Land Surveying Curriculum

 

Effective Fall 2009

 

Catalog Number

Course Title

Credits

First Year - Fall Semester

10-606-119

CAD Introduction

2

10-606-120

CAD Level I

2

10-607-101

Surveying Drafting I

3

10-607-104

Surveying I

3

10-804-113

College Technical Mathematics 1

5

 

Total

15

 

First Year - Spring Semester

10-607-102

Surveying Drafting II

3

10-607-105

Surveying II

3

10-801-195

Written Communications

3

10-804-11601

College Technical Mathematics 2

4

10-809-199

Psychology of Human Relations

3

 

Total

16

 

Second Year - Fall Semester

10-607-106

Surveying III

3

10-607-107

Land Subdivision Drawing I

3

10-607-109

Route Location

3

10-801-196

Oral/Interpersonal/Communications

3

10-806-154

General Physics

4

(OR) 10-806-137

Comprehensive Tech Physics

(4)

Total

18

 

Second Year - Spring Semester

10-103-150

Arc View: GIS for Everyone

1

10-607-103

Legal Elements of Land Surveying

3

10-607-112

Surveying IV

3

10-607-108

Land Subdivision Drawing II

3

10-607-110

Boundary Location

3

10-809-197

Contemporary American Society

3

 

Total

16

 


Land Surveying Courses

 

10-607-101 SURVEYING DRAFTING I
Presents methods of drafting and calculating techniques relating to land, engineering, and construction surveying. Preparation of maps and traverse and area calculations are presented. Concurrent enrollment in 10-607-104 and 10-804-115 required. Lecture/lab. 3 credits.

10-607-102 SURVEYING DRAFTING II
Continues 10-607-101. Students learn additional drafting, calculating, and mapping techniques. Calculation of horizontal and vertical curves and volumes are also presented. Prerequisite: 10-607-101. Concurrent enrollment in 10-607-105 and 10-804-116 required. Lecture/lab. 3 credits.

10-607-103 LEGAL ELEMENTS OF LAND SURVEYING
Presents legal principles and concepts relating to land and land location. Also presents professional land surveying practices and methods. Prerequisites: 10-607-106 and 10-607-107. Concurrent enrollment in 10-607-110. Lecture/lab. 3 credits.

10-607-104 SURVEYING I
Covers fundamental principles of plane surveying. Topics include an introduction to surveying, theory of measurement and errors, field notes, linear measurements, transit and theodolite operations, traversing, and the compass. Concurrent enrollment in 10-607-101 and
10-804-115 required. Lecture/lab. 3 credits.

10-607-105 SURVEYING II
Continues 607-104 with additional plane surveying concepts and techniques. Topics include traversing and traverse calculations, leveling stadia, topographic surveying, and mapping. Prerequisites: 10-607-104 and 10-607-101. Concurrent enrollment in 10-607-102 and 10-804-116. Lecture/lab. 3 credits.

10-607-106 SURVEYING III
Principles of advanced surveying are presented. Topics include total station operation, coordinate geometry applications, astronomical observations, state plane coordinates, and computer applications for surveying calculations. Prerequisites: 10-607-105 and 10-607-102. Lecture/lab. 3 credits.

10-607-107 LAND SUBDIVISION DRAWING I
Covers legal requirements for land subdivision planning and design. Topics include state and county land division regulations, soil testing for on-site waste disposal systems, preparation of maps of survey, certified surveys, and an introduction to computer-aided drafting for land surveying. Prerequisite: 10-607-105 and 10-607-102. Lecture/lab. 3 credits.

10-607-108 LAND SUBDIVISION DRAWING II
Continues 607-107 with emphasis on the design and preparation of a state approved plat. Also includes an introduction of geographic information systems. Prerequisite: 10-607-107. Lecture/lab. 3 credits.

10-607-109 ROUTE LOCATION
Covers methods of surveying for highway transportation systems including reconnaissance, preliminary survey, and highway design including curves, and construction stakeout. Students learn and practice required field procedures. Prerequisites: 10-607-105 and 10-607-102. Concurrent with 10-607-107. Lecture/lab. 3 credits.

10-607-110 BOUNDARY LOCATION
Covers principles and practices of land boundary retracement surveys and field practice in retracing boundary locations. Prerequisites: 10-607-106 and 10-607-107. Concurrent enrollment with 10-607-103. Lecture/lab. 3 credits.

10-607-112 SURVEYING IV
Designed to introduce students to the basics of remove sensing, GPS, various map projections and how to work between them. We will introduce students to the latest technology available which they will encounter in the work place. Prerequisites: 10-607-106 and 10-607-107. Lecture/Lab. 3 credits.

10-607-195 LAND SURVEY TECHNICIAN INTERNSHIP
Provides the opportunity to apply classroom learning to actual work in an employer supervised environment. Open only by consent of instructor. Prerequisites: 10-607-104, 10-607-105, 10-804-170, 10-804-173, 10-806-192. Occupational. 3 credits.



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