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Connecticut licensing board pauses several licensure cases amid debate on whether graduate coursework can substitute for ABET undergraduate degree
Summary
The state licensing board spent a large portion of its meeting debating whether a Carnegie Mellon master’s or doctoral research can offset the absence of an ABET-accredited undergraduate engineering degree. Members voted to table multiple applications pending clarification and an imminent NCEES task force report.
The Connecticut state licensing board spent the bulk of its meeting on a policy question that could affect how the state evaluates licensure applications: whether graduate coursework or post‑degree research can stand in for the ABET‑accredited four‑year undergraduate engineering degree the board has required for decades.
Board members cited the same dilemma in several reconsideration cases. The discussion centered on an applicant who holds a non‑ABET BS in geoscience from Montclair State and a master’s in environmental engineering from Carnegie Mellon. Some board members and outside evaluators (NCEES) have judged the graduate coursework to provide the breadth of engineering…
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