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Academic Minors at NJIT


Consult with the appropriate minor coordinator for further information about specific minors.

General rules on administration of minors

APPLIED MATHEMATICS (16 - 18 credits)
Math 222, Math 244 or Math 333, Math 337 and two additional courses approved by the minor coordinator.

Faculty Coordinators:

Yassine Boubendir
Cullimore Hall, Room 609
Phone: (973) 596-3499
E-mail: yassine.boubendir@njit.edu

Wenge Guo
Cullimore Hall, Room 210B
Phone: (973) 596-3498
E-mail: wenge.guo@njit.edu

More information on this minor can be found on the Mathematical Sciences website.

Yuan-Nan Young
Cullimore Hall, Room 519
Phone: (973) 642-7034
E-mail: yyoung@njit.edu

APPLIED STATISTICS ( 16 - 17 credits)
Math 222 or Math 226, and Math 333, Math 337, Math 344, and one additional statistics course approved by the minor coordinator.

Faculty Coordinators:

Yassine Boubendir
Cullimore Hall, Room 609
Phone: (973) 596-3499
E-mail: yassine.boubendir@njit.edu

Wenge Guo
Cullimore Hall, Room 210B
Phone: (973) 596-3498
E-mail: wenge.guo@njit.edu


More information on this minor can be found on the Mathematical Sciences website.

Yuan-Nan Young
Cullimore Hall, Room 519
Phone: (973) 642-7034
E-mail: yyoung@njit.edu


BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (22 credits)

Required Core Courses (12 credits)

R120:101 - General Biology I, 4cr
R120:102 - General Biology II, 4cr
R120:201 - Foundations of Cell and Molecular Biology Lecture, 3cr
R120:202 - Foundations of Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory, 1cr

Additional Courses (10 credits)

One course from each of the categories below:

  1. Ecology and Evolution - 3 credits
  2. The Functional Organism - 4 credits
  3. Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms - 3 credits


Faculty Coordinator:
Jorge Golowasch
Cullimore Hall, Room 627
Phone: (973) 596-5404
E-mail: jorge.p.golowasch@njit.edu


BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING FOR ENGINEERING SCIENCE STUDENTS ONLY (18 credits)

Students must be honors students in the 7-year accelerated ESC premed or dental program. Requires a minimum of 18 credits of Biomedical Engineering courses:

BME 105 - Introduction to Human Physiology I (2-0-2)
BME 106 - Introduction to Human Physiology II (1-0-1)
BME 301 - Electrical Fundamentals of Biomedical Engineering (1-3-3)
BME 302 - Mechanical Fundamentals of Biomedical Engineering (1-3-3)

Two of the following courses:

BME 310 - Biomedical Computing (3-1-3)
BME 381 - Engineering Models in Physiology I (3-2-3)
BME 382 - Engineering Models in Physiology I (3-2-3)
BME 383 - Measurement Lab for Physiological Systems & Tissue (1-3-3)

BME 3xx or BME 4xx (upper-division BME course)

Faculty Coordinator: Judith D. Redling, Ph.D.
Fenster Hall, Room 619
Phone: (973) 596-3556
E-mail: judith.d.redling@njit.edu

BUSINESS (15 - 18 credits)

Acct 117, Mgmt 190  or  Fin 218 *, Fin 315 * or OM 375, MIS 245 **, Mrkt 330 and either a 300 or 400 level business/management elective

Faculty Coordinator: Grace Lopez
Central Avenue Building, 3007
Phone: (973) 596-8238
E-mail: glopez@njit.edu

* At least one course must be in Finance
** CCS students should complete MIS 363 Project Management or an alternate course.
*** Students should consult with their major advisor to find out if minor courses can fulfill requirements within their primary curriculum.

More information on this minor can be found on the School of Management's website.

