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A Spanish cognate course is a course in which a majority of the content focuses on Hispanic studies, but which does not give instruction primarily in Spanish.
- Cognate credit is only allowed for the major. Students enrolled in the minor cannot use cognate credit.
- Spanish majors are allowed to receive a maximum of three credits toward the major for one cognate course.
- Spanish cognate courses will not automatically appear in your degree audit. Please meet with a Spanish advisor or email rll.mailbox@umich.edu to have a cognate course applied to your Spanish major requirements
- Spanish cognate courses count toward the Spanish major at either the 279-399 or 400 level. The level of each approved cognate course is indicated on the list below.
- If you believe that a course meets the guidelines to count as a Spanish cognate but does not appear on this list, please complete the RLL Spanish Cognate Request Form (pdf), obtain a copy of the syllabus for the class, and return the completed proposal form to rll.mailbox@umich.edu. The form will then be submitted to the appropriate committee for final approval.
The courses listed on the following chart have been identified as possible cognate courses for the Spanish major:
| Course | Course Name | Spanish Cognate Level | Notes |
| AAS 236 (AMCULT 226/ HISTORY 226/ LACS 226/ LATINOAM 226) | The Latin Tinge: Latin Music in Social Context in Latin America and the U.S | 300 | |
| AAS 373 | Other Africans: The Cultures of Portuguese-Speaking Africa | 300 | |
| AAS 444 (ANTHRCUL 414) | Introduction to Caribbean Societies and Cultures | 400 | |
| AAS 458 (HISTORY 474/LACS 455) (formerly AAS 358) | From Colonial Saint-Domingue to Independent Haiti: History and Culture of an Exceptional Colonial and Postcolonial Territory (this topic only) | 400 | |
| AAS 478 (LACS 400/HISTORY 578) | Ethnicity and Culture in Latin America | 400 | |
| AAS 495 | Caribbean Folklore: Spirits, Magic, and Resistance | 400 | |
| AMCULT 204 (LATINOAM 204) | Themes in American Culture: Religiones Latinas/Latinoamericanas (this topic only) | 300 | |
| AMCULT 213 (LATINOAM 213) | Introduction to Latina/o Studies | 300 | |
| AMCULT 226 (AAS 236/HISTORY 226/LACS 226/LATINOAM 226) | The Latin Tinge: Latin Music in Social Context in Latin America and the U.S. | 300 | |
| AMCULT 243 (LATINOAM 243/WOMENSTD 243) | Latina Women in the U.S | 300 | |
| AMCULT 304 (LATINOAM 304/SOC 304) | American Immigration | 300 | |
| AMCULT 310 (LATINOAM 310/RCSTP 350) | Topics in Ethnic Studies - PALMA - Tutoring Latino/as & Exploring Race and Ethnicity in the Latino/a | 300 | NOTE: Only one of the following courses can count toward the Spanish major: SPANISH 448, or RCLANG 334 or RCSTP350 |
| AMCULT 311 | Literature of the Undocumented | 400 | |
| AMCULT 313 (ANTHRCUL 314/LATINOAM 313) | Cuba and its Diaspora | 400 | |
| AMCULT 315 (HISTORY 377/LATINOAM 315) | Latino/a/e History as U.S. History (formerlly History of Latina/os in the U.S.) | 300 (as of Fall 2023) |
*Students who took this course in Winter 2023 or before, please see the sidebar on this page for information about how this course counts.
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| AMCULT 327 (ENGLISH 387/LATINOAM 327) | Latina/Latino Literature of the U.S. | 300 | |
| AMCULT 380 (LATINOAM 380/SAC 380) | Studies in Transnational Media | 300 | |
| AMCULT 381 (SAC 381/LATINOAM 381) | Latinas/Latinos and the Media | 300 | |
| AMCULT 385 (LATINOAM 385/HISTORY 335) | Immigration Law: Critical Approaches to Contemporary Issues | 300 | |
AMCULT 395 (LATINOAM 365/RCSTP 362) | Migrants: Understanding the Inequities in the US Agricultural Workforce | 300 | |
AMCULT 397 (RCSTP 307, LATINOAM 307) | Spanish Language Internship Project (SLIP) | 300 | SLIP does not count against the one internship course students may take for the Spanish major. Effective Winter 2024. Formerly listed as LATINOAM 301/RCSSCI 307 (Spanish Language Internship Program - this topic only) |
| AMCULT 404 (SOC 404) | Latinas/os in the U.S.: Social Problems and Social Issues | 400 | |
| AMCULT 498 | Capstone Seminar in American Culture: Topic: Puerto Rico: Culture and Society | 400 | This section only, also meets ULWR |
| ANTHRARC 284 | Aztec, Maya, and Inca Civilizations | 300 | |
| ANTHRCUL 314 (AMCULT 313/LATINOAM 313) | Cuba and its Diaspora | 400 | |
| ANTHRCUL 319 | Latin American Society and Culture | 300 | |
| ANTHRCUL 320 | Mexico: Culture and Society | 300 | |
| ANTHRCUL 346 (HISTORY 347) | Latin America: The Colonial Period | 300 (as of Fall 2023) | *Students who took this course in Winter 2023 or before, please see the sidebar here, for information about how this course counts.
