Colleagues,

ABET will review up to ten graduation files from each degree program
to make sure that we are making appropriate course substitutions in
our degree plans and that we are insuring that Engineering transfer
courses are equivalent in content and quality to our courses. My
understanding from the workshops that I have attended is that the ABET
reviewers will be much more concerned about substitution and transfer
courses than they were when EC 2000 was first implemented. Also, the
reviewers expect a uniform College procedure for substitution and
transfer courses. As we prepare for ABET re-accreditation, we need to
formalize the processes for course substitution and Engineering
transfer course evaluation.

 

I have attached two forms that the College will start using
immediately  one for course substitution and the other for Engineering
transfer course evaluation. Please use these forms in place of
existing forms, e-mail messages or memos.

 

To help you in Verification of Course Equivalency on the Engineering
Transfer Course Evaluation form, I have copied the College of
Engineering statement on Transfer Course Work from the 2006-2008 UTEP
Catalog.

 
A student may transfer a maximum of 66 semester hours, limited to
lower-division courses, from two-year junior or community colleges. A
maximum of 100 semester hours of courses is transferable from
accredited U.S. colleges and universities. Transfer credit for
engineering courses is restricted to ABET-accredited curricula or is
awarded on the basis of departmental recommendation. Transfer students
may be required to take competency exams and/or take specified courses
that the department feels they must have in order to establish the
quality of their degree. Credit for upper division engineering courses
will be given only on the basis of departmental recommendation.

The academic records of all transfer students are reviewed by the
College of Engineering to determine eligibility for admission into an
engineering program. International students must meet the additional
requirement of an overall minimum GPA of 3.0 in mathematics,
chemistry, physics, and engineering for all institutions attended.

All transfer credit that is to be applied toward undergraduate
engineering degree requirements must be approved by the Dean of
Engineering. Transfer credit evaluation should be completed when the
student transfers to the College or before completion of the
lower-division requirements.

 

Your cooperation in implementing the use of these new forms will be
greatly appreciated.

 

Walt

 

Walter W. Fisher

Associate Dean of Engineering

The University of Texas at El Paso