22 Tex. Admin. Code § 133.31 - Educational Requirements for Applicants
(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)
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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