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| ANTHRCUL 414 (AAS 444) | Introduction to Caribbean Societies and Cultures | 400 | |
| ANTHRCUL 458 | Topics in Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology: Language and Society in South America | 400 | this topic only |
| COMPLIT 240 | Literature Across Borders | 300 | |
| COMPLIT 222 | Great Books in World Literature: Don Quixote (this topic only) | 300 | |
| COMPLIT 322 | Translating World Literatures | 300 |
Must have significant Hispanic component
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| ECON 429 | Migration Economics and Policy | 300 | |
| EDUC 215 | Exploring Education in Ecuador | 300 | This topic only |
| ENGLISH 373 | Literature of the Americas | 300 | |
| ENGLISH 387 (AMCULT 327/LATINOAM 327) | Latina/Latino Literature of the U.S. | 300 | |
| ENVIRON 434 | Environmental Podcasting: Public Discourse at the intersection of environment & poverty in the US & Colombia | 400 | This topic only |
| ENVIRON 464 | Topics in Culture and Environment: Colombia: Narratives from One of the Most Eco-Diverse Countries in the World | 300 | This topic only |
| ENVIRON 464 | Topics in Culture and Environment: Public Discourse Around Poverty & the Environment in the USA & Colombia | 400 | This topic only |
| ELI 393 | Fundamentals of Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language Internationally | 300 | |
| ELI 395 (IN391/EDU395/ RCSSCI395/ AMCULT361/ LATINOAM361) | Principles and Practices of Teaching ESL in Migrant Communities | 300 | This topic only |
| HISTART 320 | Latin American Modernism | 300 | Formerly HISTART 294 |
| HISTART 393 | Undergraduate Seminar: Art and Architecture of Colonial Latin America: Conquest to Independence (this topic only) | 300 | |
| HISTART 394 (ROMLANG 400) | Special Topics: Our North is the South: Designing Latin America (this topic only) | 400 | |
| HISTART 476 | Urban Fragments: The Americas | 400 |
Cannot repeat Spanish 474: Fragmentos Urbanos
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| HISTORY 226 (AAS 236/AMCULT 226/ LACS 226/LATINOAM 226) | The Latin Tinge: Latin Music in Social Context in Latin America and the U.S. | 300 | |
| HISTORY 287 | Horror and Enchantment: A History of the Early Modern Spanish and Portuguese World | 300 | |
HISTORY 304 (LACS 304 / WGS 306) | Maternal and Infant Health in Latin American History | 400 | |
| HISTORY 305 | Histories of the Modern Caribbean | 300 | |
| HISTORY 328 (ROMLANG 250) | Humanities Topics in History: Across Oceans, Lands, and Peoples: A Cultural History of the Early Modern Iberian World (this topic only) | 300 | |
| HISTORY 335 (AMCULT 385/LATINOAM 385) | Immigration Law: Critical Approaches to Contemporary Issues | 300 | |
| HISTORY 347 (ANTHRCUL 346) | Latin America: The Colonial Period | 300 (as of Fall 2023) |
*Students who took this course in Winter 2023 or before, please see the sidebar here, for information about how this course counts.
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| HISTORY 348 | Latin America: The National Period | 300 (as of Fall 2023) |
*Students who took this course in Winter 2023 or before, please see the sidebar here, for information about how this course counts. *Winter 2025: History 348 is meeting-with RomLang 400 (sections 003/004/005/006).
