<p>Hello, I was looking at the requirements for an engineering major, and I saw a lot more liberal arts requirements than I had expected. Are there any business electives I can take in lieu of.. history, foreign language, anthropology, etc.? Or do business electives not count as liberal arts?</p>
<p>AEM classes generally won't count as Liberal Studies, and you also need to take your six liberal studies courses in at least three different categories. However, you would be able to take care of some credits with certain economics courses (Macroeconomics, for example). You can find the current policy at Cornell</a> Engineering : Liberal Studies</p>
<p>Those categories on the website were a bit vague for me, and I can't find a "liberal studies" label on the course descriptions when I search on Cornell Courses of Study nor can I find what category the courses fall into... Also, one more thing - is it possible (for an engineering student) to minor in a business-related degree such as economics?</p>
<p>Courses</a> of Study 2007-2008: College of Arts and Sciences)</p>
<p>You see the little (SBA) next to the course name? That's an example of a course that would satisfy the requirement under Social and Behavior Analysis. There used to be a nice table but I guess that because of the recent changes to policy, it might have disappeared. Still, it should be fairly easy to figure out what makes sense. If you really want to stick to science-type courses, check out some of the stuff under the STS (Science and Technology Studies) heading.</p>
<p>As for minoring in business: see Cornell</a> Engineering : Business for Engineering students</p>
<p>Well, the requirements average out to about one course per semester. Not unreasonable, even though I don't like it because engineers already have a heavy courseload.</p>
<p>Can AP's count as credit for liberal arts requirements for engineers? For example, if I had US history credits, can I use that for HIST 153 (HA-AS)? If so, what other AP credits count as well?</p>
<p>See this:
Cornell</a> Engineering : AP Credit Table</p>
<p>Courses</a> of Study 2007-2008</p>
<p>and scroll to CEEB's AP Exams </p>
<p>The table has a list of things you can place out of, what it places you out of, etc.</p>
<p>Ah, thanks, but that lists the Math/Science courses I can get credit for. Does that mean that I can't use some of my humanities AP credits to satisfy my liberal studies requirements?</p>
<p>If you look at the Courses of Study link, they have a table for AP/IB courses you can get credit for in liberal arts departments and corresponding courses.</p>
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Ah, thanks, but that lists the Math/Science courses I can get credit for. Does that mean that I can't use some of my humanities AP credits to satisfy my liberal studies requirements?
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<p>what you needed to read was this</p>
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Other Subjects
AP credit is granted for many subjects not discussed here. If guidelines for a subject area are not spelled out below, the College of Engineering follows the AP guidelines found in the “General Information” section of Courses of Study.
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<p>I feel rather foolish. Thanks everyone for your help. I'll try my best to start reading the websites more carefully before posting here.</p>
<p>Oh wow, I can place out of Math 191 with a 4 on the AP? Didn't know that. I pretty much gave up on trying on the AP because I thought I had to get a 5, and I don't think I could. A 4 is in reach for me, but even if I do get credit I'm not sure if I will use it. My teacher did a really bad job of teaching so I find calculus really hard.</p>
<p>So I guess I have a few questions:
Has anyone here taken Math 191 and was it well taught? If you had a 4 or 5 but decided to take Math 191 anyway, do you think it was worth your time?
Also, if I plan on going into AEP, would retaking calc be a problem or should I take the credit if I get it? I know that there is room to take it and it's in the course guidelines for AEP:Cornell</a> Engineering : Engineering Physics
but if everyone at AEP is extremely talented in math, they probably will skip, and so it will be like I'm behind everyone else.</p>