<p>1) Why is it in the Agriculture college?</p>
<p>2) If you want to major in this, is there a special application process? Why is the program selective, yet in one of the least selective colleges in Cornell?</p>
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<li><p>AEM used to be agricultural economics until it became more generalized decades ago. There are still a few specializations for agricultural management and food industry management in the major.</p></li>
<li><p>You simply apply to CALS and choose AEM as your major. In CALS, the major departments admit students, not the college itself (for the most part I think). That’s a big reason why the admission rate for AEM hovers around 10-12%.</p></li>
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<p>Also, CALS isn’t just agriculture, it’s also life science. There are plenty of biology-related majors as well as some non-science majors (communication, developmental sociology, and AEM being three of them).</p>
<p>DSOC and Comm are actually seen an social sciences, but I get what you’re saying. Comm, DSOC, and AEM are not Physical science majors. I know a lot of COMM classes overlap with some info science courses such as Comm and Tech, and DSOC has a lot of research method opportunities.</p>
<p>just to back up on Islander4’s point 2, since he seemed a little unsure, in CALS it’s always the department not the college that admits students.</p>