If I pass both SE exams do I become licensed in Pennsylvania as a PE?
If I pass both SE exams do I become licensed in Pennsylvania as a PE?
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If I pass both SE exams do I become licensed in Pennsylvania as a PE? I asked the state board twice and got the response below twice.
"Pennsylvania does not license by discipline. As long as you pass the PE exam, we do not have any requirements as to what discipline it must be in".
To me this meant that I have to take the Civil PE exam with a structural concentration, is this the case? In the past I thought you could take the old structure I and II exams then get licensed as a PE. Is this not the case with the SE?
"Pennsylvania does not license by discipline. As long as you pass the PE exam, we do not have any requirements as to what discipline it must be in".
To me this meant that I have to take the Civil PE exam with a structural concentration, is this the case? In the past I thought you could take the old structure I and II exams then get licensed as a PE. Is this not the case with the SE?






RE: If I pass both SE exams do I become licensed in Pennsylvania as a PE?
The reason being is that you used to be able to get a PE license simply by passing SEI (the old SE I). Then, if you went back and took SE II,, you would be an SE as well.
RE: If I pass both SE exams do I become licensed in Pennsylvania as a PE?
RE: If I pass both SE exams do I become licensed in Pennsylvania as a PE?
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
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RE: If I pass both SE exams do I become licensed in Pennsylvania as a PE?
However, with the advent of the new 16 hour SE exam, there is no SE1 or SE2 any longer. I believe that the exam is either all pass (all 16 hours) or all fail so passing the first 8 hour portion is not longer valid. However, each state board should be checked as they are all independent.
RE: If I pass both SE exams do I become licensed in Pennsylvania as a PE?
What IS required is to pass both the morning breadth and afternoon depth of each module in order to pass that particular module.
RE: If I pass both SE exams do I become licensed in Pennsylvania as a PE?
They are no longer two separate tests, but you can pass each "section" of the test separately, correct?
And I don't believe any state can allow you to pass the Friday section and then respond with some kind of licensure because NCEES won't identify you as passing anything until both are passed.
RE: If I pass both SE exams do I become licensed in Pennsylvania as a PE?
Having taken both recently, I highly recommend anyone who is in a state that does not license Structural guys seperate to simply go ahead with the Civil-Structural exam and get it out of the way. I do believe the 16 Hour SE exam is a much better measure of a persons basic understanding of structural engineering and it actually worries me a little how 'easy' the Civil-Structural was in comparison to the 16 hour test (neither are easy in the normal sense but only relative to one another), but getting the PE is too important of a step to wait around for. Plus, it took a lot of presure me when I actually was studying for the SE exam to know I already had a PE in my home state.
PE, SE
Eastern United States
"If a builder builds a house for someone, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built falls in and kills its owner, then that builder shall be put to death!"
~Code of Hammurabi
RE: If I pass both SE exams do I become licensed in Pennsylvania as a PE?
Another question, say you want to become SE licensed in a state that licenses by discipline, do you have to take the exam in that state? To take the Civil PE exam you must take the exam in the state you want to become licensed, in my case PA.
kylesito, do you need to be authorized by the state that licenses by discipline or can you have your own non-discipline specific state give you the "okay" to sit for the SE exam?
RE: If I pass both SE exams do I become licensed in Pennsylvania as a PE?
Generally in states that don't license by discipline, to become licensed as a PE, you'll need to pass a PE exam. This could be in Civil, Mechanical, or any other discipline. I would think that the Structural exam would satisfy this requirement, but it's hard to say with it being so new. Contacting your state's board is the way to go. However, I'd suggest a phone call, so you can ask specific questions. Based on the original post, it sounds like you sent a vague or poorly worded email and subsequently received a vague answer.
RE: If I pass both SE exams do I become licensed in Pennsylvania as a PE?
For PA though, regardless if you pass the 1 day Civil-Structural or the 2 day Structural exam...you will have met the requirements for obtaining a PE license in that or any other state (unless they require a state specific exam on top of this).
I know what you mean about not getting a straight answer. I have run into this in a few other places. Don't bother with NSPE or any of the other state versions about this question either. They seem to have a chip on their shoulder about structural guys who want a seperate license and so they seem reluctant to want to promote or even acknowledge the 16 hour test because I think they feel it's one step closer to doing it. I remember asking about whether the local NSPE chapter was going to add a review course for the SE exam when it came out and basically got scolded that the 16 hour test was unnecessary. And when I called the regulation board for my state and asked about what the application requirements were for taking it (I already had my PE), the lady seemed as reluctant to help me out as the NSPE folks. Not totally sure what their deal is with it.
PE, SE
Eastern United States
"If a builder builds a house for someone, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built falls in and kills its owner, then that builder shall be put to death!"
~Code of Hammurabi
RE: If I pass both SE exams do I become licensed in Pennsylvania as a PE?
RE: If I pass both SE exams do I become licensed in Pennsylvania as a PE?
RE: If I pass both SE exams do I become licensed in Pennsylvania as a PE?
RE: If I pass both SE exams do I become licensed in Pennsylvania as a PE?
The provinces are almost as inconsistent...
RE: If I pass both SE exams do I become licensed in Pennsylvania as a PE?
RE: If I pass both SE exams do I become licensed in Pennsylvania as a PE?
PE, SE
Eastern United States
"If a builder builds a house for someone, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built falls in and kills its owner, then that builder shall be put to death!"
~Code of Hammurabi
RE: If I pass both SE exams do I become licensed in Pennsylvania as a PE?