Most CoE 400 level or above courses offered can be used to fulfill the cognate requirement without pre-approval. Courses outside CoE must be approved by the PhD committee.

Below is a list of past courses that have been approved by MSE for use as cognates. This list may not be comprehensive. Please refer to the CoE Course Bulletin for a complete listing of CoE courses and their descriptions: https://bulletin.engin.umich.edu/

Cross-listed and Special topic courses must be individually approved.

Please use the Cognate Approval Form here for new requests.

AEROSP 516
AEROSP 548
AEROSP 570
AOSS 530
AOSS 605
APPPHYS 540
AUTO 533
AUTO 513
BIOMEDE 410 cross-listed w/ MSE 410
BIOMEDE 418
BIOMEDE 499
BIOMEDE 503
BIOMEDE 519
BIOMEDE 556
BIOMEDE 563 cross-listed w/ MSE 563
BIOMEDE 584
BIOMEDE 594
CEE 554 cross-listed w/ MSE 554
CEE 567
CHE 497
ChE 497
CHE 548
CHE 412 cross-listed w/ MSE 412 and Macro 412
CHE 470 Cross-listed
CHE 538
CHE 542
CHE 557 cross-listed w/ MSE 557
CHE 574
CHEM 507
CHEM 511 cross-listed w/ MSE 511
CHEM 515
CHEM 538
CHEM 543
CHEM 571
CHEM 576
CHEM 648
CHEM 649
EECS 402
EECS 517
EECS 540
EECS 414
EECS 420
EECS 423
EECS 429
EECS 434
EECS 512
EECS 513
EECS 520
EECS 521
EECS 528
EECS 529
EECS 537
EECS 538
EECS 539
EECS 540
EECS 541
EECS 542
EECS 545
EECS 573
EECS 587
EECS 620 Electronic and Optical Properties of Semiconductors
EECS/ENGR 410 Patents
IOE 425
IOE 432
IOE 452
IOE 466
IOE 533
IOE 536
IOE 539
IOE 552
IOE 465
ISD 599
MACRO 538
MACRO 512 cross-listed w/ MSE 512
MACRO 514 cross-listed w/ MSE 514
MACRO 530 cross-listed w/ MSE 517
MATH 572
MATH 417
MATH 419
MATH 425
MATH 450
MATH 451
MATH 454
MATH 555
MATH 556
MATH 571
MATH 656
MATH 671
ME 530
ME 589
ME 487
ME 501
ME 502
ME 505
ME 511
ME 516 cross-listed w/ MSE 516
ME 519
ME 539
ME 541
ME 553
ME 557
ME 559
ME 571
ME 572
ME 574
ME 576
ME 577
ME 582
ME 586
ME 599
ME 631
ME 617
NERS 590 needs individual approval
NERS 421
NERS 471
NERS 521
NERS 522
NERS 621
NERS 622
PHYS 619
PHYSICS 411
PHYSICS 507
PHYSICS 463
PHYSICS 510
PHYSICS 520
PHYSICS 619
PHYSICS 514
PHYSICS 620
STATS 412
STATS 500


Courses NOT approved for Cognate use:
Engin 520
CEE 565
BIOMEDE 500