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42021-23 UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG Eastern New Mexico UniversityAbout Eastern New Mexico UniversityThe MissionCommunityEastern New Mexico University combines an engaginglearning environment with current technology to providea rich educational experience. ENMU focuses on Preparing students for careers and advanced study, Promoting citizenship and leadership skillsand values, Supporting excellence in teaching and research, Empowering students to respond to a rapidlychanging world.Through the University's wide range of programs,its academic reputation, its partnerships with schoolsand businesses, and the community engagement of itsfaculty, employees, and students. ENMU strives to fulfillits civic responsibility and to be a source of economicdevelopment for its community and region.Vision StatementEastern New Mexico University emphasizes liberalarts education, freedom of inquiry, cultural diversityand whole student life. Excellent teaching and activelearning define campus life relationships. Scholarship,both primary and applied, cultural enrichment, andprofessional service are also important contributions ofthe University community.The Eastern community envisions a university wherefaculty and staff members instill in one another and instudents a sense of social and cultural awareness andresponsibility. The University accomplishes this byembracing and fostering diversity and inclusion amongstudents, faculty and staff. The University engageswell-qualified and caring faculty and staff who treat oneanother with respect and work together to accomplishinstitutional goals and to mentor students.Core ValuesSTUDENT SUCCESSENMU strives to provide educational services witha personal touch to all whom we serve, from students,visitors, and community members to New Mexicansacross the state. ENMU expresses a commitment toproviding personal attention to every student to assureeach student's success.COLLEGIALITYEastern New Mexico University strives to create anequitable and ethical work environment that values andacknowledges the contributions of every member of thestudent body, faculty, and staff. Positive collaborations,across campus units, in classrooms, campusorganizations, educational settings, and across theUniversity system, build an attitude of mutual respectand support in the University community.ACCOUNTABILITYENMU provides a safe academic environment forlearning, working, and contributing to its communitythrough responsible allocation and monitoringresources. ENMU demonstrates ethical and responsibleconduct and integrity within the campus communityand in our institutional behaviors and practices.ProfileEastern New Mexico University, a state institutionoffering associate, bachelor, and master degrees,serves students from New Mexico, other states, andother nations. Educational programs are offered at thePortales campus and by distance education, and atbranch community colleges in Roswell, New Mexico, andRuidoso, New Mexico. ENMU has been a respected centerof learning for its region and the state since 1934, andcontinues to build on its rich heritage.ENMU's students pursue challenging academic goalsand engage in stimulating classroom experiences, TheUniversity emphasizes individual academic advisingand career counseling. Students, faculty, and staffengage in intellectual dialogue and debate in a collegialenvironment. In addition, faculty and students areengaged in meaningful research activities to further theacademic priorities.Members of the ENMU community understand thateducation is a dynamic process that requires strategicplanning, meaningful assessment, and thoughtfulstrategic decision-making. This process encouragesprofessional development opportunities to enhanceindividuals’ skills and knowledge to improve thecampus-learning environment and to create greaterefficiencies and productivity within the University.The University continues to produce alumni whoare productive citizens and contributors to society andwho can compete with graduates of other institutions.The ENMU Foundation provides exceptional fundingfor scholarships and program enhancements. TheAlumni Association actively supports institutionalgoals. Additionally, the University has a supportive andcollaborative relationship with the communities it serves.By realizing a mission of excellence, Eastern NewMexico University continues to serve the region asa center of higher education and life-long learning,providing educational opportunities for an expandingspectrum of learners.Strategic PlanningThe Eastern New Mexico University Strategic Plan isupdated annually, allowing the institution to pursue itsgoals and objectives, to use institutional data for informeddecision-making, and to address the needs of ENMUstudents and constituencies. The Plan’s overarchingobjective is to place students and student learning at thecenter of every institutional action and activity.

