| (a) Applicants for a license shall have graduated from
at least one of the following degree programs or degree program combinations
listed in this section:
(1) Approved engineering curriculums under §1001.302(a)(1)(A)
of the Act. The following degrees are acceptable to the board for
meeting the educational requirements of §1001.302(a)(1)(A) of
the Act:
(A) a degree from an engineering program accredited
or otherwise approved by:
(i) EAC/ABET;
(ii) Consejo de Acreditacion de la Ensenanza de la
Ingenieria, Mexico (Council of Accreditation for Engineering Education,
C.A.); or
(iii) The Washington Accord.
(B) A graduate degree in engineering, provided that:
(i) the graduate degree is obtained from a college
having an engineering program approved by one of the organizations
listed in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph where either the graduate
or undergraduate degree in the same discipline is accredited; and
(ii) the combination of the degrees is acceptable to
the board as equivalent in EAC/ABET approved curricula content, and
the combination of degrees contain sufficient design curricula to
provide minimal competency in the use of engineering algorithms and
procedures.
(C) a completed degree that has not been accredited
or approved by either of the organizations identified in subparagraph
(A) of this paragraph but has been evaluated in accordance with §133.33
of this chapter, (relating to Proof of Educational Qualifications-Non-Accredited/Non-Approved
Programs), and determined to meet the ABET general and program criteria
requirements for an EAC/ABET-accredited or -approved program.
(2) Other programs under §1001.302(a)(1)(B) of
the Act. The following degrees are acceptable to the board for meeting
the educational requirements of §1001.302(a)(1)(B) of the Act:
(A) a bachelor degree from an engineering technology
program that is accredited by the ETAC/ABET;
(B) A bachelors or graduate degree in engineering,
engineering technology, mathematical, physical, or related science
that has not been accredited or approved by any of the organizations
identified in paragraphs (1)(A) or (2)(A) of this subsection but has
been obtained from a recognized institution of higher education as
defined in Chapter 131 of this title. Such degree programs must include,
as a minimum, the courses listed in clauses (i) and (ii) of this subparagraph
or these courses must be taken in addition to the bachelor or graduate
degree program:
(i) eight semester hours (12 quarter hours) of mathematics
beyond trigonometry, including differential and integral calculus;
and
(ii) 20 semester hours (30 quarter hours) of related
engineering sciences including subjects such as mechanics, thermodynamics,
electrical and electronic circuits, and others selected from material
sciences, transport phenomena, computer science and comparable subjects
depending on the discipline or branch of engineering. Course work
should incorporate hands-on laboratory work as described in the EAC/ABET
criteria, and shall contain a sufficient design program to provide
minimal competency in the use of engineering algorithms and procedures.
(3) Degree programs submitted to the board by the conferring
institutions and determined by the board as meeting or exceeding the
criteria of either of the accrediting organizations referred to in
this section.
(A) The following programs have been reviewed by the
board and determined to be eligible for licensure under §1001.302(a)(1)(A)
of the Act:
(i) The engineering programs at the University of Texas
at Tyler for those who graduated in 1999.
(ii) Biosystems engineering program at the University
of Texas A&M at College Station for those who graduated between
1999 and 2003.
(B) The following programs have been reviewed by the
board and determined to be eligible for licensure under §1001.302(a)(1)(B)
of the Act and eligible for taking the examination on the fundamentals
of engineering, effective the date listed:
(i) Tarleton State University, Accepted Programs: Hydrology
(1992) and Engineering Physics (2001);
(ii) West Texas State A&M, Accepted Program: Mechanical
Engineering (2003).
(b) Degree programs that have not been accredited or
approved by any of the organizations identified in subsection (a)(1)(A)
or (2)(A) of this section are not acceptable for fulfilling the educational
requirements of the Act if they do not meet the definition of a recognized
institution of higher learning as defined in Chapter 131 of this title
and:
(1) give credit for life experience; or
(2) consist primarily of engineering, mathematical,
physical, or engineering sciences courses that are correspondence
courses that are self-taught outside a formal classroom setting.
(c) Applicants who have graduated from a degree program
that is accredited by the jurisdictional authority in the Canadian
or European community that have been evaluated pursuant to §133.33
of this chapter (relating to Proof of Educational Qualifications/Non-Accredited/Non-Approved
Programs) and contain sufficient course hours to meet the requirements
of subsection (a)(2)(B) of this section but not found to have sufficient
course hours to be deemed equivalent or comparable to a Bachelor of
Science degree as would be issued by a recognize institution of higher
education in the United States may apply for licensure solely through
the examination process.
(d) An applicant holding a verified Canadian P.Eng.
or ing. License shall be considered to have academic qualifications
substantially equivalent to an accredited engineering program.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §133.31 adopted to be effective May 20, 2004, 29 TexReg 4873; amended to be effective June 26, 2005, 30 TexReg 3584; amended to be effective January 1, 2006, 30 TexReg 8685; amended to be effective December 21, 2008, 33 TexReg 10167; amended to be effective September 9, 2012, 37 TexReg 6913 |
