To cjm64’s question, absolutely yes. The problem is that NJIT requires most courses you take, leaving it almost useless. NJIT has way too many courses that aren’t useful for those looking to go to into industry.

Does anyone else believe that NJIT should have an academic vs an industry track with the subdivisions of the ones we currently have?

I feel like we’ve taken many courses over and over again (ex. 5 different physics classes that teach almost the same thing). Many of which, if we’re being honest, has been mostly forgotten. We realistically hold onto snippets of information from the 4+ years it takes to graduate. When applying for jobs, the relevant coursework section is a tiny portion of your resume. The majority is skills and projects you’ve done. Frankly, we’re lucky that capstone is two semesters, many other majors only have one! In my opinion we should have two years of capstone, not necessarily with the same project/team, but it’d be more useful. Of course we should have the basic courses of physiology, chemistry, math, and physics. The problem is when we have tracks that barely have us utilizing these skills. I wholly disagree with the idea of making a ratio between theoretical and practical solely because everyone has different interests. First year students should get a job in a lab to get academia experience. Then, if they don’t like it, when they choose tracks second year they can go into a industry based track. Vice versa if they like it. More tracks along with more allowance on personalizing their education would allow students to enjoy what they’re learning not just be forced by requirements. Of course requirements would still be in each track but students would appreciate the diversity. Individualized learning under the umbrella of certain necessary classes would be much more preferable to the system now.