<p>which would look better
arts & sciences for econ
agriculture for “business major”</p>
<p>i ask because i read that the artsci is privately endowed, more prestigious</p>
<p>what does cc think?</p>
<p>As an econ major, I deeply, DEEPLY implore you not to take economics if you just want a semi-business major. </p>
<p>That’s all.</p>
<p>i wouldn’t say a&s is any more prestigious than CALS, especially not because its privately endowed</p>
<p>well, what do you want to do with a business related degree? anything to do with agriculture or food science, go to CALS. if you want to do finance, ibanking, etc., it doesn’t really matter. you can take classes in AEM even when you’re in A&S. if you’re thinking about double majoring, however, keep in mind that you CANNOT double major across colleges.</p>
<p>What do you mean Ray 192?</p>
<p>He means that if you’re only taking econ as a major because you want to go into business it’s just not a good idea; you’d be better off in AEM (I think that’s what he’s saying).</p>
<p>Hmm… good point Ray192. I’m in ILR but I cannot really decide between the 3</p>
<p>My daughter just wants to go into business, she is double major in math/econ. She has no interest in advance degree in math or econ. She is taking some finance and accounting courses in Hotel and AEM.</p>
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<p>Studying AEM in CALS has nothing to do with agriculture or food science unless you specifically choose that track. It’s simply an applied economics program as opposed to a more theoretical one (and getting ranked amongst the best u-grad business programs in the country). </p>
<p>Cornell needs to sort out its various programs and names of schools, as there is a great deal in CALS that has nothing to do with either agriculture or life sciences.</p>
<p>I find that people looking for biz-lite will not particularly enjoy economics.</p>
<p>I also really find it annoying that something like 50% (usually feels like more) of people in my econ classes don’t even seem to like economics. So if you are such a person… don’t do it, plz? For me?</p>
<p>@ applejack: i know, i’m an AEM major myself specializing in agribusiness mgmt - i only meant that it would be stupid, if you wanted to do anything with agriculture/food science, to go to CAS and pass up the sheer amount of opportunities, connections, etc. that CALS has. i should’ve clarified, i suppose.</p>
<p>@ray192
HPYS all do not have business programs, just econ, and i think it would be fair to say that they supply students to wall street and other big businesses</p>
<p>just saying that econ does seem to lead to business
another reason why i ask is that i love econ, but still have no idea if i want to go into business, or even major in econ</p>
<p>as to your other post, i dont no why such people would major in econ, yet would that not make it easier for you to do well?</p>
<p>I don’t go to class for easy A’s. I go there to learn, and trust me, when half the class isn’t interested in the material the learning atmosphere dies off very quickly. And it doesn’t help that they crowd the class too much. </p>
<p>And I’m sure econ helps with business, but it’s more that business kids won’t really enjoy economics if they just look for biz-lite. </p>
<p>If you love econ, do it. It’s only 8 classes in Cornell, and not many of them are particularly hard (unless you’re one of the afore-mentioned biz-lite people)). You can easily double major with something else with little cost.</p>
<p>but you feel that you aren’t prepared for finance or ibanking?
or that is just not the area you want to go into?
you can still take finance courses even if you are in CAS, right?</p>
<p>From what I’ve seen, you don’t need a finance-related major to go into ibanking and such. I mean, I’ve met plenty of math, physics, CS and engineering majors who landed ibanking/finance jobs. But I strictly avoid finance-related classes, so I guess I don’t particularly feel prepared for finance.</p>
<p>You can take finance courses in CAS, but priority goes to AEM students and the class usually fills up fast. Then again, you can take up plenty of financial economics classes if you wish.</p>
<p>yea but so what you are saying is that if you have a passion for economics and want to work finance, economics is still a way to get there, however, dont use econ as a means to an end, only concentrate econ if u like it?</p>
<p>Pretty much. :)</p>
<p>you expected over 50% of the class to actively engage in the subject? never heard of such things lol. there are more people without a passion than with</p>
<p>No. I expected more than 50% to be actually interested in the subject. Not passion, just interest. And I’m not talking about intro/intermediate economics. I’m talking about electives like game theory and behavioral economics. I guess I expected my classmates to actually enjoy this stuff.</p>
<p>how many courses does one take per semester, because u said econ requires 8 courses right?</p>