Is AEM really crowded ?

<p>MUnited, I was talking about the AEM major. For this you have to be in CALS.</p>

<p>ktoto, yeah ok let's exterminate some pre-meds, haha, that's not funny at all. I hope you go to cornell and take pre-med classes so you can bring down the mean.</p>

<p>There is no need to reduce class sizes down for large lecture-based science classes. It will not detract from your learning experience. There are many office hours held by both TA's and professors to help you out. For courses like biology, there are free tutoring centers that are open for 7 hours a day or so.</p>

<p>MUnited, engineers or arts kids can't minor in AEM. The closest engineering minor to AEM is Engineering Management and there's not a single AEM course that counts towards that. Here are the minors offered through AEM, and the are only for CALS students:</p>

<p><a href="http://aem.cornell.edu/undergrad/minors.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://aem.cornell.edu/undergrad/minors.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The thing that increases AEM class size though is that a lot of people from other majors - engineers, for example - will take AEM courses as electives to prepare themselves for management in whatever career they choose.</p>

<p>You can see class sizes here:</p>

<p><a href="http://registrar.sas.cornell.edu/Grades/MedianGradeFA06.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://registrar.sas.cornell.edu/Grades/MedianGradeFA06.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>And whoever thought AEM was a small, selective program, it's definitely not. It's well-reputed in the outside world (with employers and B-schools) but it's considered the easiest major at Cornell. Majority of athletes are in it. Still, the upper-level classes (once you choose a specialty) aren't very big.</p>

<p>And to whoever said intro classes were huge and listed PSYCH 101 as an example, that is a class that Cornell prides itself on having 1300 kids a semester in. Only intro pre-med courses go into the 1000s, and that's because everyone and their mom wants to be a doctor (at first).</p>

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<p>That is incorrect. Engineers and Arts and Sciences students may apply to the AEM minor. In fact, this program is so popular to engineers that it is getting more and more competitive to get in to every year.</p>

<p>I'm sorry, but you are wrong. I am 100% sure that engineers cannot minor in AEM (being an engineer and having asked not only my advisor but the director of engineering advising).</p>

<p>"Minors: Requirements and Application Procedures top</p>

<p>Students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences can minor in the following 5 AEM specializations. Requirements and application procedures vary by specialization:</p>

<p>Business
Food Industry Management
Agribusiness Management and Finance
Applied Economics
Environmental and Resource Economics</p>

<p>For more information and application forms, please stop by AEM's Undergraduate Studies Office in 150 Warren Hall."</p>

<p><a href="http://aem.cornell.edu/undergrad/admissions.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://aem.cornell.edu/undergrad/admissions.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Unless the six engineers that I know are absolutely retarded (and are taking AEM220 right now..), then I am correct.</p>

<p>Some of them even have sheets that they got at some advising meeting of requirements that an engineer must complete in order to be considered for the AEM minor.</p>

<p>It looks like I must have been wrong. While this is the list of engineering minors and engineers cannot generally get minors from other colleges:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/programs/undergraduate-education/minors/index.cfm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/programs/undergraduate-education/minors/index.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I found this:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/prospective/undergraduate/about-engineering/majors/Interdisciplinary-Study.cfm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/prospective/undergraduate/about-engineering/majors/Interdisciplinary-Study.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>after searching for AEM minor on the engineering website. I guess engineers can now get a minor in Business from AEM.</p>

<p>It looks like this is the first year that it's being offered.</p>

<p>I still don't see what the point would be in "applying" for it since anyone could just take the courses required for it and have a de facto "Business minor."</p>

<p>yeah... I think the College of Engineering only recently changed its policy so that engineers can get a Business minor. You're absolutely right though in that engineers cannot get minors outside of their college, and this is an exception, not the norm.</p>

<p>the lectures at my public college can go up 300 students, i only have one class like that and the rest are 10-35 students each. cornell is asking for $33K for tuition alone and can't do anything about hiring new professors??</p>