CHEMISTRY ( 16 -17 credits)
For majors other than Chemical Engineering

Requirements A and B must be satisfied:

  1. Complete set of A1 or A2
  2. Choose two courses among the following:

Faculty Coordinator: Dr. Roumiana Petrova
Tiernan Hall, Room 366
Phone: (973) 642-4076
E-mail: roumiana.s.petrova@njit.edu

CHEMISTRY ( 10 -12 credits)
For Chemical Engineering majors

Choose four courses from the following:

R160:207, Chem 222, Chem 336, Chem 360, Chem 361, Chem 412, Chem 440, Chem 443, Chem 473, Chem 480, Chem 484, Chem 491

Faculty Coordinator: Dr. Roumiana Petrova
Tiernan Hall, Room 366
Phone: (973) 642-4076
E-mail: roumiana.s.petrova@njit.edu

COMMUNICATION ( 15 credits)

Five courses in Language and Communication approved by the minor coordinator.

Faculty Coordinator: Chris Funkhouser
Cullimore Hall, Room 425
Phone: (973) 596-6335
E-mail: christopher.t.funkhouser@njit.edu

More information on this minor can be found on the Humanities website.

COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS  (16 hours)
Math 222, Math 337, Math 340 and two approved electives such as:

Math 321 - Introduction to the Finite Element Methods (3-0-3)
Math 391 - Numerical Linear Algebra (3-0-3)
Math 440 - Advanced Applied Numerical Methods (3-0-3)
Math 448 - Stochastic Simultation (3-0-3)

Faculty Coordinators:

Yassine Boubendir
Cullimore Hall, Room 609
Phone: (973) 596-3499
E-mail: yassine.boubendir@njit.edu

Wenge Guo
Cullimore Hall, Room 210B
Phone: (973) 596-3498
E-mail: wenge.guo@njit.edu


More information on this minor can be found on the Mathematical Sciences website.

Yuan-Nan Young
Cullimore Hall, Room 519
Phone: (973) 642-7034
E-mail: yyoung@njit.edu

COMPUTER ENGINEERING (16 credits)

Open to computer science majors only.

ECE 231 or ECE 271, ECE 291, ECE 252, ECE 353, ECE 394, ECE 395, ECE 495

Faculty Coordinator: Edwin Hou
Electrical and Computer Engineering Center, Room 200
Phone: (973) 596-3521
E-mail: hou@njit.edu

COMPUTER ENGINEERING ( 18 credits)

Open to all other majors except computer science.

EE 251, CS 114, CS 332, ECE 252, ECE 353, ECE 394, ECE 395,  or ECE 495

Faculty Coordinator: Edwin Hou
Electrical and Computer Engineering Center, Room 200
Phone: (973) 596-3521
E-mail: hou@njit.edu

COMPUTER SCIENCE ( 18 credits)

Open to all other majors except computer engineering.

CS 114, CS 252, CS 332, CS 431 and two additional courses approved by the minor coordinator.

Faculty Coordinator: Sarah Vandermark
Guttenberg Information Technologies Center, Room 4411
Phone: (973) 596-2985
E-mail: sarah.vandermark@njit.edu

COMPUTER SCIENCE (15 credits)

Open to computer engineering majors only.
CS 280, CS 431, CS 357 OR CS 458 and 2 additional courses approved by the minor coordinator.

Faculty Coordinator: Sarah Vandermark
Guttenberg Information Technologies Center, Room 4411
Phone: (973) 596-2985
E-mail: sarah.vandermark@njit.edu

DRAMA / THEATER ( 15 credits)

Five upper division courses in drama approved by the minor coordinator.

Faculty Coordinator: Michele Rittenhouse
Kupfrian Hall, Room 133
Phone: (973)596-3457
E-mail: michele.r.rittenhouse@njit.edu

ECONOMICS ( 15 credits)

Five intermediate /advanced economics courses (SS 201, Econ 265 and Econ 266 do not qualify) approved by the minor coordinator.

