(From the NCEES publication LICENSURE EXCHANGE, June 2009, ISSN NO. 1093-541X, VOLUME 13, ISSUE 3 – PAGE 9)

     The FE exam is a breadth-and-depth exam that requires examinees to select an afternoon module matching their academic major. While the majority of examinees fit into the larger disciplines such as civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineering, others major in engineering disciplines in numbers that do not justify the creation of a separate module. For these, a general afternoon module exists.
     However, many examinees from disciplines that have afternoon modules choose the general module over the module corresponding to their major, despite data indicating that pass rates are consistent across the modules. This practice causes performance feedback that NCEES provides to engineering programs at colleges and universities to be less precise. To better convey the nature of the module and its intended examinee pool, the EPE Committee recommended that the general module be renamed “other disciplines.” The Board of Directors approved this change, which will go into effect in April 2010.

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