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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 | 489 | Queer Sexualities: Literature and Theory | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 489 | Queer Sexualities: Literature and Theory | People and Society | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 490 | Studies in Women and Literature | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 490 | Studies in Women and Literature | People and Society | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 491 | Russian and Soviet Classics in English | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 492 | Postcolonial Literature and Theory | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 492 | Postcolonial Literature and Theory | People and Society | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 493 | History of Literary Criticism | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 494 | Feminist Literary Theory | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 494 | Feminist Literary Theory | People and Society | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 495 | Special Topics | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 496 | Independent Study | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 497 | Senior Thesis I | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| ENG | 504 | Form in Poetry | Arts and Humanities | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| ENG | 505 | Form in Fiction | Arts and Humanities | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| ENG | 595 | Special Topics | Arts and Humanities | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| EPS | 200 | Career Development and Planning | People and Society | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| EPS | 201 | Psychosocial Change and Well-being | People and Society | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| EPS | 251 | Developing Data Wrangling Skills for Social, Behavioral, and Educational Data | STEM | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| EPS | 280 | Introduction to Family Studies: Dating, Coupling, Parenting | People and Society | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| EPS | 292 | The Art and Science of Human Flourishing | People and Society | Spring | 3/3 |
| EPS | 405 | Text Mining for the Social and Behavioral Sciences | STEM | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| EPS | 420 | Introduction to Counseling and Psychotherapy | People and Society | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| FIN | 300 | Fundamentals of Finance for Non-Finance Majors | People and Society | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| FRE | 201 | Intermediate French I | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring, Summer | 3/3 |
| FRE | 201 | Intermediate French I | People and Society | Fall, Spring, Summer | 3/3 |
| FRE | 202 | Intermediate French II | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring, Summer | 3/3 |
| FRE | 202 | Intermediate French II | People and Society | Fall, Spring, Summer | 3/3 |
| FRE | 203 | Advanced French | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring, Summer | 3/3 |
| FRE | 280 | French Culture and Conservation | Arts and Humanities | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| FRE | 280 | French Culture and Conservation | People and Society | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| FRE | 295 | Transfer Credit | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring, Summer | 1/3 |
| FRE | 301 | Introduction to French and Francophone Studies | Arts and Humanities | Fall, Spring, Summer | 3/3 |
| FRE | 301 | Introduction to French and Francophone Studies | People and Society | Fall, Spring, Summer | 3/3 |
| FRE | 302 | The Cultures of France | Arts and Humanities | Fall | 3/3 |
| FRE | 303 | The Cultures of Francophone Africa, Canada, and/or the Caribbean | Arts and Humanities | Spring | 3/3 |
| FRE | 310 | Topics in French and Francophone Studies in Translation | Arts and Humanities | Spring | 3/3 |
| FRE | 310 | Topics in French and Francophone Studies in Translation | People and Society | Spring | 3/3 |
| FRE | 321 | Literary Topics | Arts and Humanities | Fall | 3/3 |
| FRE | 322 | Topics in Global French Culture | Arts and Humanities | Spring | 3/3 |
| FRE | 325 | Topics in French-Language Cinema | Arts and Humanities | Fall | 3/3 |
| FRE | 330 | Topics in Gender and Sexuality | Arts and Humanities | Spring | 3/3 |
| FRE | 330 | Topics in Gender and Sexuality | People and Society | Spring | 3/3 |
| FRE | 340 | Migration in Literary and Cultural Studies | Arts and Humanities | Fall | 3/3 |
| FRE | 340 | Migration in Literary and Cultural Studies | People and Society | Fall | 3/3 |
| FRE | 345 | Franco-Maghrebian Studies | Arts and Humanities | Fall | 3/3 |
| FRE | 345 | Franco-Maghrebian Studies | People and Society | Fall | 3/3 |
| FRE | 346 | African Studies | Arts and Humanities | Spring | 3/3 |
| FRE | 346 | African Studies | People and Society | Spring | 3/3 |
| FRE | 360 | The Caribbean through Literary and Cultural Studies | Arts and Humanities | Fall | 3/3 |
