Cultural Studies

Getting through college is more than just getting through.  It is about understanding the people, places, and things all around you.  Cultural Studies courses help students connect their experiences to their passions; the true definition of integrative learning.

Intimate Encounters with the Past

Intimate Encounters with the Past - FLC 611

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In this FLC, we study native civilizations and their colonization by Iberians. We write and perform scripts based on historical Spanish documents to understand how Europeans, Indigenous peoples, Africans, and their descendants experienced colonization. Assignments include reading and writing about primary and secondary sources in English and Spanish. We work in small groups to professionalize Spanish and develop key college skills: reading strategies, note-taking, writing, library research, and time-management. We explore careers in which Spanish and a knowledge of Latin America are an advantage. HIST 181 fulfills requirements in the Humanities core and History major. SPAN 301 fulfills requirements in Spanish, Latin American Studies, and Foreign Languages, and Literatures majors.

Combines: HIST 181SPAN 301
Meets: MW 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Dane Smith Hall 123
F 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Mitchell Hall 207
MW 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Science Math Learning Center B59
F 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Dane Smith Hall 231
CRN: 4752845008
Your Language Questions Answered

Your Language Questions Answered - FLC 614

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An introduction to the nature of language through 60+ commonly asked questions about language. Answers to these questions will satisfy everyday curiosities about language and will introduce students to the structure of language (sounds, words, sentences, meanings) and other topics such as child language acquisition, language change, social dialects, bilingualism, signed languages, animal communication, language and thought, language origins and the development of writing systems. No background in linguistics, grammar, and/or other languages is assumed.

Combines: ENGL 102LING 101
Meets: MWF 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Univ Advise & Enrich Center B92
MWF 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Univ Advise & Enrich Center B92
CRN: 4391543916
Peoples and Languages

Peoples and Languages - FLC 615

There are 6000 languages spoken in the world today. This LC will examine the linguistic relationships between many of these languages, and the history of how they came to be spoken by the people who use them today. The history of languages is very much the history of their speakers, and so the course will also examine the use of genetic variation to reconstruct the history of migration of peoples, and therefore the history of migration of their languages. Students will practice the reconstruction of “protolanguages” from existing data, view videos related to genetics, archeology, and language, compile data on the relations between linguistic diversity and the social, political, and economic characteristics of nations, and present their findings in class. Writing assignments for ENGL 101 will focus on topics from Seminars.

Combines: LING 101ENGL 101
Meets: TR 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Mitchell Hall 107
TR 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Mitchell Hall 107
CRN: 4102522074
Violence, Peace & Humanity

Violence, Peace & Humanity - FLC 618

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The idea that human beings are naturally aggressive, violent and war-like is considered self-evident, given the daily barrage of news about war, murder, and hatred that exists globally, nationally and even locally. But is violence really an inescapable part of our humanity? What sorts of data address the implications of any answer we might come up with? Can we study violence (or potential answers to it) in ways that help us to begin thinking systematically and analytically about the histories and cultures of violence and peace? Anthropology's multiple subfields and Peace Studies concepts of literal and structural violence provide the information that drives a wide variety of unique tools that we can use every day to effectively combat violence from the ‘inner-personal’ to the global level.

Combines: ANTH 101PCST 102
Meets: MWF 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Centennial Engineering Center 1032
MWF 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Centennial Engineering Center 1032
CRN: 4753147532
African Folk Tales & Proverbs

African Folk Tales & Proverbs - FLC 629

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The course considers stories from a cultural and literary tradition most students are unfamiliar with – African. African folktales reflect many of the same themes as Western ones - fear of the unknown, distrust of stepparents, lessons on sexuality, appropriate social behaviors - but the different cultural backgrounds in Africa lead to stories that often differ in ideology, symbolism and even comprehensibility. The class concentrates on the differences in African tales due to religious syncretism, communitarian ethics, colonialism and region-specific fauna. This intercultural exploration encourages students to reflect on cultural difference, varieties of literary symbolism and style, and what they do (not) know about Africa – the most neglected continent for most students – and why.

