DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Board of Professional Engineers
RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:
61G15-20.007Educational Requirements for Applicants without EAC/ABET Accredited Engineering Degrees
NOTICE OF CHANGE
Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 41 No.153, August 7, 2015, issue of the Florida Administrative Register. The Board published 2 previous Notices of Change. The first Notice of Change published in Vol. 41/173, September 4, 2015, issue of the Florida Administrative Register; and the second Notice of Change published in Vol. 41/216, November 5, 2015, issue of the Florida Administrative Register.
THE TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE WILL NOW READ:
61G15-20.007Educational Requirements for Applicants without EAC/ABET Accredited Engineering Degrees
(1) Applicants having engineering degrees from programs that are not accredited by EAC/ABET must demonstrate:
(a) No change.
(b) 9 16 college semester credit hours in general education. Examples of acceptable courses include philosophy, religion, history, literature, fine arts, sociology, psychology, political science, anthropology, economics (micro and macro), professional ethics, and social responsibility. Examples of other general education courses deemed acceptable include management (such as organizational behavior), accounting, written and oral communications, business, and law.
No more than 6 credit hours can come from courses in management, accounting, business, or law. Courses in engineering economics, engineering management, systems engineering/analysis, production, or industrial engineering/management will not be counted. Up to 6 credit hours of languages other than the applicant’s native language are acceptable for credit. English and foreign language courses in literature and civilization may be considered in this area. Courses that instill cultural values are acceptable, while routine exercises of personal craft are not.
Other means towards satisfying the general education requirement are as follows: Obtaining U.S. citizenship by naturalization is equivalent to 10 credit hours; Eearning a doctoral degree is equivalent to 10 credit hours if the degree is from a college or university in the U.S. that has an EAC/ABET-accredited engineering program in a related discipline at the baccalaureate level; for P.E. licensure applicants, each year of progressive U.S. engineering experience as approved by the Board is equivalent to 2 credit hours, for a maximum of 8 credit hours.
(c) through (d) No change.
(2) through (5) No change.
Rulemaking Authority 471.008 FS. Law Implemented 471.013, 471.015 FS. History–New 7-20-95, Amended 6-5-96, 4-16-98, 1-17-99, 7-28-99, 1-6-02, 6-13-02, 6-30-02, 10-2-03, 6-16-04, 3-13-05, 5-1-05, 6-11-06, 1-29-07, 4-9-07, 1-31-08, 10-15-09, 11-27-11, 2-4-13, .
