Re: Acronyms for Undergrad Degrees

Bill,

For the record -

I am a Chartered Professional Engineer in New Zealand who first 
graduated from the University of Canterbury as a Bachelor of Engineering 
(B.E.) which was a four-year degree programme. While I get thoroughly 
pissed off with Mr Turmel's cluttering up the group with his off-topic 
postings, you are also a bit wide of the mark with your comments.

Bruce.

Bill Ryan wrote:

> B Eng is often encountered for Batchelor of 
> Engineering.
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>
> Brian, since you're the expert, show us some examples 
> where the term has been used.  So far as I know in 
> the history of the world only Johnny has appended the 
> term after his name.  Doing so is illegal in most 
> jurisdictions.  In some jurisdictions it is a 
> criminal matter.  It is illegal in most jurisdictions 
> to imply that you are an engineer if you are not 
> registered, just as it illegal to refer to yourself 
> as a lawyer if you have not been admitted to the bar.  
> It is intended to deceive those who do not look 
> closely that he is really an engineer.  It's part of 
> his con game.  It is intended to mimic the "R. Eng." 
> authentic engineers put after their names.
>
> Moreover, most institutions that grant degrees in 
> engineering are B. S. degrees and would be designated 
> B. S. Electrical Engineering, etc.  Carleton is 
> apparently an exception.  Carleton however does not 
> designate their degree as "B. Eng."  That is purely 
> Johnny's concoction.
>
> Johnny makes errors so elementary they would 
> embarrass a high school physics student.  It is 
> difficult to believe they could be made by a person 
> who has completed an accredited university's 
> engineering curriculum.
>
> I've challenged him to open his student records.
>