Faculty Coordinator: Zeyuan Qiu
Cullimore Hall, Room 317
Phone: (973)596-5357
E-mail: quiz@njit.edu

ELECTRONIC CREATIVE WRITING ( 15 credits)

Choose five courses from the following:

COM 303 Video Narrative
COM 325 Special Topics in Communication (with permission of program director)
COM 350 Digital Video Production
COM 351 Documentary Studies
COM 352 Photojournalism
COM 369 Digital Poetry
COM 390 Electronic Writing Workshop
ENG 333 Cybertext
ENG 336 Advanced Composition
ENG 351 Online Journalism
ENG 354 Composing Documents for the Web
HUM 401 Independent Study
STS 347 Music and Technology
STS 349 Advanced Music Technology

Appropriate Communications, Media, or Art courses at Rutgers-Newark may also be applied to the minor. Other upper-division humanities electives may be approved by faculty coordinator.

Faculty Coordinator: Chris Funkhouser
Cullimore Hall, Room 425
Phone: (973) 596-6335
E-mail: christopher.p.funkhouser@njit.edu

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING ( 15 credits)

15 credits chosen from the following courses:

CE 320, CE 321, CE 322, EnE 262, EnE 360, EnE 361 or other courses approved by the minor coordinator.

Faculty Coordinator:
Taha Marhaba
Colton Hall, Room 233
Phone: (973) 642-4599
E-mail: taha.f.marhaba@njit.edu

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLICY (15 credits)

Students are required to take fifteen (15) course credits from Environmental Science and Policy and related courses listed below.

Three core courses required:

EvSc 360 or EvSc 361 - Environmental Chemistry I or II * (3 credits)
EvSc 375 - Environmental Biology (3 credits)
EPS 202 - Society, Technology and Environment (3 credits)

Six credits from the following courses:

EvSc 484 - Environmental Analysis (2 credits)
Math 225 - Probability and Statistics (1 credit)
EvSc 416 - Environmental Toxicology (3 credits)
R460:206 - Environmental Geology (3 credits)
R460:207 - Environmental Geology lab (1 credit)
EvSc 385 - Environmental Microbiology (3 credits)
EvSc 360 or EvSc 361 - Environmental Chemistry I or II (3 credits)
R120:380 - Ecology (3 credits)
SS 362 - Environmental Economics (3 credits)

  1. The first Environmental Chemistry Course counts against the core
  2. The second can be used as an option course
  3. Chem 360 is a prerequisite to Chem 361

Faculty Coordinator: Dr. Roumiana Petrova
Tiernan Hall, Room 366
Phone: (973) 642-4076
E-mail: petrova@njit.edu

More information on this minor can be found on the Chemistry & Environmental Science website.

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND SUSTAINABILITY ( 15 credits)

Five courses in environmental studies and sustainability approved by the minor coordinator

Faculty Coordinator:
Green Academic Council designee: Maurie Cohen
Cullimore Hall, Room 427
Phone: (973) 596-5281
E-mail: maurie.cohen@njit.edu

More information on this minor can be found on the College of Science and Liberal Arts website.

GLOBAL STUDIES ( 15 credits)

Five courses with global content including four upper division courses approved by the minor coordinator.

Faculty Coordinator: Nancy Steffen-Fluhr
Cullimore Hall, Room 415
Phone: (973) 596-3295
E-mail: nancy.I.steffen@njit.edu

HISTORY ( 15 credits)

Five upper division courses, at least four in history, approved by the minor coordinator.

Faculty Coordinator: Richard B. Sher
Cullimore Hall, Room 329
Phone: (973) 596-3377
E-mail: sher@njit.edu

HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION ( 15 credits)

Prerequisite: Computing GUR
Students must take Rutgers R830:101 (Principles of Psychology) or STS 210 (General Psychology) as their Social Science GUR;
Current BA IS, BS BIS and BS WIS majors should substitute two BS HCI specialization courses listed in the catalog for IS 247 and  IS 375;
Students outside CCS may substitute one course for a IS, CS or IT course approved by the IS Undergraduate Advisor

  • IS 247 Designing the User Experience
  • IS 375 Evaluating the User Experience
  • IS 448 Design Studio for Ubiquitous Computing
  • Rutgers R830:304  Cognitive Processes
  • Rutgers R830:304  Perception
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING (15 credits)

