<p>Which is known to be an easier major, policy analysis and management or industrial and labor relations? I’m not asking just because I want to go to the easier one. This is just out of curiosity. </p>
<p>Also, are both these majors harder in comparison to AEM?</p>
<p>PAM is easier.</p>
<p>I would say AEM and PAM are the same in terms of ease, while ILR is harder than both.</p>
<p>PAM is much easier than AEM. I am in AEM and every PAM class I took was less work and the tests were easier. ILR is harder because of the amount of reading and work outside of class.</p>
<p>Any more comments?</p>
<p>As an ILR major who took two core PAM courses and TAed one, I was surprised (and sometimes truly shocked) to find how easy my PAM courses were. As a large university, Cornell is bound to have a smattering of very easy courses. However, by all accounts over my time there, PAM courses and the major itself was treated by many as a refuge for students having difficulty getting a decent grade in their own major’s core courses. A number of my friends took intermediate econ and stats there after struggling with their own major’s equivalents. </p>
<p>On the other hand, some of my PAM acquaintances were very bright and did very well after graduating, but in nothing in my experience led to believe their courses were as rigorous as any other social science/ applied social science major.</p>