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| HISTORY 349 (LACS 349) | Revolutionary Movements in Modern Latin America | 300 | |
| HISTORY 363 | History of Modern Mexico | 300 | |
| HISTORY 377 (AMCULT 315/LATINOAM 315) | Latino/a/e History as U.S. History (formerlly History of Latina/os in the U.S.) | 300 (as of Fall 2023) |
*Students who took this course in Winter 2023 or before, please see the sidebar here, for information about how this course counts.
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| HISTORY 407 (INTLSTD 401/HISTORY 407/RCSSI 461 | The History of Inter-American Human Rights Law: from Social Movements to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights | 400 | |
| HISTORY 473 (AAS 473/LACS 483) | Brazil: History and Culture | 400 | |
| HISTORY 474 (AAS 458/LACS 455) | From Colonial Saint-Domingue to Independent Haiti: History and Culture of an Exceptional Colonial and Postcolonial Territory (this topic only) | 400 | |
| HISTORY 478 | Topics in Latin American History: State Terror and Memory in the Americas (this topic only) | 400 | |
| HISTORY 487 | Conversions and Christianities in the Early Modern World and Beyond | 400 | |
| HISTORY 578 (LACS 400/AAS 478) | Ethnicity and Culture in Latin America | 400 | |
| INTLSTD 385 | Indigenous Communities vs. Globalization in South America (this topic only) | 300 | |
| INTLSTD 401 (HISTORY 407/RCSSI 461) | Human Rights Movements and International Law in the Americas | 400 | Former Course Title: The History of Inter-American Human Rights Law: from Social Movements to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights |
| JUDAIC 218 | Humanities Topics in Judaism: Introduction to Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) I (this topic only) | 300 | |
| JUDAIC 218 | Humanities Topics in Judaism: Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) II (this topic only) | 300 | |
| JUDAIC 318 | Humanities Topics in Judaism: Jews in the Americas (this topic only) | 300 | |
| JUDAIC 360 | A Global History of the Jews of Spain | 400 | |
| LACS 226 (AMCULT 226/LATINOAM 226/ AAS 236/HISTORY 226) | The Latin Tinge: Latin Music in Social Context in Latin America and the U.S. | 300 | |
| LACS 321 | Social Science Topics in LACS: The Archaeology of Mexico and Peru: Inca, Aztec, and the Spanish Conquest (this topic only) | 300 | |
| LACS 321 | Social Science Topics in LACS: Space and Identity in Latin American History (this topic only) | 300 | |
| LACS 321 | Social Science Topics in LACS: Biomedical Spanish (this topic only) | 300 | |
| LACS 321 | Social Science Topics in LACS: Indigenous Community vs Globalization in South America (this topic only) | 300 | |
| LACS 355 | Contemporary Debates and Advanced Concepts in Portuguese Language II | 300 | Winter 2026 this topic only |
| LACS 349 (HISTORY 349) | Revolutionary Movements in Modern Latin America | 300 | |
| LACS 400 (AAS 478/HISTORY 578) | Ethnicity and Culture in Latin America | 400 | |
| LACS 455 (PORTUG 474/ROMLANG 400) | The Afro-Latin American Frontier: Race, Gender, and Landscape in Brazil and Beyond (this topic only) | 400 | Winter 2025 & Winter 2026. This topic only. |
| LACS 455 (AAS 458/HISTORY 474) | Topics in Latin American Studies: From Colonial Saint-Domingue to Independent Haiti: History and Culture of an Exceptional Colonial and Post-colonial Territory | 400 | |
| LACS 471 | Elementary Quechua | 300 | |
LADINO 280/580 (ROMLANG 250 this topic) only | Ladino: Language and Culture of the Sephardi Jews | 300 | |
| LATINOAM 204 (AMCULT 204) | Themes in Latina/o Studies: Religiones Latinas/Latinoamericanas (this topic only) | 300 | |
| LATINOAM 213 (AMCULT 213) | Introduction to Latina/o Studies | 300 | |
| LATINOAM 226 (AAS 236/AMCULT 226/ HISTORY 226/LACS 226) | The Latin Tinge: Latin Music in Social Context in Latin America and the U.S. | 300 | |
| LATINOAM 243 (AMCULT 243/WOMENSTD 243) | Latina Women in the U.S | 300 | |
| LATINOAM 307 (RCSTP 307, AMCULT 397) | Spanish Language Internship Project (SLIP) | 300 |
SLIP does not count against the one internship course students may take for the Spanish major. Formerly listed as LATINOAM 301/RCSSCI 307 (Spanish Language Internship Program - this topic only) |
| LATINOAM 304 (AMCULT 304/SOC 304) | American Immigration | 300 | |
| LATINOAM 310 (POLSCI 389) | Latina/o Studies and the Social Sciences: The Politics of Latinidad (this topic only) | 300 | |
