Spanish Cognates and Additional Course Options

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 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.undergrad@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 313 (ANTHRCUL 314/LATINOAM 313)	Cuba and its Diaspora	400
AMCULT 315 (HISTORY 377/LATINOAM 315)	History of Latina/os in the U.S.	400	Spanish majors or minors who enroll in the Spanish discussion section can earn 400-level elective credit toward their major or minor.
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 404 (SOC 404)	Latinas/os in the U.S.: Social Problems and Social Issues	400
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	400	See HISTORY 347
ANTHRCUL 414 (AAS 444)	Introduction to Caribbean Societies and Cultures	400
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
ECON 429	Migration Economics and Policy	300
ENGLISH 373	Literature of the Americas	300
ENGLISH 387 (AMCULT 327/LATINOAM 327)	Latina/Latino Literature of the U.S.	300
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
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 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	400	Spanish majors/minors who enroll in the Spanish discussion section can earn 400-level elective credit toward their major/minor
HISTORY 348	Latin America: The National Period	400	Spanish majors/minors who enroll in the Spanish discussion section can earn 400-level elective credit toward their major/minor
HISTORY 349 (LACS 349)	Revolutionary Movements in Modern Latin America	300
HISTORY 377 (AMCULT 315/LATINOAM 315)	History of Latina/os in the U.S.	400	Spanish majors/minors who enroll in the Spanish discussion section can earn 400-level elective credit toward their major/minor
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 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)	The History of Inter-American Human Rights Law: from Social Movements to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights	400
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 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 (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 (this topic only)	400
LACS 471	Elementary Quechua	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 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 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)	History of Latina/os in the U.S.	400	Spanish majors/minors who enroll in the Spanish discussion section can earn 400-level elective credit toward their major/minor
LATINOAM 327 (AMCULT 327/ENGLISH 387)	Latina/Latino Literature of the U.S	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
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 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
POLSCI 347	Politics and Society in Latin America: Latin American Politics in (this) Democratic Period	400
POLSCI 389 (LATINOAM 310)	Topics in Contemporary Political Science: The Politics of Latinidad (this topic only)	300
PSYCH 305	---------	---------	Only eligible if you volunteer with Latino Family Services. Must provide syllabus to determine level
RCLANG 306 (as of 2018, RCSSCI 360)	Spanish Language Internship Program (this topic only)	300
RCLANG 334	Tutoring Latino/a Adults and Children: Spanish in the Community	300	Only one of the following courses can count toward the Spanish major: EDUC 428, SPANISH 448, or RCLANG 334
RCSSCI 360	Spanish Language Internship Program (this topic only)	300
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
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 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.
ROMLANG 377	Race and Ethnicity in Romance Studies: Mediterranean Identities: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion in the premodern world (this topic only)	300
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.

AMCULT 315 History of Latina/os in the U.S. (See HISTORY 377)

ANTHRCUL 346 Latin America: The Colonial Period (See HISTORY 347)

EDUC 390/ELI 390/LING 386/RCSSCI 390 Community Service & Language and Migrant Education and Outreach Program - counts as a 300-level elective toward the Spanish major. (DISCONTINUED EFFECTIVE Winter 2020)

EDUC 428 Intro A2LP II Spanish - (DISCONTINUED as of Winter 2019) counts as a 400-level elective toward the Spanish major and minor. Only one of the following tutoring-based courses can count toward the Spanish major: EDUC 428, SPANISH 448, or RCLANG 334. Only one of EDUC 428 or SPANISH 448 may count toward the Spanish minor. RCLANG 334 does not apply toward the Spanish minor.

HISTORY 347/ANTHRCUL 346 Spanish discussion section only. Latin America: The Colonial Period - counts as 400-level elective credit toward the Spanish major or minor. If not enrolled in the Spanish discussion section, Spanish majors may count this course as a 400-level cognate toward the Spanish major (no credit toward Spanish minor).

HISTORY 348 Spanish discussion section only. Latin America: The National Period - counts as 400-level elective credit toward the Spanish major or minor. If not enrolled in the Spanish discussion section, Spanish majors may count this course as a 400-level cognate toward the Spanish major (no credit toward Spanish minor).

HISTORY 377/AMCULT 315/LATINOAM 315 Spanish discussion section only. History of Latinos in the U.S. - counts as 400-level elective credit toward the Spanish major or minor. If not enrolled in the Spanish discussion section, Spanish majors may count this course as a 400-level cognate toward the Spanish major (no credit toward Spanish minor).

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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