🐻 Cornell Applied Economics & Management unofficial reading list 2026

Sophomore level
Spreadsheet Modeling for Non-Dyson Majors AEM 2011 (fa26)	• New Perspectives: Microsoft 365 & Office by Campbell et al.
Financial Accounting / For Dyson Majors AEM 2210/2225 (fa26)	• Financial Accounting by Libby et al.
Finance AEM 2241 (fa26)	• Corporate Finance by Ross et al.
Intro. To The Economics Of Development AEM 2350 (fa26)	• Essentials of Development Economics by Taylor & Lybbert
Managerial Economics AEM 2600 (fa26)	• Microeconomics: Theory & Applications w/ Calculus by Jeffrey M. Perloff
Sustainable Arguments AEM 2818 (fa26)	• Everyday Business Storytelling: Create, Simplify & Adapt A Visual Narrative for Any Audience by Kurnoff & Lazarus ◦ They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing by Graff & Birkenstein • You Have More Influence Than You Think: How We Underestimate Our Powers of Persuasion & Why It Matters by Vanessa Bohns • All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis by Johnson & Wilkinson
Intro. to Database Management Systems AEM 2820 (fa26)	• Database Concepts by Kroenke et al.

Junior level
Ethics in Business & Organizations AEM 3205 (fa26)	• Business in Ethical Focus: An Anthology by Fritz Allhoff et al.
The Startup & Venture Capital Experience AEM 3330 (fa26)	• Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist by Feld & Mendelson ◦ The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future by Sebastian Mallaby ◦ The Young VC’s Handbook: A Tactical Guide for Newcomers to Venture Capital by Sakib Jamal

Senior level
Environmental Economics AEM 4510 (fa26)	• Markets and the Environment by Keohane & Olmstead
Cost-Benefit Analysis for Sustainability AEM 4516 (fa26)	• Cost-Benefit Analysis: Concepts & Practice by Anthony E. Boardman
Investments AEM 4670 (fa26)	• Investments: Analysis & Management by Jensen & Jensen