Undergraduate Concentration Requirements for AEM
Concentrations within Dyson
Notes about the concentrations:
- AEM majors must choose at least one of the following eleven concentrations by the beginning of their junior year, and may choose no more than two
- No more than one course may fulfill the elective credits of two concentrations.
- Courses used to fulfill a core Applied Economics or Quantitative Methods requirement cannot also count towards a concentration requirement except in EERE
- One class from the core requirements may be taken for a S/U grade
- NO S/U grades will be accepted in a declared concentration, unless a class is offered S/U only
- All course petitions or substitutions are managed through the Dyson Office of Student Services in consultation with a committee of faculty from each concentration
To learn more about each course, click on Cornell’s Courses of Study. All courses are 3 credit hours unless noted otherwise.
All courses and requirements are subject to change. Refer to the Dyson Office of Student Services for up-to-date information.
Accounting
- AEM 3360: Corporate Financial Reporting I (Required)
- AEM 3370: Corporate Financial Reporting II (4) (Required)
9 credits from list below:
- AEM 3520: Financial Statements Analysis
- AEM 4225: Systems and Analytics in Accounting
- AEM 4520: Advanced Accounting
- AEM 4521: Cost Accounting
- AEM 4530: Auditing & Assurance
- AEM 4531: Federal Income Taxation
- AEM 4532: Fraud Examination
- AEM 4533: Federal Income Taxation of Low Income Taxpayers (2)
- AEM 4534: Real Estate Tax
- AEM 4535: Financial Mgmt. of Not-For-Profit
- AEM 4560: Federal Income Taxation of Business Entities, Estates, & Trusts
- NBA 5090: Adv. Financial Statement Analysis (1.5)
- NBA 5110: Financial Modeling (1.5)
Agribusiness Management
- AEM 3020: Farm Business Mgmt. (4) (Required)
- HADM 2810 or ILRHR 2600: Human Resource Management (Required)
9 credits from the list below
- AEM 3040: Dairy Markets & Policy Seminar
- AEM 3260: Cooperative Business Management
- AEM 3290: International Agribusiness Study Trip (2)
- AEM 4030: Farm Mgmt. Study Trip (1)
- AEM 4050: Farm Credit Fellows – Agricultural Lending (1)
- AEM 4070: Advanced Financial Analytics
- AEM 4150: Price Analysis
- AEM 4210: Futures, Options & Financial Derivatives
- AEM 4310: Agricultural & Food Policy
- AEM 4510: Environmental Economics
- AEM 4560: Federal Income Taxation of Business Entities, Estates, & Trusts
Applied Economics and Management
- ECON 3040: Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (4) (Required)
Note: ECON 3020 can replace ECON 1120 & ECON 3040 - At least 12 credits listed under Applied Economics (Required)
- At least 3 credits listed under Quantitative Methods (Required)
- Must be courses that have not already been used to fulfill AEM Core Requirements. (Required)
- MATH 1120 is strongly recommended, especially as preparation for graduate work in economics.
Business Analytics
- AEM 3100: Business Statistics OR AEM 4110: Intro. to Econometrics (4) (Required)
- AEM 2830: VBA for Business Analytics OR AEM 2840 Python for Business Analytics OR CS 1112: Intro.to Computing Using MATLAB (4) (Required)
- AEM 2820: Intro to Database Management Systems OR CSS/PLSCS 4200: Geographic Information Systems (Required)
6 credits from the list below
- AEM 2770: Excursions in Computational Sustainability
- AEM 3030: Explorations in Analytical Modeling (1.5)
- AEM 4010: Organizational Analytics (1.5)
- AEM 4015: Customer Strategy & Analytics (1.5)
- AEM 4060: Risk Simulation & Monte Carlo Methods
- AEM 4120: Computational Methods for Management & Economics
- AEM 4225: Systems and Analytics in Accounting
- AEM 4435: Data-Driven Marketing (1.5)
- AEM 4610: Business Processes, Analytics, & Enterprise Systems (1.5)
- AEM 4620: Adv. Financial Modeling & Analysis (2)
- STSCI 4060: Python Programming & Its Applications in Statistics
Entrepreneurship
Complete 15 credits from the list with at least 6 credits from AEM
- AEM 1220: Entrepreneurship in the Life Sciences (1)
- AEM 2220: Foundational Perspectives & Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship
- AEM 3110: Design & Innovation
- AEM 3220: Digital Business Strategy
- AEM 3245: Organizational Behavior
- AEM 3249: Entrepreneurial Marketing & Strategy
- AEM 3250: Bus. Planning Process for New Ventures (4)
- AEM 3251: The Business Laboratory & New Venture Mgmt. (4)
- AEM 3340: Women, Leadership, & Entrepreneurship (1)
- AEM 3380: Social Entrepreneurs, Innovators, & Solvers (4)
- AEM 4080: Innovation & New Product Mgt. (1.5)
- AEM 4370: Strategy & Innovation
- AEM 4371: Case Studies in Innovation (1.5)
- AEM 4380: Entrepreneurial Strategy for Technology Ventures (1.5)
- AEM 4390: Technology Strategy (1.5)
- AEM 4420: Emerging Markets
- AEM 4615: Platform Strategy
- HADM 4130: Entrepreneurial Mgmt.
