The Department's 20 tenure-track faculty teach in four subfields with graduate programs in Ethnology, Archaeology, Public Archeology, and Evolutionary Anthropology. There is an annual Southwestern Archaeology field school. Faculty and students conduct field research projects throughout New Mexico and the Southwest, Mexico, Central and South America, Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Basin. UNM Anthropology is one of the largest programs in the country, ranking among the best in graduate education, providing diverse student opportunities for field and laboratory training, and producing new and exciting research, scholarship, and creativity. Anthropology is a premier program at UNM, central to the University's mission, and serving to enhance and strengthen public education in the State.