As I enter my second Year I must agree with kak33 and a few others about receiving proper preparation for industry. however i believe it depends on what part of the industry you are interested in and whether your focus is on the functionality/structural design or material/drug synthesis side of BME. If your interested in an area such as QA, industry focused courses such as this one, are extremely important and should make up the majority of your coursework, especially if you already have an undergraduate background in BME(out of 10 courses – 6-7 practical:3-4 theory). However if you more materials focused, the theory is equally as important as the theory plays a major role in the innovation and creation of new and novel devices/drugs/interfaces(out of 10 courses – 3-5 practical:5-7 theory).

Therefore, I must also agree with Scott that there isn’t really a right or wrong answer and it depends on the area of BME that you are pursuing. and also on that I consider the skill based courses to be practical knowledge as well, which makes NJIT’s available Theory vs practical courses pretty diverse. I personal would like to see more manufacturing based practical courses as I am not familiar with any other than the BioMEMS one.