I think in reality they are both important. 70:30 seems a fair proportion for me in terms of studying both academic skills enough for basically knowing where I am in the overall knowledge network of the BME-related subjects and practical ones for dealing with the real industry world. But on campus I do admit they tends to focus more on the academic aspects of the knowledge probably under the influence of a traditional concept of learning. People including the course administrators at NJIT may always overestimate the difficulty of learning in adequate amount of theories and principles to grasp a certain discipline, and underestimate the difficulty of the student stepping out the campus and searching for a suitable job without any work experience. So I think, there are indeed needs for making more room for practical courses that benefit students to a greater extent.