Difference in Degree

Call your state office for licensing P.E.s. they will tell you.

Richard A. Cornelius, P.E.

As best I can tell, it's just an issue of what the college chooses to call it. Assuming it's a standard 4-year degree from a US college. I suppose it could vary elsewhere.

I agree with JStephen. Check with your college. A good question to ask your college: Is my degree ABET accredited? That is a requirement for PE licensure in most states.

Typically, a bachelor of science degree includes the coursework needed to prepare you for entering graduate school and obtaining a master of science degree.

What did your ciriculum include? Did you have all the standard English, history, Science and other miscellaneous humanities classes. For example, for my BS I had

2-100 level English classes
1-200 level English class
2-100 level history classes
3-200+ level humanities classes
2-100 level science classes
2-200 level science classes
1-300 level science class
3-100 level math classes
2-200 level math classes
2-300 level math classes
and classes in PE and Military science for another 16 credit hours total (all classes above are 3 or 4 credit hour classes).

In my masters program, I did not write a thesis and I received a Masters of Engineering. The thesis guys received a Masters of Science. I suspect there is a difference and it comes down to the humanities somewhere.

I believe that it is simply the university's standard. I remember once, that I was putting together a proposal for a job and had someone with a Masters from Harvard. He had written SM for his degree; I was familiar with MS and MSc. Seems Harvard is "wierd" and uses Science Masters rather than Masters of Science. At Cornell, I had a ME(c) for my masters where in other schools, they use MEng. But, as others state, contact your school's engineering department.