<p>I'm planning on doing AEM (Business) at Cornell. But I read on BusinessWeek that classes are really crowded (and one student said Finance lectures have 300 people in them sometimes)</p>
<p>Is this true ?</p>
<p>Is the AEM program at Cornell really crowded</p>
<p>I don't feel it to be crowded. A few of the introductory classes do have quite a few students, but it doesn't detract from the learning experience. Whether a class has 80 or 400 students doesn't matter much. A few of the upper-level AEM courses that I'm in have as few as 22 students, which is pretty nice.</p>
<p>So What's the average class size ? Also is there too much emphasis on Food/Agriculture Industry ?</p>
<p>Does Cornell have General Requirements it requries all Undergraduates to complete ? (I tried searching but couldn't find any mention of them)</p>
<p>i don't think it's just AEM, i take all science/social science classes and mine are just as crowded or more</p>
<p>chem 207 + 208: 1000+ (2 lectures)
psych 101: 1300 (in 1 lecture no joke)
my smallest classes are about 35 students which is a 200 level bio course and an HD class which is about 85 students</p>
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are you at cornell? cornell has class sizes in 1000s?</p>
<p>I thought psych 101 was the only 1000+ class and that is because everyone wants to take the class with this particular teacher. Is chem really as large as that?</p>
<p>The staple premed courses (intro bio, gen chem, and orgo) are going to have lectures that number 400+. Too many damn premeds. I estimate around 1000 students in each graduating class start out premed. Cornell widdles that down dramatically though since only around 200 students end up applying to med school.</p>
<p>So can you still learn meaningfully ? (and meet with Professors if you have any doubts etc)</p>
<p>Ya I heard about the Pysch class having tons of people too.</p>
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<p>Professors have office hours to meet with students. But you have to take initiative to meet with professors, they won't seek you out. Even if you aren't having a problem, it is good to get to know some professors.</p>
<p>AEM 220 600+ people</p>
<p>why don't they do something about these classroom sizes? I mean 1000+!!! That is 1/4 of my entire school! Can they just split the premeds? Or maybe exterminate (lol) a few?</p>
<p>Mabe they figure that once u get over a few hundred it realllyy doesn't matter. Might as well just let more kdis in...</p>
<p>I haven't had any classes with more than 400 (in a single lecture) as an AEM major. However, AEM 220 had half as many people last year as it does this year.</p>
<p>I believe the school should make separate sections of classes like AEM 220, 240, etc. for AEM majors so that the classes are smaller.</p>
<p>Like I've said though, once a class gets to a certain size it's extremely impersonal anyway, so adding kids doesn't matter. These large classes often have large TA staffs usually capable of helping students if necessary. For example, AEM 210 (introductory stats) has about 320 kids, and a staff of nearly 20. Amongst these are the professor, head TA, administrative TA, 8 other TA's, a head grader, and 8 graders.</p>
<p>How many kids per year are in enrolled in AEM? I was under the impression it was a smaller, very selective program.</p>
<p>I read someone Cornell has over 50% of it's classes under 30 students? What are those majors typically? Any possiblity some engineering, math, or science courses will be smaller? -- referring basically to upper level courses.</p>
<p>Most upper-level courses, regardless of major, are small classes. However, more obscure majors (such as entomology) tend to have smaller classes.</p>
<p>is it easy to transfer to the AEM program? im in CAS, but ive decided that thats what i would rather do.</p>
<p>heiman, I think you have to be in CALS to get access to the AEM program.</p>
<p>no, anyone in Engr or A&S can minor in AEM</p>
<p>You can transfer relatively painlessly from anywhere within Cornell. However, it is somewhat selective. If your grades are good though, it shouldn't be too much trouble.</p>