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Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers, and Landscape Architects
 
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Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers, and Landscape Architects Regulations [18 VAC 10 ‑ 20]
Action General Review of Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects Regulations
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Comment Period Ended on 10/10/2025
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10/9/25  10:03 am
Commenter: Ben Chester, PE - Virginia Western Community College

Remove "Calculus Based" Physics as it's not always an option.
 

Under 18VAC10-20-160 Definitions:

"Related science program" means a four-year program in biology, chemistry, geology, geophysics, mathematics, physics, or other programs approved by the board. Programs must have a minimum of six semester hours of mathematics courses beyond algebra and trigonometry and a minimum of six semester hours of science courses in calculus-based physics in order to be considered a related science program.

 

I teach at a Virginia community college in the CET courses and they are not all calculus based so why would we require that of a “related science program”? This may preclude some highly qualified potential engineers already working in the field from achieving a PE license just based on the program they completed at the time many years prior.

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