I believe that for every 10 courses, 6 of them should be practical and 4 should be academic. The reason is because jobs require to apply your knowledge in an actual setting, which involves working under regulations and guidelines as well as working with different equipment, depending on the field. Exposing students to more practical courses where they are forced to apply concepts is the best way to mirror what is expected of them in the jobs that they are pursuing. Also, it’s the best way to learn because students will retain information better if they actually do something with it. I think that NJIT should offer more practical courses rather than academic because BME is an applied science. Learning how to work with different instruments is essential to research and experiments and having this during school would help students adapt to the work environment much more easily. Reading about concepts and theory is essential; however, it will not matter if people understand the concepts really well because, without hands-on experience, it’s very difficult to design new products or even understand the problem that you are trying to solve. This is why the university should offer more practical courses as it’s important to gain experience early on so that they can be more competitive in the job market after graduation. Employers wish to see how well you do when you are in the field doing hands-on work, not just how well you know concepts and how much information you have.