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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

Sundar Subramanian
Cullimore Hall, Room 210C
Phone: (973) 642-4496
E-mail: sundarraman.subramanian@njit.edu 

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

APPLIED PHYSICS ( 16- 18 credits)
Phys 234, Phys 231A and four additional physics courses approved by the minor coordinator.

Faculty Coordinator: Gordon Thomas
Tiernan Hall, Room 482
Phone: (973) 596-3558
E-mail: thomas@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

Sundar Subramanian
Cullimore Hall, Room 210C
Phone: (973) 642-4496
E-mail: sundarraman.subramanian@njit.edu 

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


BIOLOGY (18 credits)

General Biology I and II (R120:101, R120:102), Foundations in Biology (R120:301) and two additional Biology courses chosen approved by the minor coordinator.

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 115 and Acct 116, and Fin 315, MIS 245, Mrkt 330 and either Mgmt 190 or OM 375.

Faculty Coordinator: Mary Kate Romano Naatus
314 Central Avenue Building
Phone: (973) 596-8238
E-mail: mary.romano@njit.edu

CHEMISTRY ( 16 -18 credits)
Five chemistry courses approved by the minor coordinator.

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

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

Sundar Subramanian
Cullimore Hall, Room 210C
Phone: (973) 642-4496
E-mail: sundarraman.subramanian@njit.edu 

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 compute 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

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 the Environmental Science and Policy and related courses listed below.

  • Required courses for minor in Environmental Science and Policy - part of the minimum of 15 credits
  • Courses for Minor in Environmental Science - minimum of 15 credits

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. Students sometimes take Evsc 361 prior to Evsc 360 as a result of course timing.

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

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND SUSTAINABILITY ( 15 credits)

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

Faculty Coordinator:
Green Academic Council designee: Rob Friedman
Cullimore Hall, Room 331
Phone: (973) 596-5765
E-mail: robert.s.friedman@njit.edu

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: Allison Perlman
Cullimore Hall, Room 327
Phone: (973) 596-3379
E-mail: allison.j.perlman@njit.edu

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING (15 credits)

IE 339, IE 355, IE 349, IE 461 and IE 466

Faculty Coordinator: George Abdou
Guttenberg Information Technologies Center, Room 2509
Phone: (973) 596-3651
E-mail: abdou@njit.edu

INFORMATION SYSTEMS ( 18 credits)

CIS 114, CS 390, CS 431, CIS 465 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@cis.njit.edu

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@cis.njit.edu
Faculty Coordinator: Megan Summers
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 102*, IT 120, IT 201, IT 310 and one additional upper division course approved by the minor coordinator.

* Students must have completed CS 115

Faculty Coordinator: Sarah Vandermark
Guttenberg Information Technologies Center, Room 4400
Phone: (973) 596-2985
E-mail: sarah.vandermark@cis.njit.edu
Faculty Coordinator: Megan Summers
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: Doris Sher
Cullimore Hall, Room 327
Phone: (973) 596-3379
E-mail: sherd@njit.edu

LITERATURE (15 credits)

Five upper division literature courses approved by the minor coordinator.

Faculty Coordinator: Nikki Stiller
Cullimore Hall, Room 413
Phone: (973) 596-8549
E-mail: nikki.stiller@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

Sundar Subramanian
Cullimore Hall, Room 210C
Phone: (973) 642-4496
E-mail: sundarraman.subramanian@njit.edu 

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 347 - Physiology and Medicine (3-0-3)
Math 432 - Population Biology (3-0-3)
Math 433 - Analytical and Computational Neuroscience (3-1-3)
Math 441 - Systems Computational Neuroscience (3-1-3)
Math 448 - Systems Computational Neuroscience (3-1-3)
Math 477 - Systems Computational Neuroscience (3-1-3)

Faculty Coordinators:

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

Sundar Subramanian
Cullimore Hall, Room 210C
Phone: (973) 642-4496
E-mail: sundarraman.subramanian@njit.edu 

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: Robert Friedman
Cullimore Hall, Room 331
Phone: (973) 596-5765
E-mail: robert.s.friedman@njit.edu

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



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