- HADM 4211: Entrepreneurial Finance
- NBA 3000: Entrepreneur and Private Equity
- NBA 6230: Actualizing Your Startup-Part 1 (1.5)
Environmental, Energy, and Resource Economics
- ECON 3030: Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (4) (Required)
- ECON 3040: Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (4) (Required)
- AEM 2500: Environmental & Resources Economics (Required)
6 credits from the list below
- AEM 4500: Resource Economics
- AEM 4510: Environmental Economics
- AEM 4515: Business and Economics of Energy
3 credits from the list below
- AEM 3100: Business Statistics
- AEM 4110: Introduction to Econometrics
- ECON 3120: Applied Econometrics
- ECON 3140: Econometrics
- ILRST 2110: Statistical Methods for Social Sciences II
- HADM 3740: Fundamentals of Database Mgmt. & Data Analysis
- PLSCS 4200: Geographic Information Systems
- STSCI 4060: Python Programming & Its Applications in Statistics
- HADM 4010: Data-Driven Analysis
- Minimum 3 credits of EERE-related electives offered from: BIOEE, BEE, CRP, EAS, GOVT, NTRES, DSOC (Can also use AEM 2110) (Required)
Finance
- AEM 4570: Corporate Finance (Required)
- AEM 4670: Investments (Required)
- AEM 3520: Financial Statements Analysis OR AEM 3360: Corporate Financial Reporting I (Required)
6 credits from the list below
- AEM 4060: Risk Simulation & Monte Carlo Methods
- AEM 4210: Futures, Options, & Financial Derivatives
- AEM 4230: Contemporary Topics in Behavioral Finance
- AEM 4260: Fixed Income Securities
- AEM 4280: Valuation of Capital Investment (4)
- AEM 4290: International Financial Management
- AEM 4590: Financial Markets & Institutions
- AEM 4620: Advanced Financial Modeling & Analysis (2)
- AEM 4630: Asset Pricing & Management AEM 4680: Quantitative Equity Investing (2)
- AEM 4681: Impact Finance (4)
Food Industry Management
- AEM 2480: Food and Consumer Packaged Goods Industry Dynamics (Required)
- AEM 3440 or HADM 3470: Consumer Behavior (Required)
- AEM 4400: Retail Strategy (Required)
6 credits from the list below
- AEM 3270: Supply Chain Strategy/Supermarket Simulation
- AEM 4150: Price Analysis
- AEM 4460: Food Marketing Colloquium (1)
International Trade and Development
- AEM 2300: International Trade and Finance OR AEM 2350: Introduction to the Economics of Development (Required)
12 credits from list below
- AEM 2110: The Business of Biofuels (1.5)
- AEM 4290: International Financial Management
- AEM 4300: International Trade Policy
- AEM 4350: The Political Economy of the WTO
- AEM 4420: Emerging Markets
- AEM 4421: Research & Strategy in Emerging Markets
- AEM 4450: Toward a Sustainable Global Food System: Food Policy for Developing Countries
- AEM 4485: Economics of Food & Malnutrition
- AEM 4545: International Finance & Macroeconomics
- AEM 4640: Economics of Agricultural Development
Marketing
- AEM 3440 OR HADM 3470: Consumer Behavior (Required)
- AEM 4410: Marketing Research (Required)
9 credits from the list below
- AEM 3245: Organizational Behavior
- AEM 3249: Entrepreneurial Marketing & Strategy
- AEM 3270: Supply Chain Strategy/Supermarket Simulation
- AEM 4015: Customer Strategy & Analytics (1.5)
- AEM 4080: Innovation & New Product Management (1.5)
- AEM 4095: Digital Marketing
- AEM 4150: Price Analysis
- AEM 4160: Strategic Pricing
- AEM 4400: Retail Strategy
- AEM 4420: Emerging Markets
- AEM 4435: Data-Driven Marketing (1.5)
- AEM 4495: Consumer Neuroscience
- AEM 4550: Economics of Advertising
Strategy
6 credits from the list below
- AEM 3220: Digital Business Strategy
- AEM 4160: Strategic Pricing
- AEM 4190: Strategic Thinking
- AEM 4371: Case Studies in Innovation (1.5)
- AEM 4380: Entrepreneurial Strategy for Technology Ventures (1.5)
- AEM 4390: Technology Strategy (1.5)
- AEM 4615: Digital Platform Strategy
9 credits from the list below
- AEM 3110: Design & Innovation
- AEM 3245: Organizational Behavior
- AEM 3260: Cooperative Business Management
- AEM 3249: Entrepreneurial Marketing & Strategy
- AEM 3320: Leadership and Management in Sports
- AEM 4010: Organizational Analytics (1.5)
- AEM 4015: Customer Strategy and Analytics (1.5)
- AEM 4080: Innovation & New Product Mgt. (1.5)
- AEM 4580: The Economics & Psychology of Sustainable Business
- AEM 4421: Research & Strategy in Emerging Markets
Student Spotlight
Zach Leighton '15

Jericho, New York
Finance, Marketing
The collaborative and interdisciplinary nature unique to such a competitive business program.
Internships at the White House and J.P. Morgan; starting full-time fall 2015 at Ernst & Young