IE 339, IE 355, IE 439, IE 461 and IE 466

Faculty Coordinator: Athanassios Bladikas
MEC, Room 212
Phone: (973) 596-3653
E-mail: bladikas@njit.edu

INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR CCS MAJORS ( 15 credits)

Required Courses (15 credits or 5 courses):

  • IS 265 Introduction to Information Systems
  • IS 344 Computing Applications in Business
  • IS 390 Requirements Analysis and Systems Design
  • IS 455 IT Policy and Strategy
  • IS 465 Advanced Information Systems
Faculty Coordinator: Sarah Vandermark
Guttenberg Information Technologies Center, Room 4400
Phone: (973) 596-2985
E-mail: sarah.vandermark@njit.edu
Faculty Coordinator: Megan Summers
Guttenberg Information Technologies Center, Room 4400
Phone: (973) 596-3385
E-mail: megan.t.summers@njit.edu

More information on this minor can be found on the Information Systems website.


INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR NON-CCS MAJORS ( 15 credits)

Required Courses (15 credits or 5 courses); Prerequisite: Computing GUR

  • IS 265 Introduction to Information Systems
  • IS 331 Database Design, Management, and Applications
  • IS 390 Requirements Analysis and Systems Design
  • IS 455 IT Policy and Strategy
  • 1 additional IS, CS or IT course approved by the IS Undergraduate Advisor
Faculty Coordinator: Sarah Vandermark
Guttenberg Information Technologies Center, Room 4400
Phone: (973) 596-2985
E-mail: sarah.vandermark@njit.edu
Faculty Coordinator: Megan Summers
Guttenberg Information Technologies Center, Room 4400
Phone: (973) 596-3385
E-mail: megan.t.summers@njit.edu

More information on this minor can be found on the Information Systems website.


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE MAJORS ONLY ( 15 credits)

IT 120, IT 202, IT 420, IT 490 and one additional upper division IT course approved by the minor coordinator.

Faculty Coordinator: Sarah Vandermark
Guttenberg Information Technologies Center, Room 4400
Phone: (973) 596-2985
E-mail: sarah.vandermark@njit.edu

Faculty Coordinator: Megan Summers Van Hook
Guttenberg Information Technologies Center, Room 4400
Phone: (973) 596-3385
E-mail: megan.t.summers@njit.edu

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR NON-CS MAJORS ( 15 credits)

IT 114*, IT 102*, IT 120, IT 201, IT 310 and one additional upper division course approved by the minor coordinator.

* Students must have completed CS 113

Faculty Coordinator: Sarah Vandermark
Guttenberg Information Technologies Center, Room 4400
Phone: (973) 596-2985
E-mail: sarah.vandermark@njit.edu

Faculty Coordinator: Megan Summers Van Hook
Guttenberg Information Technologies Center, Room 4400
Phone: (973) 596-3385
E-mail: megan.t.summers@njit.edu
LEADERSHIP AND AEROSPACE STUDIES

Open only to AFROTC students

AS 100, AS 200, AS 300, AS 400, plus Leadership Lab and one elective course chosen with the approval of the minor coordinator.

Faculty Coordinator: Lt. Col. Marcus Myers
Faculty Memorial Hall, Room 208
Phone: (973) 596-3626
E-mail: mmyers@njit.edu

LEGAL STUDIES (15 credits)

Five law-related upper division courses approved by the minor coordinator.

Faculty Coordinator: Gautham Rao
Cullimore Hall, Room 327
Phone: (973) 596-3292
E-mail: gautham.rao@njit.edu

LITERATURE (15 credits)

Five upper division literature courses approved by the minor coordinator.

Faculty Coordinator: Carol Johnson
Cullimore Hall, Room 433
Phone: (973) 596-5765
E-mail: carol.s.johnson@njit.edu

MATERIALS ENGINEERING ( 15 credits)

ME 215, ME 438, ME 470, ME 471*, ME 490 *
(* Non-ME majors can choose courses in their discipline with the approval of the minor coordinator.)

