(1) Baccalaureate engineering or engineering technology programs accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) or equivalent curricula as approved by the board shall meet the educational requirement.

(2) The board-approved curriculum for land surveying applicants shall contain a minimum of 60 semester credits and must include six credits in English, seven credits in math, six credits in drafting, nine credits in basic science, five credits in humanities and social sciences or approved Associate of Applied Science benchmarks, 11 credits in surveying techniques, and 16 credits in principles and practice of land surveying courses taught by a licensed professional land surveyor. One academic quarter's credit shall be credited at two-thirds semester credit.

(3) The board shall make a list available of Montana schools which offer land surveying curricula accepted by the board. All course credits accepted as transferable to the land surveying curricula of any school approved by the board shall be accepted by the board when transfer is accomplished by the applicant.