Combines: COMP 222ENGL 101
Meets: MWF 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Dane Smith Hall 327
MWF 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Mitchell Hall 106
CRN: 4758947952
African Folk Tales & Proverbs

African Folk Tales & Proverbs - FLC 630

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The course considers stories from a cultural and literary tradition most students are unfamiliar with – African. African folktales reflect many of the same themes as Western ones - fear of the unknown, distrust of stepparents, lessons on sexuality, appropriate social behaviors - but the different cultural backgrounds in Africa lead to stories that often differ in ideology, symbolism and even comprehensibility. The class concentrates on the differences in African tales due to religious syncretism, communitarian ethics, colonialism and region-specific fauna. This intercultural exploration encourages students to reflect on cultural difference, varieties of literary symbolism and style, and what they do (not) know about Africa – the most neglected continent for most students – and why.

Combines: COMP 222CJ 130
Meets: MWF 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Dane Smith Hall 327
MWF 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Dane Smith Hall 231
CRN: 4795847957
African Folk Tales & Proverbs

African Folk Tales & Proverbs - FLC 631

The course considers stories from a cultural and literary tradition most students are unfamiliar with – African. African folktales reflect many of the same themes as Western ones - fear of the unknown, distrust of stepparents, lessons on sexuality, appropriate social behaviors - but the different cultural backgrounds in Africa lead to stories that often differ in ideology, symbolism and even comprehensibility. The class concentrates on the differences in African tales due to religious syncretism, communitarian ethics, colonialism and region-specific fauna. This intercultural exploration encourages students to reflect on cultural difference, varieties of literary symbolism and style, and what they do (not) know about Africa – the most neglected continent for most students – and why.

Combines: AFST 297ENGL 101
Meets: MWF 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Dane Smith Hall 327
MWF 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Mitchell Hall 106
CRN: 4795147588
African Folk Tales & Proverbs

African Folk Tales & Proverbs - FLC 632

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The course considers stories from a cultural and literary tradition most students are unfamiliar with – African. African folktales reflect many of the same themes as Western ones - fear of the unknown, distrust of stepparents, lessons on sexuality, appropriate social behaviors - but the different cultural backgrounds in Africa lead to stories that often differ in ideology, symbolism and even comprehensibility. The class concentrates on the differences in African tales due to religious syncretism, communitarian ethics, colonialism and region-specific fauna. This intercultural exploration encourages students to reflect on cultural difference, varieties of literary symbolism and style, and what they do (not) know about Africa – the most neglected continent for most students – and why.

Combines: AFST 297CJ 130
Meets: MWF 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Dane Smith Hall 327
MWF 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Dane Smith Hall 231
CRN: 4758722045
Reading Cultures: Travel and Literature

Reading Cultures: Travel and Literature - FLC 635

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In this wide-ranging seminar you will investigate the desire to travel and the travails of displacement. Our conversations will foreground methods of literary, visual, and cultural analysis by addressing the formation and transformation of cultures within New Mexico and far beyond it. Together, we will read and discuss memorable texts from a wide variety of genre—including the poem, photo-essay, novel, short story, play, and film—which both examine and critique cross-cultural encounters. By focusing on both the linguistic and the social mediations that these encounters typically occasion, our consideration of regions and boundaries (whether real or imaginary) will clarify how individual subjects are shaped by the narratives they tell as well as those told about them. Hardly presuming that we know definitively what culture means, we will be paying rigorous attention to some of the contexts within which the very concept of culture emerged, changed, and is changing still.


In this wide-ranging seminar you will investigate the desire to travel and the travails of displacement. Our conversations will foreground methods of literary, visual, and cultural analysis by addressing the formation and transformation of cultures within New Mexico and far beyond it. Together, we will read and discuss memorable texts from a wide variety of genre—including the poem, photo-essay, novel, short story, play, and film—which both examine and critique cross-cultural encounters. By focusing on both the linguistic and the social mediations that these encounters typically occasion, our consideration of regions and boundaries (whether real or imaginary) will clarify how individual subjects are shaped by the narratives they tell as well as those told about them. Hardly presuming that we know definitively what culture means, we will be paying rigorous attention to some of the contexts within which the very concept of culture emerged, changed, and is changing still.