Faculty Coordinator: Dr. A. Narh
Mechanical Engineering Center, Room 330
Phone: (973) 596-3353
E-mail: narh@njit.edu

MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY  (16 hours)
Math 222, Math 337, Math 373 and two approved electives such as:

Math 371 - Physiology and Medicine (3-0-3)
Math 372 - Population Biology (3-0-3)
Math 430 - Analytical and Computational Neuroscience (3-1-3)
Math 431 - Systems Computational Neuroscience (3-1-3)

Faculty Coordinators:

Yassine Boubendir
Cullimore Hall, Room 609
Phone: (973) 596-3499
E-mail: yassine.boubendir@njit.edu

Wenge Guo
Cullimore Hall, Room 210B
Phone: (973) 596-3498
E-mail: wenge.guo@njit.edu


More information on this minor can be found on the Mathematical Sciences website.

Yuan-Nan Young
Cullimore Hall, Room 519
Phone: (973) 642-7034
E-mail: yyoung@njit.edu

MATHEMATICS OF FINANCE AND ACTUARIAL SCIENCE  (16 hours)
Math 222, Math 340, Math 346, and two approved electives such as:

Math 334 - Operations Research (3-0-3)
Math 347 - Mathematics of Finance II (3-0-3)
Math 432 - Mathematics of Financial Derivatives I (3-0-3)
Math 433 - Mathematics of Financial Derivatives II  (3-0-3)
Math 441 - Actuarial Mathematics I (3-0-3)
Math 448 - Stochastic Simulation (3-0-3)
Math 477 - Stochastic Processes (3-0-3)

Faculty Coordinators:

Yassine Boubendir
Cullimore Hall, Room 609
Phone: (973) 596-3499
E-mail: yassine.boubendir@njit.edu

Wenge Guo
Cullimore Hall, Room 210B
Phone: (973) 596-3498
E-mail: wenge.guo@njit.edu


More information on this minor can be found on the Mathematical Sciences website.

Yuan-Nan Young
Cullimore Hall, Room 519
Phone: (973) 642-7034
E-mail: yyoung@njit.edu

PHILOSOPHY / APPLIED ETHICS ( 15- 18 credits )

Five or six upper division courses in Philosophy and STS chosen with approval of minor coordinator.

Faculty Coordinator: Eric Hetherington
Cullimore Hall, Room 429
Phone: (973) 596-5318
E-mail: erich@njit.edu

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY (15 credits)
Five upper division STS courses or substitutes approved by the minor coordinator.

Faculty Coordinator: Maury Cohen
Cullimore Hall, Room 427
Phone: (973) 596-5281
E-mail: maury.cohen@njit.edu

More information on this minor can be found on the Honors College website.

TECHNOLOGY, GENDER AND DIVERSITY ( 15 credits)
Five upper division courses in relevant fields chosen with approval of minor coordinator.

Faculty Coordinator: Nancy Steffen-Fluhr
Cullimore Hall, Room 415
Phone: (973) 596-3295
E-mail: nancy.I.steffen@njit.edu

WEB AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS ( 15 credits)

Required Courses (15 credits or 5 courses); Prerequisite: Computing GUR required for all courses except IS 117

Current BA IS, BS BIS and BS HCI majors should substitute one pf the latter courses for IS 390

  • IS 117 Introduction to Website Development
  • IS 390 Requirements Analysis and Systems Design

Any 3 of the following courses:

  • IS 217 Advanced Website Development
  • IS 218 Building Web Applications
  • IS 322 Mobile Applications: Design, Interface, Implementation
  • IS 333 Social Networking: Apps and Interface Design
  • IS 373 Web Standards
  • IS 392 Web Mining and Information Retrieval
  • IS 421 Advanced Web Applications

Faculty Coordinators:

Sarah Vandermark
Guttenberg Information Technologies Center, Room 4400
Phone: (973) 596-2985
E-mail: sarah.vandermark@cis.njit.edu

More information on this minor can be found on the Information Systems website.


Megan Summers
Guttenberg Information Technologies Center, Room 4411
Phone: (973) 596-3385
E-mail: summersm@njit.edu 



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