[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: software engineer? -- ABET classifies CS too

[Kevin Hulse]

--- "Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith at ieee.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 2004-08-02 at 09:50, Kevin Hulse wrote: 
> > Anyone that had to put up with statics and thermo
> > as a part of their undergrad degree should feel
> free
> > to call themselves an engineer regardless of what
> > their degree happens to be called.
> 
> That's why there's ABET.
> They not only accredit, but classify.
> 
> If you've had engineering analysis
> (statics/dynamics) and
> thermodynamics, then you've probably had an
> engineering core.
> 
> So even if your degree only says CS, don't be
> surprised if the
> ABET has accredited as a BSCSE, and you are
> eligiable to be
> licensed as such.

A PE for Software Engineering would certainly be news
to me...