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Beginning in Fall 2021, UM students can fulfill the Areas of Knowledge general education requirement by creating an individualized cognate. Only courses (UM as well as transfer courses) with an Area of Knowledge course attribute in CaneLink can be used in an individualized cognate. All three courses in an individualized cognate must have the appropriate Area of Knowledge course attribute. Courses used in an individualized cognate cannot be double counted toward any other degree requirement. An individualized cognate must be a minimum of 3 courses (9 credit hours). Individualized cognates use the following academic plan codes: AT_0080 (Arts & Humanities), PS_0070 (People & Society), and ST_0026 (STEM). For information on thematic cognates, use the cognate search engine.
Below is a searchable list of current courses that can be used in an individualized cognate.
NOTE: The course a student takes to fulfill the quantitative skills proficiency requirement cannot be double counted by including it in an individualized cognate. Also courses with a grade of CR (except for test credits that are accepted with a UM equivalency from AP, IB, GCE, Cambridge Pre-U, CAPE, and CLEP programs) cannot be used to fulfill general education or other degree requirements like individualized cognates.
| Subject | Course No. | Course Title | Area of Knowledge Designation | Typically Offered | Credits (Min/Max) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENG | 391 | CW Intermediate Mixed-Genre Workshop | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 392 | Intermediate Poetry Workshop | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 395 | Special Topics | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring, Summer | 3/3 |
| ENG | 396 | Special Topics | Arts and Humanities | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| ENG | 397 | Special Topics | Arts and Humanities | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| ENG | 401 | Senior Seminar in Literature | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 404 | Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 406 | Creative Writing (Poetry) | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 407 | Creative Writing Special Topics | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 408 | Writing Autobiography | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 410 | Old English Language and Literature | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 411 | Old English Literature | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 420 | Chaucer | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 430 | Shakespeare: The Early Plays | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 431 | Shakespeare: The Later Plays | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 432 | English Renaissance Poetry and Prose | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 433 | English Renaissance Drama | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 434 | Seventeenth-Century Poetry and Prose | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 435 | Milton | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 440 | Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 441 | 18th-Century British Novel | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 442 | Politics and Literature | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 442 | Politics and Literature | People and Society | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 450 | The Early Romantic Period | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 451 | The Late Romantic Period | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 452 | Jane Austen and Literary Criticism | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 455 | Victorian Poetry and Prose | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 456 | Nineteenth-Century English Novel | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 460 | Modern British Literature | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 461 | Contemporary British Literature | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 465 | Irish Literature | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 470 | Contemporary British and American Poetry | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 472 | Literature and Psychoanalytic Theory | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 472 | Literature and Psychoanalytic Theory | People and Society | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 473 | Twentieth-Century Literary Theory | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 473 | Twentieth-Century Literary Theory | People and Society | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 479 | Storied Pasts: Nineteenth-Century U.S. History and Literature | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 480 | Early American Literature | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 480 | Early American Literature | People and Society | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 482 | American Literature: 1800-1865 | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 482 | American Literature: 1800-1865 | People and Society | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 483 | American Literature: 1865-1915 | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 484 | American Literature, 1915–1945 | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 485 | American Literature: 1945 to the Present | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 486 | Early African-American Literature | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 486 | Early African-American Literature | People and Society | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 487 | Modern African-American Literature | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 487 | Modern African-American Literature | People and Society | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 488 | Race, Ethnicity, and Literature | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 488 | Race, Ethnicity, and Literature | People and Society | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
