I was recently made aware of this ratio as I was attempting to create a schedule so that I would be able to take all 4 courses that you provide in my curriculum. I would disagree with the 3 to 7 ratio in practical courses vs informational courses because as stated above many of practical courses are filled with information we will utilize in industry and are the key concerns that employers have during interviews. Not only the medical device courses that are provided, but also courses that involved CAD design and programming I would also consider practical courses, while they may be a hybrid between the practical and informational these are courses that are directly going to be used in industry. If anything we should be allowed to take more of these practical courses and have a 50:50 mix between the two types. The main argument for having a more balanced ratio is that during undergraduate for engineering we are mainly taking about 80% technical courses that lay the foundation of engineering fundamentals and there should be a greater balance in a graduate program that is going to prepare you for industry.