<p>haha ok. cornell has 4000+ courses and 70ish majors.</p>
<p>each major has certain courses that are required of it. you can take 4 or 5 courses per semester. thats 8 semestersx4 or 5 courses so 32-40 courses.</p>
<p>you have to take the courses to fill requirements for your major</p>
<p>and</p>
<p>courses for a distribution requirement (you have to take a few courses in other fields so you get a well rounded education)</p>
<p>then you'll have room for a couple extra courses to take in whatever you want probably. so you could take a random class in wine tasting (offered at the hotel school) or a random class in tractor driving (offered at CALS).</p>
<p>there are also noncredit courses that dont contribute to getting credits (yes, you get credits for passing a real course) toward graduating, but they are in fun things like band or Physical education.</p>
<p>bottomline: in other words, as long as its not like "advanced blahblahing" and you havent taken "basic blahblahing" you can take any course at cornell. you will take a group of courses to fulfill the requirement to get your bachelors degree, which essensially certifies that you know a pretty darn good amount about whatever subject you get it in. and you will take a group of courses to help you get to know a little about everything out there, so you don't go out into the world knowing only about cells dividing, or only about how russia and japan fought a war in 1905.</p>
<p>are we more clear now? any other questions?</p>