Choosing classes

Colleges & Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>I applied to Cornell with the primary interest of Economics, meaning
I was accepted into the college of arts and sciences. However, once I was
accepted, I found out about Applied Economics and Management, in CALS. I
would perfer not having to take the CAS requirements of 2 classes in
science, 2 in writing, 4 in science, 3 in foreign language, etc... If I
were to transfer into CALS, would I have the same course requirements? If
not, could I transfer into another school before the first semester?</p>

2

<p>I'm not sure if you can transfer to another school before the first semester but I would guess that would be a NO. However, if you transfer to CALS, I think you won't have to complete the requirements in CAS (which are not as bad as you think). The CAS breadth and distribution requirements sound complicated when you're a freshman but I managed to finish all of them along with 90% of the courses for my bio major in just 3 years.</p>

3

<p>You can't transfer into another achool before the first semester. Usually it takes one or two semester to transfer depending when you fullfill the transfer requirements.<br>
Check out the courses of study book and see which course requirements overlap for both colleges and then take those classes.</p>

4

<p>in CALS, you have a bio requirement and a communications requirement.</p>

5

<p>the requirements for the majors are different with every major, but for the college you need these:</p>

<p><a href="http://cals.cornell.edu/cals/current/registrar/current-students/cals-graduation/distribution.cfm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://cals.cornell.edu/cals/current/registrar/current-students/cals-graduation/distribution.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

6

<p>I am pretty sure that AEM requires you to wait a year before doing an internal transfer, but you should check with the CALS. When you meet with your advisor during Orientation, tell him/her that you hope to transfer into AEM. In any internal transfer at Cornell, you should start to take requirements in the college you are trying to transfer to.</p>

7

<p>you can only transfer your sophomore year, but if you know that you are going to then you can begin taking classes required of the major you want to pursue, except AEM.</p>

<p>btw..if you are going to major in economics in CAS why switch to AEM, essentially they are the same, except AEM is more entreprenuerial oriented. If you want a finance career just do econ, its the same thing.</p>