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Board debates whether graduate study or long experience should substitute for an accredited undergraduate engineering degree
Summary
Board members debated at length whether graduate coursework or extended professional experience should substitute for a qualifying undergraduate engineering curriculum; the panel reaffirmed its baseline for now but agreed to consider clarification through legislative/regulatory changes.
During a prolonged discussion the board weighed two competing approaches to licensure: a strict baseline that privileges an accredited undergraduate engineering or engineering‑technology curriculum, and a more flexible approach that would allow experienced specialists or those with graduate education to meet licensure requirements despite undergraduate deficiencies.
John DeWolf urged the board to preserve an undergraduate breadth requirement,…
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