About ENMU 2021-23 UNDERGRADUATE CATALOGFor more information on the Eastern New MexicoUniversity Strategic Plan:Office of PlanningAnalysis and Governmental Relations:ENMU Station 21500 S Ave KPortales, NM 88130(575) 562-2315enmu.edu/StrategicPlanHistoryAlthough it is the youngest state universityin New Mexico, ENMU looks with pride upon itsaccomplishments since the dream of having a universityin eastern New Mexico first arose many decades ago.The Legislature of 1927 located the institution inPortales, and the Legislature of 1929 approved the firstappropriation for buildings. The first building wasconstructed in 1931. Eastern’s doors were not opened tostudents until 1934.The institution operated as a two-year college from1934 to 1940. The third and fourth years of college werefirst offered in 1940. ENMU was accredited by the NorthCentral Association of Colleges and Secondary Schoolsas a four-year liberal arts college in 1947. Graduate workleading to the master’s degree was added in 1949, and theinstitution was officially designated Eastern New MexicoUniversity in 1955.Established in 1948, ENMU-Roswell moved to itspresent facility (formerly Walker Air Force Base) inthe fall of 1967. ENMU-Roswell offers a wide variety ofprograms for students in eastern New Mexico.ENMU-Ruidoso opened in 1991 and offers both anacademic and a vocational curriculum.Location and ResourcesThe ENMU main campus of more than 400 acres islocated in Portales on the extreme eastern side of thestate, about halfway between the northern and southernboundaries. It is 90 miles northeast of Roswell, NewMexico, 120 miles southwest of Amarillo, Texas, and 120miles northwest of Lubbock, Texas.Portales, the county seat of Roosevelt County, has anelevation of about 4,000 feet and a population of about19,900. Winters are dry and mild, and summers arepleasant with cool nights. Like most of the Southwest,Portales enjoys bright sunshine all year. Daytime hightemperatures in summer are in the 90s, while winterlows are in the 20s. Annual precipitation is about 16inches, most of which comes in summer thunderstorms.The valley in which Portales is located is a fertilearea excellent for farming and ranching. The entireeastern part of the state produces crops such as ValenciaPeanuts, wheat, grain sorghum, corn, alfalfa, potatoes,and cotton. Dairy and cattle production are principalindustries in the county. Petroleum-related industries,grain, grain storage and shipping, and trucking are alsopresent in Roosevelt County.5One of the world’s most important Paleo-Indianarchaeological sites lies on the plains of eastern NewMexico just seven miles north of Portales. An abundanceof artifacts has been found in this area, and it is theconsensus of archaeologists that these discoveries tellof life 11,000 to 11,670 years ago. In connection with thisarea, known as Blackwater Draw Locality No. 1 site, ENMUoperates and maintains both the Blackwater Draw NationalHistoric Landmark and the Blackwater Draw Museum.Students learn aspects of museums, museum work,museum studies, archaeology and anthropology throughexperiential work here. Eastern also houses the RooseveltCounty Museum, the Miles Mineral Museum and the Dr.Antonio “Tony” Gennaro Natural History Museum.The ENMU-Portales campus has approximately 56buildings and structures centered about a pedestrianmall. Roosevelt Hall and the Science Building housethe science teaching and research laboratories wherestudents receive hands-on experience with a widevariety of modern scientific instruments.The Broadcast Center is located in the CommunicationBuilding and is home to Eastern New Mexico University’sstate-of-the-art digital radio and television studios.Students studying in the field of communication have theopportunity for hands-on experience in the operation ofthe University’s broadcast stations, where they can workclosely with the professional staff in creating programsfor both radio and television. KENW-TV providesboth entertainment and educational programmingto the general public, to area public schools, and tohomeschoolers. During the regular school year, KENWTV produces at least five different weekly TV programs,evening newscasts, and various special productions. Thenewscasts are produced by students under the directionof the KENW-TV news director. Students also assist withother KENW-TV productions.The TV station is an affiliate of the PublicBroadcasting Service (PBS), the National EducationalTelevision Association (NETA), and AmericanPublic Television Stations (APTS). With digitaltechnology, KENW-TV can broadcast four channelsof TV programming 24/7/365. Digital Channel 3-1is the station’s High Definition channel; Channel3-2 is a Standard Definition Channel (SD) that feedsprogramming to some 25 cable companies in easternNew Mexico and parts of West Texas. Channel 3-3 (SD)is KENW-TV’s Children/Encore service, with programsfor youngsters being broadcast from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. andencore programs for adults from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. thenext morning; Channel 3-4 carried the First NationsExperience (FNX) network which is programming forand about Native Americans and other indigenouspeople in the world. KENW-TV has a full-power digitaltransmitter located at the old Blackwater Draw Stadiumsite on Highway 70 between Portales and Clovis and nineother digital translators scattered around the easternside of the State of New Mexico. In addition, DirecTVrebroadcasts KENW-TV’s Channel 3-1 and Dish Networkcarries KENW-TV’s Channel 3-2 for their subscribers tomost counties in the State of New Mexico.

