22 Tex. Admin. Code § 133.33 - Proof of Educational Qualifications - Non-Accredited/Non-Approved Programs
(a) An applicant
for licensure who has graduated from a program other than one in which the
undergraduate or graduate degree in the same discipline has been accredited or
approved by any of the organizations identified in §
133.31(a)(1)(A) or (a)(2)(A)
of this chapter (relating to Educational
Requirements for Applicants) shall furnish both an official transcript and an
evaluation for each degree to be relied upon to meet the educational
requirements of licensure as a professional engineer or certification as an
engineer-in-training. Official transcripts shall include either grades or mark
sheets and proof that the degree was conferred. In addition to providing a
transcript reflecting the degree(s) earned by an applicant, the applicant shall
also provide an official transcript from each school from which more than 15
semester hours were earned towards the degree.
(1) The applicant shall ensure that the
required transcript(s) are forwarded from the officially recognized and
approved institutional authority of records (e.g., registrar or other
authority) of the institution from which the applicant graduated directly to a
commercial degree evaluation service approved by the board. The applicant is
responsible for ordering and paying for all such transcripts and evaluations.
Additional academic information, including but not limited to grades and
transfer credit, shall be submitted to the board at the request of the
executive director.
(2) The degree
evaluation must:
(A) validate the
authenticity of the transcript, diploma, and any other supporting
documentation;
(B) include a
detailed, course-by-course evaluation of courses, including semester hours and
grades;
(C) a comparison of the
applicant's degree program to criteria of ABET applicable to the applicant's
year of graduation; and a determination whether the curriculum of the degree
program being evaluated meets the applicable criteria;
(D) establish that the applicant has received
a conferred degree which is equivalent to a degree from a United States
educational institution; and
(E) be
sent by the commercial evaluation service directly to the board, accompanied by
the applicant's official transcript or a copy of the transcript verified by the
commercial evaluation service.
(b) Upon written request by an applicant
provided at the time of application, a commercial degree evaluation of a
program other than one accredited or approved by the EAC/ABET or the ETAC/ABET
may be waived by the executive director if:
(1) sufficient resources are available for
the board to evaluate it; or
(2)
the degree program contains curricula that are deemed by the executive director
to not be an integral part of the applicant's engineering education.
(c) Upon receipt or waiver of a
commercial degree evaluation, the executive director shall evaluate, under the
standards of §
133.31(a)(1)(C) or (a)(2)(B)
of this chapter (relating to Educational
Requirements for Applicants), the curricula of a degree program that has not
been accredited or approved by any of the organizations identified in §
133.31(a)(1)(A) or (a)(2)(A)
of this chapter.
(d) If a transcript cannot be transmitted
directly to the evaluation service from the issuing institution, the executive
director may, at his or her discretion, approve an alternative method of
evaluating the applicant's educational qualifications, upon written request
from the applicant explaining why the transcript cannot be directly transmitted
from the issuing institution. An alternative method approved by the executive
director may include validation of transcript(s) in the applicant's possession
through a commercial evaluation service approved by the board. In the event the
executive director approves an alternative method such as validation of a
transcript in the applicant's possession by an evaluation service, the
evaluation service shall forward to the board the evaluation and all
documentation provided by the applicant.
(e) The board will not accept a commercial
evaluation of a degree in lieu of an official transcript or a validated
transcript that was in the applicant's possession. An official transcript or
validated transcript must be submitted to complete the application.
(f) An applicant seeking an educational
credential evaluation under this section but wishing to qualify for licensure
only under § 133.31(a)(2)(B) of this section is exempt from the evaluation
requirement in subsection (a)(2)(C) of this section.
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