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ASCE Policy 465

Academic Prerequisites for Licensure and Professional Practice

Policy
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) supports the concept of the Master's degree or Equivalent as a prerequisite for licensure and the practice of civil engineering at a professional level.

ASCE encourages institutions of higher education, governmental units, employers, civil engineers, and other appropriate organizations to endorse, support, and promote the concept of mandatory post-baccalaureate education for the practice of civil engineering at a professional level. The implementation of this effort should occur through establishing appropriate curricula in the formal education experience, appropriate recognition and compensation in the workplace, and congruent standards for licensure.

For the full Policy Statement 465 (in PDF form) Click Here .

For the Key Points about Policy 465 by the ASCE Committee on Academic Prerequisites for Professional Practice (in PDF form), Click Here.

Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK)

for the 21st Century

As part of the on-going implementation of ASCE Policy Statement 465, the Body of Knowledge (BOK) Committee was formed by ASCE's Committee on the Academic Prerequisites for Professional Practice (CAP^3). The BOK Committee's charge includes defining the "Body of Knowledge needed to enter the practice of civil engineering at the professional level (licensure) in the 21st Century."

The Committee's final report was released at a press conference held at the National Academy of Engineering on February 25, 2004. The Abstract of this report is shown below.

1. For the BOK report Abstract in PDF form, Click Here .

2. For the BOK report Executive Summary in PDF form, Click Here .

3. ASCE released the first edition of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century in January 2004 and later released a refined, enhanced, and updated version in draft form that had been out for your review in PDF, Click Here.