im majoring right now in civil engineering at rutgers university. A lot of seinor engineers tell me that a should get registerd as both a structural engineering. what does that mean? is it 2 different degrees?
2007-07-09 08:38:40 · 3 answers · asked by jeff c 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
professional registration cannot happen until you have already graduated, work in a structural engineering field for at least 4 or 5 years, submit an application to the New Jersey Board of Technical Registration, and take the professional engineers examination.
Consult with your state board about the kinds of registration they offer. I graduated from Newark College of Engineering before it became NJIT.
You do not get a BS degree in structural engineering, you get a BS in Civil Engineering. You may elect to go to graduate school and specialize in a structural engineering type of curriculum, in which you case you will get a MSCE. Structural engineering is a speciaized subset of Civil Engineering.
Most states do not offer professional licenses in strutural engineering east of the mississippi rever. West of the rockies, is where you will find such specialized disciplines. Historically this has been true since the higher seismic potential exists west of the rockies and not east of the mississippi except for a few isolated areas.
My advice to you is this:
take the EIT (engineer in training) or what they call the FE exam (Fundmental engineering) as a senior. This is the first milestone in getting registered as a professional engineer.
After you graduate and start working as an engineer, and after enough time has passed, you may apply for professional registration in your state.
If you want to get a STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING license, you must take that particular battery of examinations in a state that offers such a license. I do not think you can get this kind of professional license in NJ.
I came out to Arizona and got registered in Civil Engineering and later in Structural Engineering.
Good luck in your endeavors.
2007-07-10 03:06:54 · answer #1 · answered by minorchord2000 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-20 11:00:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It probably involves taking one or two additional classes, or maybe not even that much. The fields are so closely related. All civil engineering works are themselves structures, so the knowledge base is practically the same.
If you need a conclusive answer, ask the head of the engineering department.
2007-07-09 08:42:53 · answer #3 · answered by lithiumdeuteride 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