- Cognates are offered in a number of Departments within the Frost School. Students must apply to the cognate for acceptance; a process that may include an audition, interview, portfolio submission, or testing as determined by the Faculty-in-Charge for that cognate.
- Students must complete all requirements specified for a cognate to be recognized as having completed the cognate. Otherwise, the credits will be considered electives and the cognate will not be granted.
- In order to ensure completion of the cognate in a timely manner, students should decide on a cognate no later than the end of their second semester of full-time study.
- No credits required in the DMA program can apply to the cognate. Any overlap will require approved course substitutions within either the DMA program or the cognate as determined to be most appropriate by the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies.
- One course substitution is allowed within the 12 credits of the doctoral cognate. Any proposed substitutions must first be approved by the Faculty-in-Charge of the cognate, and subsequently by the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies in the Frost School, using this form: Click Here for Form. Ideally, the substituted course should reside within the same Department as the required course.
- If a course that is required in a cognate has already been taken in a previous graduate degree, then a course waiver request must first be approved by the Faculty-in-Charge of the cognate, and subsequently, the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies in the Frost School, using this form: Click Here for Form. Ideally, the replacement course should reside within the same Department as the waived course.
