Section 1480.120  Definition of Degree in Related Science

a)         A Degree in Related Science is a four-year curriculum resulting in a baccalaureate degree:

1)         from an Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) engineering program; or

2)         that includes the indicated minimum number of semester hours in at least the following subjects:

Mathematics (beyond trigonometry) – 15 hours.

Basic Sciences (Physics and Chemistry) – 15 hours.

Additional Sciences and/or Engineering Sciences – 30 hours.

b)         In evaluating the acceptability of an applicant's related science curriculum of a baccalaureate degree, the Board shall consider courses taken to attain a graduate degree in engineering and/or additional course credits in mathematics, science or engineering as education, when the course work of an applicant with a baccalaureate degree fails to satisfy the requirements of subsection (a).  Not more than 15 hours may be made up in mathematics and basic sciences.  Education considered in this manner shall not also be credited as engineering experience.

c)         The Department shall not accept educational courses in engineering technology as meeting the requirements for basic engineering or related science in accordance with this Section.

d)         Mathematics shall be beyond trigonometry, and include differential and integral calculus, and differential equations at the baccalaureate level. Mathematics may also include, but not be limited to, the study of probability, statistics, numerical analysis, and advanced calculus.  Courses in computer usage and/or programming may not be used to satisfy the mathematics requirement.

e)         Basic sciences shall include basic physics and chemistry, and may also include life sciences, earth sciences, and/or advanced physics and chemistry, as appropriate to the engineering discipline being studied.

(Source:  Amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 12271, effective July 24, 2002)