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No offense, but I just don't agree. I guess I'm biased, too. :-)

Unless you have an accredited degree in Engineering, you are not an Engineer. Period. Computer science and MIS are fine, useful, and challenging degree programs, but they are not and should not pretend to be engineering degrees. There is nothing wrong with being a computer scientist or information systems professional. I know many fine professionals in these fields. They just aren't engineers.

Every engineer (regardless of major) who is a fairly recent graduate and has an accredited degree will know the basics of statics, circuits, thermodynamics, engineering ethics, and computer programming. The FE exam includes sections on all of these...it doesn't matter if you're an electrical or civil engineering major, you are expected to have basic knowledge common to the engineering profession as a whole. That's the big reason for ABET accreditation...it ensures that engineering graduates from accredited programs have a basic subset of knowledge and skills.

Don't take it personally...engineers work hard for what we do, as do computer scientists and other computer professionals. Just as I wouldn't call myself a computer scientist without a CS degree (even if I worked in the computer field), others shouldn't call themselves "engineers" without an engineering degree.