AEM at Cornell University

A suggested order for the 211 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 12 regular terms. It is not the department’s plan, and it is not a promise a course will run. Confirm against the department’s own advising material.

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate AEM coursework.

• AEM 2240Finance for Dyson Majorsopens 27 courses (25.3 directly)
• ECON 3030Intermediate Microeconomic Theoryopens 26 courses (18.3 directly)
• AEM 2600Managerial Economics Iopens 25 courses (16.8 directly)
• PAM 2000Intermediate Microeconomicsopens 11 courses (8 directly)
• AEM 3230Managerial Accountingopens 9 courses (3 directly)
• AEM 2241Financeopens 6 courses (5 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate AEM work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 211 AEM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 158 more AEM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on AEM, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in AEM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at AEM 4532

  1. AEM 2210Financial Accounting
  2. AEM 3230Managerial Accounting
  3. AEM 3360Intermediate Accounting I
  4. AEM 4530Auditing and Assurance
  5. AEM 4532Fraud Examination

• 5 courses deep, ending at AEM 6400

  1. ECON 1110Introductory Microeconomics
  2. AEM 2600Managerial Economics I
  3. AEM 2601Managerial Economics II

• 5 courses deep, ending at AEM 6533

  1. AEM 2210Financial Accounting
  2. AEM 3230Managerial Accounting
  3. AEM 3360Intermediate Accounting I

• 5 courses deep, ending at AEM 6620

  1. ECON 1110Introductory Microeconomics
  2. AEM 2600Managerial Economics I
  3. AEM 4110Introduction to Econometrics

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on AEM sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• A.J. Edwards
• Aija Leiponen
• Ami Stuart
• Anke Wessels
• Ariel Ortiz Bobea
• Austin Arnold
• Becca Jablonski
• Benjamin Leyden
• Bradley Treat
• Calum Turvey
• Catherine Kling
• Chris Barrett
• Chris Forman
• Cynthia Yin
• Daniel Hooker
• Daniel Szpiro
• Denise Ramzy
• Donna Haeger
• Eli Friedman
• Eric Lewis
• Eswar Prasad
• Fridah Mubichi-Kut
• Garrick Blalock
• Heather Schofield
• Ivan Rudik
• Jacob Chestnut
• James Minas
• James Stapp
• Jawad Addoum
• Jennifer Majka
• John Doris
• John Hoddinott
• John McKinley
• John Tobin
• Jonathan Rich
• Jura Liaukonyte
• Kevin Kniffin
• Kristen Park
• Lawrence Jin
• Louise Buck
• + 25 more

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under AEM yet.

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Department events

AEM does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Cornell campus feed.