ABET Accredited Situation

ucbalumnus
Mon, 14 Aug 2017 21:20:13 +0000

AroundHere:

The school as a whole would have regional accreditation, but most individual majors probably do not have specialty accreditations like ABET, except in healthcare career programs where it’s required for graduates to get a job.

Most liberal arts majors do not (except for chemistry, where a major program can be ACS approved), but many other majors do have major-specific accreditation which is commonly expected, often as a prerequisite for occupational licensing:

Engineering (most kinds): ABET
Engineering technology: ABET
Architecture: NAAB
Landscape architecture: LAAB
Interior design: CIDA
Business: AACSB
Accounting: AACSB
Nursing: CCNE

Those where major-specific accreditation exists, but is not generally expected, although it can indicate that the program meets the minimum accreditation standards:

Computer science: ABET
Information technology: ABET

There may be others.