data collection and analyses, participants investigate the factors contributing to the UHI, its impact on the local environments, and potential mitigation strategies. This course equips students with critical research skills while fostering a deeper understanding of urban climate challenges. |
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| LTAM 2996 Nahuatl I (CRN: 77700) | 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: 76734) | 3 Credit Hours |
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(Prerequisite: Intermediate knowledge of Spanish, SPAN 2110 or appropriate place 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: 77701) | 3 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisites: None 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 in this course is communicative and will point on real contemporary situations and contexts of use. In addition to the real-time online instruction, the course is supported by two in-person Maya speakers at UNM. |
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