| LATINOAM 310 (AMCULT 310, RCSTP 350) | Latina/o Studies and the Social Sciences: Tutoring Latino/as & Exploring Race and Ethnicity in the Latino/a Community (this topic only) | 300 | NOTE: Only one of the following courses can count toward the Spanish major: SPANISH 448, or RCLANG 334 or RCSTP350 |
| LATINOAM 311 | Latina/o Studies and the Humanities: Latino/a Theater for Social Change (this topic only) | 300 | |
| LATINOAM 313 (AMCULT 313/ANTHRCUL 314) | Cuba and its Diaspora | 400 | |
| LATINOAM 315 (AMCULT 315/HISTORY 377) | Latino/a/e History as U.S. History (formerlly History of Latina/os in the U.S.) | 300 (as of Fall 2023) |
*Students who took this course in Winter 2023 or before, please see the sidebar here, for information about how this course counts.
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| LATINOAM 327 (AMCULT 327/ENGLISH 387) | Latina/Latino Literature of the U.S | 300 | |
LATINOAM 365 (AMCULT 395/RCSTP 362) | Migrants: Understanding the Inequities in the US Agricultural Workforce | 300 | |
| LATINOAM 380 (AMCULT 380/SAC 380) | Studies in Transnational Media | 300 | |
| LATINOAM 381 (SAC 381/AMCULT 381) | Latinas/Latinos and the Media | 300 | |
| LATINOAM 385 (AMCULT385/HISTORY 335) | Immigration Law: Critical Approaches to Contemporary Issues | 300 | |
| LING 342 | Perspectives on Bilingualism | 300 | |
| LING 497 | Capstone Seminar: Pidgen and Creole Languages: A Linguistic, Historical and Cognitive Overview (this topic only) | 400 | |
| MUSICOL 407 | Special Course- Latinx Music in the US (this topic only) | 400 | |
| POLSCI 347 | Politics and Society in Latin America: Latin American Politics | 400 | |
| POLSCI 389 (LATINOAM 310) | Topics in Contemporary Political Science: The Politics of Latinidad (this topic only) | 300 | |
| PORTUG 283 | Portuguese for the Professions | 300 | |
| PORTUG 287 | Advanced Portuguese Conversation & Composition | 300 | |
| PORTUG 290 | Conversation Through Film and Popular Music | 300 | |
| PORTUG 301 | Topics in Afro-Luso-Brazilian Cultures | 300 | |
| PORTUG 315 | Contemporary Issues in the Portuguese- and Spanish-Speaking Worlds | 300 | |
| PORTUG 342 | Culture, Power, and Politics in Brazil | 400 | |
| PORTUG 461 | Brazilian Culture | 400 | |
| PORTUG 471 | Literature in the Portuguese-Speaking World | 400 | |
| PORTUG 472 | Cinema in the Portuguese-Speaking World | 400 | |
| PORTUG 473 | Popular Music in the Portuguese-Speaking World | 400 | |
| PORTUG 474 | Advanced Topics in Afro-Luso-Brazilian Cultures | 400 | |
| PSYCH 305 | --------- | --------- |
Only eligible if you volunteer with Latino Family Services. Must provide syllabus to determine level
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RCSTP 307 (AMCULT 397/LATINOAM 307) | Spanish Language Internship Project (SLIP) | 300 | SLIP does not count against the one internship course students may take for the Spanish major. Formerly listed as LATINOAM 301/RCSSCI 307 (Spanish Language Internship Program - this topic only) |
| RCLANG 334 | Tutoring Latino/a Adults and Children: Spanish in the Community | 300 |
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| RCSSCI 461 (INTLSTD 401, HIST 407) | The History of Inter-American Human Rights Law: from Social Movements to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights | 400 | |
| RCSTP 350 (AMCULT 310/LATINOAM 310 | Topics in Social Theory and Practice - PALMA - Tutoring Latino/as & Exploring Race and Ethnicity in the Latino/a Community | 300 | Effective Winter 2024, formerly listed as RCLANG 334 Tutoring Latino/a Adults and Children: Spanish in the Community NOTE: Only one of the following courses can count toward the Spanish major: SPANISH 448, or RCLANG 334 or RCSTP350
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| ROMLANG 250 (HISTORY 328) | Special Topics in Humanities: Across Oceans, Lands, and Peoples: A Cultural History of the Early Modern Iberian World (this topic only) | 300 | |
| ROMLANG 250 (LADINO 280) | Special Topics in Humanities: Ladino: Language and Culture of the Sephardi Jews (this topic only) | 300 | |
| ROMLANG 253/ SPANISH 373 | The Mediterranean (only when ROMLANG 253 and SPANISH 373 meet-together) | 300 |
If work is completed in English, Spanish majors may receive cognate credit. If work is completed in Spanish, please see the Additional Course Options section on the right side of the page for information.
