Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!asuvax!mcdphx!udc!chant!aglew From: aglew@urbana.mcd.mot.com (Andy-Krazy-Glew) Newsgroups: comp.org.ieee Subject: Re: Professional Engineer Message-ID: Date: 28 Oct 89 00:25:03 GMT References: <22532@cup.portal.com> <8246@cbmvax.UUCP> Sender: aglew@urbana.mcd.mot.com Distribution: usa Organization: Work: Motorola MCD, Urbana Design Center; School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lines: 25 In-reply-to: valentin@cbmvax.UUCP's message of 24 Oct 89 03:49:00 GMT >... but where I come from, Quebec, Canada, you don't have to pass any >tests. Just show your B.A.Sc. degree and proof of having worked in the >field for two years, (coop experience discounted by 40%) and presto, >you got your P. Ing. (1) obviously your degree has to be from a properly accredited university. (2) or, you can take a set of exams to become a P.Ing., if you do not have a university background, but have worked in the technical field sufficiently long. The exams are roughly equivalent to a general engineering degree's class finals, all at once. My father (a university P.Ing.) supervised a number of people who went this route. By the way, as a Canadian working in the US, I would say that a Canadian undergraduate degree ranks up favourably against a US degree in engineering. McGill taught me the fundamentals (just hope I can remember them in time for quals) ---- but, Canadian university's resources for advanced work are much more limited than in the US. -- Andy "Krazy" Glew, Motorola MCD, aglew@urbana.mcd.mot.com 1101 E. University, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. {uunet!,}uiucuxc!udc!aglew My opinions are my own; I indicate my company only so that the reader may account for any possible bias I may have towards our products.