<p>Can any current student's attest to what the program is like in terms on difficulty and intellectual stimulation? Is it just something you go through to get to Wall Street or is it an actual educational experience?</p>
<p>it’s what you make it out to be. people argue that it’s the easiest major at Cornell, but you can easily get intellectual stimulation if you want by taking johnson school classes. a lot of people do come to AEM to get to wall street… but if you want a real education, you can make one for yourself…</p>
<p>i’m an AEM major and i am consistently wowed by my professors. i’m specializing in international trade & development and GOD we have some of the world’s BEST/leading minds in developmental economics. it’s insane that i get the opportunity to learn from these people. there are classes that i’ve been in where every single sentence that the professor says is a gem that just blows my mind. </p>
<p>…and then you have the cookie-cutter business classes that are okay and you pay your dues to be able to take the awesome classes i do now.</p>
<p>You don’t need to take all business classes as an AEM major. One can take 55 credits outside of CALS. Also, as a first-year AEM major, there’s only one real requirement (1200) that you need to take.</p>
<p>that’s kind of what i’ve been thinking. i’m excited by a lot of the advanced quantitative and finance courses, but looking at the CALS distribution requirements and management core requirements scares me a lot. i want as many classes as possible to be meaningful, so i don’t want to “waste” credits on fluffy business classes.</p>
<p>There’s a nice set of various requirements on the AEM/Dyson school website. Use those as your guide.</p>