Combines: ENGL 102ENGL 150
Meets: MWF 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Mitchell Hall 118
MW 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Mitchell Hall 118
CRN: 3435926536
Community & Culture

Community & Culture - FLC 641

In this FLC, we will introduce students to the rich and vibrant experiences that have shaped the development of diverse Chicana and Chicano communities in the United States. The course illustrates how Mexican descent people and the communities have maintained rich and vibrant cultures in the U.S borderlands region and in U.S. society. Students, in the company of their FLC instructors, will visit cultural and historical sites of significance in the New Mexico region and understand how issues of race, class, gender and sexuality continue to influence dynamic Mexican American communities and cultures.

Combines: CCS 201ENGL 101
Meets: TR 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Collaborative Teaching & Learn 300
TR 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Ortega Hall 121
CRN: 4754947550
Community & Culture

Community & Culture - FLC 642

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In this FLC, we will introduce students to the rich and vibrant experiences that have shaped the development of diverse Chicana and Chicano communities in the United States. The course illustrates how Mexican descent people and the communities have maintained rich and vibrant cultures in the U.S borderlands region and in U.S. society. Students, in the company of their FLC instructors, will visit cultural and historical sites of significance in the New Mexico region and understand how issues of race, class, gender and sexuality continue to influence dynamic Mexican American communities and cultures.

Combines: CCS 201CJ 130
Meets: TR 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Collaborative Teaching & Learn 300
TR 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Communication & Journalism 243
CRN: 4755127048
Community & Culture

Community & Culture - FLC 643

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In this FLC, we will introduce students to the rich and vibrant experiences that have shaped the development of diverse Chicana and Chicano communities in the United States. The course illustrates how Mexican descent people and the communities have maintained rich and vibrant cultures in the U.S borderlands region and in U.S. society. Students, in the company of their FLC instructors, will visit cultural and historical sites of significance in the New Mexico region and understand how issues of race, class, gender and sexuality continue to influence dynamic Mexican American communities and cultures.

Combines: CCS 201ISE 100
Meets: TR 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Collaborative Teaching & Learn 300
TR 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Mitchell Hall 217
T 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Univ Advise & Enrich Center 263
CRN: 4755247553
Archaeological Method and Theory

Archaeological Method and Theory - FLC 646

Thought Indiana Jones was cool?  Experience archaeology for yourself!  Through hands-on exercises in the lab and classroom instruction, students in this FLC will learn how archaeologists use fragmentary remains (bits of bone, stone, and pottery) to reconstruct and interpret past societies, while also learning to tell the stories of humankind using anthropological writing standards.  This FLC meets two core requirements (Anth 120/122L is a Natural/Physical Sciences Lab); it will contain a lecture, freshman-only lab, and English 101. Note: we are sensitive to cultural concerns about archaeology in this class; everyone is welcome.

Combines: ENGL 101ANTH 120ANTH 122L
Meets: TR 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Dane Smith Hall 125
TR 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Dane Smith Hall 329
T 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Hibben Center 125
CRN: 479474794547946
Archaeological Method and Theory

Archaeological Method and Theory - FLC 647

Thought Indiana Jones was cool?  Experience archaeology for yourself!  Through hands-on exercises in the lab and classroom instruction, students in this FLC will learn how archaeologists use fragmentary remains (bits of bone, stone, and pottery) to reconstruct and interpret past societies, while also learning to tell the stories of humankind using anthropological writing standards.  This FLC meets two core requirements (Anth 120/122L is a Natural/Physical Sciences Lab); it will contain a lecture, freshman-only lab, and English 101. Note: we are sensitive to cultural concerns about archaeology in this class; everyone is welcome.

Combines: ANTH 120ANTH 122LENGL 101
Meets: TR 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Dane Smith Hall 329
R 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Hibben Center 125
TR 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Dane Smith Hall 231
CRN: 479484794947950