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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APY | 205 | Medicine and Health Care in Society | People and Society | Spring, Summer | 3/3 |
| APY | 301 | World Prehistory: From Caves to Quinoa | People and Society | Spring Even Years | 3/3 |
| APY | 306 | Human Evolution | STEM | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| APY | 306 | Human Evolution | People and Society | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| APY | 307 | Human Adaptation | STEM | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| APY | 307 | Human Adaptation | People and Society | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| APY | 309 | Evolution of Human Behavior | STEM | Spring Odd Years | 3/3 |
| APY | 309 | Evolution of Human Behavior | People and Society | Spring Odd Years | 3/3 |
| APY | 310 | Primate Behavior and Adaptation | STEM | Fall Odd Years | 3/3 |
| APY | 310 | Primate Behavior and Adaptation | People and Society | Fall Odd Years | 3/3 |
| APY | 312 | Primate Cognition | STEM | Fall Even Years | 3/3 |
| APY | 312 | Primate Cognition | People and Society | Fall Even Years | 3/3 |
| APY | 313 | Data science of culture and language | STEM | Spring | 3/3 |
| APY | 313 | Data science of culture and language | People and Society | Spring | 3/3 |
| APY | 315 | Folk and Alternative Medicine: Psychedelic Plants in Cultural Context | People and Society | Spring | 3/3 |
| APY | 320 | The Evolution of Language | People and Society | Spring | 3/3 |
| APY | 340 | Marine Archaeology | People and Society | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| APY | 345 | Blood and Chocolate: Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica | People and Society | Fall Even Years | 3/3 |
| APY | 356 | Florida Archaeology | People and Society | Fall Odd Years | 3/3 |
| APY | 359 | The Archaeology of Plastics | People and Society | Fall Odd Years | 3/3 |
| APY | 360 | Anthropology of Food | STEM | Fall | 3/3 |
| APY | 360 | Anthropology of Food | People and Society | Fall | 3/3 |
| APY | 361 | Gender and Language | People and Society | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| APY | 362 | The Languages of the World | People and Society | Spring | 3/3 |
| APY | 376 | Economic Anthropology | People and Society | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| APY | 384 | Caribbean Archaeology | People and Society | Spring Even Years | 3/3 |
| APY | 385 | Caribbean Cultures | People and Society | Spring | 3/3 |
| APY | 390 | Dead Bodies & Bioethics | People and Society | Fall Odd Years | 3/3 |
| APY | 390 | Dead Bodies & Bioethics | Arts and Humanities | Fall Odd Years | 3/3 |
| APY | 391 | Gender in Ancient Cultures | People and Society | Spring Odd Years | 3/3 |
| APY | 392 | Sex and Culture | People and Society | Fall, Spring | 3/3 |
| APY | 393 | Drugs and Culture | People and Society | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| APY | 394 | Comparative Religion | Arts and Humanities | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| APY | 394 | Comparative Religion | People and Society | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| APY | 395 | Gender, Race, and Class | People and Society | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| APY | 396 | Youth Culture, Identity, and Globalization | People and Society | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| APY | 397 | Violence and Ritual | People and Society | Fall Even Years | 3/3 |
| APY | 398 | Coastal Cultures | People and Society | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| APY | 399 | The Anthropology of Kinship and Family in America | People and Society | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| APY | 413 | Medical Anthropology | People and Society | Fall | 3/3 |
| APY | 414 | Human Osteology | People and Society | Fall | 3/3 |
| APY | 414 | Human Osteology | STEM | Fall | 3/3 |
| APY | 416 | Bioarchaeology-Peopling the past | STEM | Spring Even Years | 3/3 |
| APY | 416 | Bioarchaeology-Peopling the past | People and Society | Spring Even Years | 3/3 |
| APY | 419 | Politics of the Past | People and Society | Spring Odd Years | 3/3 |
| APY | 421 | Interpreting Bodies | People and Society | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| APY | 423 | Paleopathology: Health and disease in ancient peoples | People and Society | Fall Even Years | 3/3 |
| APY | 423 | Paleopathology: Health and disease in ancient peoples | STEM | Fall Even Years | 3/3 |
| APY | 435 | Anthropology of Nature and Environment | People and Society | By Announcement Only | 3/3 |
| ARB | 202 | Intermediate Arabic II | Arts and Humanities | Spring | 3/3 |
