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Government jobs in particular often require degree (not university) accreditation for real engineering degrees. They generally don't require the same for CS tho
by 0xffff2 8y ago
Government jobs in particular often require degree (not university) accreditation for real engineering degrees. They generally don't require the same for CS though, so there are plenty of tech jobs that don't need accreditation at all. I'm a government contractor working as a software engineer with a non-accredited CS degree from a UC school. If I had a degree in engineering, it would absolutely need to be accredited (and my university's engineering degrees are).
- mattkrause 8y agoSome government jobs do want the accreditation--you need it to become a patent agent, for example--though others don't. I think it might be related to whether it's officially an "engineering" or "science" job. It's a little aggravating though, since many good programs (e.g., Stanford) don't bother with the ABET stuff for computer science.