Looking for assistance with Electrical Engineering school

Technology

Indiana State University has an Electrical Power master’s degree. The discussion in this thread included Engineering Technology degrees if you read the previous postings.

Engineering Technology is "engineering." It is a USA miss representation that creates this phenomenon of inferior stature. The technology field is positioned by ABET in the United States as a subcategory (TAC) to the engineering degree (EAC). This is not the case in other parts of the world. The technology field is viewed as an equal career path that is acknowledged as a completion of an “Engineering” academic focus (see Sydney Accord and the UK Incorporated Engineer). It is for this reason the organization called NAIT was created in the United State.

The National Association of Industrial Technology (NAIT) has equal stature to ABET with CHEA. Industrial Technology degree is not ABET Engineering, it is not considered a secondary field to the ABET technologist (ABET/TAC) or engineer (ABET/EAC). Industrial Technology is a field unto itself.

 

Where? Is it DL? I do not see it. I do, however, see their MS in Electronic and Computer Technology degree offered online:

http://www.indstate.edu/distance/ect.html

Bill

 

Electrical Power MS

Your right!

The Electrical Power MS program was removed from the list.

I found a reference to it in a catalog.

See link:

http://web.indstate.edu/ect/ms-deg.htm

I wonder why they are dropping it? Lack of interest?

 

Michigan Tech is now offering a DL MSEE with an emphasis in Power Systems. The link is: http://www.admin.mtu.edu/disted/msee/msee.php

I came across them while searching for an undergraduate engineering program.

FYI: They do offer a BS Engineering through "selected corporate sponsors and community colleges." (General Motors and Northwest Michigan College)

Another option is the DL MS in Engineering offered by the University of Toledo http://www.cset.sp.utoledo.edu/mse/index.html. The interesting thing about this program is it requires a BS in Engineering or Engineering Technology. There are prerequisites of course.

Jim

 

Hi, I have a 3.16 GPA, and 1910 (460-v, 730-Q, 720-A) on the GRE. I already have an accredited BSEE from a united states institution.

I am now trying to find an online program that will give me a MSEE degree so that I can shave a year off of the requirements to get my PE license. Can anyone help with some advice on programs?

Also, does it have to be an MSEE degree??? - can it be in another disapline, or can it be a technical electrical degree??

I am in missouri so that is where i would like to get the PE license.

Thanks a lot for the help!!

 

I don't know of any DL EE degrees, either BS or MS. These degrees require far to much "hands on" to be accomplished with DL, at least with current technology.

I have been an electrical engineer for nearly 15 years. I am now at the staff level. Most of my colleagues have their masters, and I am one of the few who worked their way up the food chain without the benefit of a EE. I did finally get my BS degree, but not in EE because of the time required (it would have taken me 5 years compared to 2 for my BSIT degree).

My point is, you don't need a EE degree to be a EE. As far the PE designation, what do you plan to do? If you do not plan to work for the government, or perhaps a direct govenment contractor, then it is of little use. I know over 100 EE's and ME's, and only 3 have their PE's. What a PE does do for you is make you liable. Lets say I design something that fails and hurts someone. The company gets sued - not me. But as a PE, I can (and know of at least 2 who were) held personally liable (as in "had to pay out of their own pockets). Be careful about the PE designation - most people do not understand the legal ramifications of the designation.

Good luck with your education -

(BTW: A BSEET or BSET is NOT a BSEE. - no matter what lie DeVry has told you - no legitmate employer recognizes them as the same)

 

Alternate route to PE

Imp66,

If you have a great deal experience (about 12 years), in a good variety of different types of electrical engineering work, and really know a good deal of the theory as well as the hands-on aspects, you may qualify to take the professional engineer exam without a degree. You would need detailed documentation of your experience, and some of the people writing recommendations would probably have to be professional engineers themselves.

The exact requirements vary from state to state, and just because you get a license in one state does not necessarily mean you can get one in another state.

Gerry Ashton
professional engineer in Vermont