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| ROMLANG 377 | Race and Ethnicity in Romance Studies: Mediterranean Identities: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion in the premodern world (this topic only) | 300 | |
| ROMLANG 400 (PORTUG 474/LACS 455) | The Afro-Latin American Frontier: Race, Gender, and Landscape in Brazil and Beyond | 400 | Winter 2025. This topic only. |
| ROMLANG 400 (HISTORY 348) | Latin America: The National Period | 300 | Winter 2025. This topic only. ROMLANG 400 sections 003, 004, 005, 006. |
| ROMLANG 400 (HISTART 394) | Topics in Romance Languages and Literature: Our North is the South: Designing Latin America (this topic only) | 400 | |
| ROMLANG 498 | Senior Seminar in Romance Languages & Literatures (permission of instructor) | 400 | |
| ROMLING 300 | Introduction to the Romance Languages | 300 | |
| SAC 380 (AMCULT 380/LATINOAM 380) | Studies in Transnational Media | 300 | |
| SAC 381 (AMCULT 381/ LATINOAM 381) | Latinas/Latinos and the Media | 300 | |
| SAC 441 | National Screens: Mexican Cinema (this topic only) Spanish Cinema (this topic only) | 400 | |
| SOC 304 (AMCULT 304/ LATINOAM 304) | American Immigration | 300 | |
| SOC 389.103 | Practicum in Sociology: Latino Family Services After-School Program (this topic only) | 300 | |
| SOC 404 (AMCULT 404) | Latinas/os in the US: Social Problems and Social Issues | 400 | |
| SOC 422 | Sociology of Latin America | 400 | |
| WOMENSTD 243 (AMCULT 243/LATINOAM 243) | Latina Women in the U.S. | 300 |
Additional Course Options
Please read carefully about how these courses may count towards the Spanish major and/or minor.
EDUC 390/ELI 390/LING 386/RCSSCI 390 Community Service Learning in ESL Teaching Contexts (Not eligible for cognate credit effective Winter 2020)
ITALIAN 410 Italian for Spanish Speakers – counts as a 400-level elective toward the Spanish major or minor. Students may count only one of ITALIAN 410 or PORT 280 (formerly PORT 415) toward the Spanish major or minor requirements.
PORTUG 280 Portuguese for Speakers of Romance Languages - counts as a 279-399-level course toward the Spanish major or minor (elective). Students may count only one of ITALIAN 410 or PORTUG 280 toward the Spanish major or minor requirements.
ROMLANG 253/SPANISH 373 The Mediterranean – only when taken as a meets-together with SPANISH 373, it counts as a 279-399-level elective for Spanish majors or minors who complete their work in Spanish. Spanish majors who complete their work in English may receive 279-399-level cognate credit.
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*Note: for students who completed HISTORY 347/ANTHRCUL 346, HISTORY 348, or HISTORY 377/AMCULT 315 in Winter 2023 or before (only), and enrolled in the Spanish discussion section, 400-level elective credit toward the Spanish major or minor is granted. If not enrolled in the Spanish discussion section, no credit is earned toward the Spanish minor (may count as a 400-level cognate for the Spanish major).
Effective Fall 2023, forward, these History courses count as 300-level cognate credit toward the Spanish major (only), and no longer count toward the Spanish minor: HISTORY 347/ANTHRCUL 346, HISTORY 348, and HISTORY 377/AMCULT 315.
