AEM Undergraduate Core Requirements
To learn more about each core course requirement for the Applied Economics and Management undergraduate degree, click on Cornell’s Class Roster, the Courses of Study site, or the course code number linked next to each required course. All courses are 3 credit hours unless otherwise noted.
Current students should refer to the Dyson Office of Student Services and Advising to learn specifics about degree requirements, as they are subject to change over time.
Management & Economics Requirements
- ECON 1110: Introductory Microeconomics
- ECON 1120: Introductory Macroeconomics
- AEM 2200: Business Management and Organization (AEM majors only)
- AEM 2225: Financial Accounting for Dyson Majors (AEM majors only)
- AEM 2240: Finance (AEM majors only)
- AEM 2420: Marketing (AEM majors only)
- AEM 2600: Managerial Economics*
- AEM 2601: Strategy
- AEM 3200: Business Law I*
- AEM 3205: Ethics in Business and Organizations
- AEM 3230: Managerial Accounting**
* Note: For students concentrating in environmental, energy, and resource economics, ECON 3030 is required instead of AEM 2600.
** Note: AEM 3200 and AEM 3230 are optional for the following three concentrations: applied economics; environmental, energy, and resource economics; and international trade and development.
Quantitative Methods Requirements
- AEM 2100: Introductory Statistics
- MATH 1110: Calculus I or MATH 1120: Calculus II
- AEM 2010: Spreadsheet Modeling (AEM majors only)
At least 3 elective credits from the following:
- AEM 2770: Computational Sustainability
- AEM 2830: VBA for Data Analysis & Business Modeling
- AEM 2840: Python Programming for Data Analysis & Business Modeling
- AEM 3100: Business Statistics
- AEM 3390: Research Methods in Int’l Development
- AEM 4060: Risk Simulation & Monte Carlo Methods
- AEM 4100: Applied Managerial Economics
- AEM 4110: Introduction to Econometrics
- AEM 4120: Computational Methods
- AEM 4190: Strategic Thinking
- BTRY 3080/ILRST 3080/STSCI 3080: Probability Models & Inference
- ECON 3130: Statistics & Probability
- ECON 3140: Econometrics
- ECON 4020: Game Theory
Applied Economics Requirements
At least 6 credits; must come from two of the four categories below. Courses used to fulfill a quantitative methods requirement or a concentration requirement or elective cannot also be counted toward a core applied economics requirement, unless that concentration is environmental, energy, and resource economics.
Environmental, Energy, and Resource Economics
- AEM 2500: Environmental and Resource Economics
- AEM 4500: Resource Economics
- AEM 4510: Environmental Economics
- AEM 4515: Business & Economics of Energy
Economic Analysis
- AEM 3310: Intro to Business Regulation
- AEM 4100: Applied Managerial Economics
- AEM 4140: Behavioral Economics and Managerial Decisions
- AEM 4160: Strategic Pricing
- AEM 4550: Economics of Advertising
International Trade and Development
- AEM 2300: International Trade and Finance
- AEM 2350: Introduction to the Economics of Development
- AEM 4300: International Trade Policy
- AEM 4420: Emerging Markets
- AEM 4350: The Political Economy of the WTO
- AEM 4420: Emerging Markets
- AEM 4450: Toward a Sustainable Global Food System: Food Policy for Developing Countries
- AEM 4485: Economics of Food and Malnutrition
- AEM 4545: International Finance and Macroeconomics
Food and Agricultural Economics
- AEM 4150: Price Analysis
- AEM 4210: Derivatives and Risk Management
- AEM 4310: Agricultural and Food Policy
Grand Challenges Curriculum
- Grand Challenges Written Expression Course (2nd year)
- Grand Challenges Pre-Project Immersion Course (3rd year)
- Grand Challenges Project Course (4th year)