62021-23 UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG Eastern New Mexico UniversityStudents assist in the operation of KENW-FM, anaffiliate of National Public Radio (NPR), American PublicMedia (APM), Public Radio Exchange (PRX) and theBeethoven Satellite Network (BSN). The FM station can beheard throughout the entire eastern side of New Mexicoand parts of West Texas. KENW-FM has six full-powerFM transmitters and seven TV translators scatteredthroughout the eastern half of the state of New Mexico.KENW-FM is also available worldwide via the internet.The Golden Library, housed in the Golden StudentSuccess Center (GSCC), holds a collection of books,videos, CDs, United States and New Mexico governmentdocuments, and serves as a resource to the entire region.Automation and networking agreements provide accessto many journals and to the resources of most of theworld’s libraries. The library computer labs providestudents with word-processing and presentationsoftware as well as Internet access. Special Collectionscontains the University archives, historical photographs,oral histories, and the world-famous Jack WilliamsonScience Fiction Library. This library features the books,magazines and manuscripts of science fiction writer JackWilliamson, as well as the works of other authors. GoldenLibrary is the repository for the papers of New Mexico’sCongressman Harold Runnels. The library houses over300 works of art and is used as a laboratory for studentslearning to mount exhibits and operate an art gallery.The University Theatre Center houses a 420-seatproscenium theatre and a 150-seat experimental theatrespace. Next to it is the University Computer Center,a facility with modern student computer labs andtechnologically equipped classrooms.ENMU-RoswellEstablished in 1958, Eastern New Mexico UniversityRoswell is a dynamic academic and career-orienteduniversity. The ENMU-Roswell campus offers certificatesand degrees in academic and career/technical programs.Each semester, ENMU-Roswell provides educationalopportunities to students through a variety of creditand non-credit classes and numerous communitypartnerships. Selected bachelor’s and master’s leveldegree programs are also available online and onsite from the main campus in Portales. A full range ofcareer advising services are available, in addition to acustomized training program (Center for Workforce andCommunity Development) for business and industry anda unique program for students with disabilities.More than 100 courses are taught online eachsemester. ENMU-Roswell also offers several onlineAssociate of Applied Sciences and Associate of Artsdegrees and certificates in various programs.AccreditationENMU-Roswell is accredited as an operationallyseparate campus by The Higher Learning Commission.Extended degree courses offered on the Roswell Campusare accredited through the main campus in PortalesContact ENMU-Roswell for more information about itsprograms, services, or for catalog requests:ENMU-RoswellOffice of AdmissionsP.O. Box 6000Roswell, NM 88202-6000(575) 624-7149 or toll free (800) 243-6687roswell.enmu.eduENMU-RuidosoThe college in Ruidoso was established in 1991 asan Off-Campus Instruction Center, offering LincolnCounty residents access to college level academic andcareer technical courses. In July 2005, the RuidosoCampus was legislatively approved as a branch ofENMU becoming the 18th two-year college in NewMexico. ENMU-Ruidoso Branch Community College isa comprehensive two-year college offering Associateof Applied Science, Associate of Arts and Associateof Science degrees, and numerous OccupationalEducational Certificates of Completion. Upper-levelundergraduate and graduate coursework offeredthrough ENMU’s distance education program may becompleted in Ruidoso and is fully transferable to thePortales campus. ENMU-Ruidoso offers communityeducation classes, customized training workshops, andadult basic education courses.Contact ENMU-Ruidoso for more information about itsprograms, services, or for catalog requests:ENMU-RuidosoStudent Advising Center709 Mechem DriveRuidoso, NM 88345(575) 257-2120 or toll free (800) 934-3668ruidoso.enmu.edu.

About ENMU 2021-23 UNDERGRADUATE CATALOGGraduate SchoolGraduate study was instituted at ENMU in 1949 andhas been accredited since 1953. Graduate degrees areoffered in the following disciplines: Anthropology Biology Business Administration(the M.B.A. or M.B.A. with emphasis in Accounting) Chemistry Communication Communicative Disorders(with an emphasis in Speech-Language Pathology) Counseling Education(with emphases in Bilingual Education,Career and Technical Education, EducationAdministration, Educational Technology,Elementary Education, English as a SecondLanguage, Pedagogy and Learning, Reading/Literacy, and Secondary Education) English Nursing(with an emphasis in Education) Physical Education(with an emphasis in Sport Administration) School Counseling Special Education7GRADUATE CERTIFICATES ARE OFFERED IN: Alternative Licensure in Elementary Education Alternative Licensure in Secondary Education Alternative Licensure in Special Education Personal Financial PlanningTo apply or request additional information:Graduate SchoolENMU Station 241500 S Ave KPortales, NM 88130(575) 562-2147enmu.edu/GraduateSchoolDistance EducationEastern New Mexico University delivers onlineeducation programs through hybrid synchronous,hybrid asynchronous, and web-based coursesthroughout the United States and abroad.State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA)SARA is an agreement among member states,districts and territories that sets national standards forinterstate offering of post-secondary distance educationcourses and programs. Institutions recognized by SARAhave confirmed

the University community. The Eastern community envisions a university where faculty and staff members instill in one another and in students a sense of social and cultural awareness and responsibility. The University accomplishes this by embracing and fostering diversity and inclusion among students, faculty and staff. The University engages