Courses in Surveying.
4 Semester Hours Students will be introduced to a study of elementary surveying measurements and computations and the opportunities and responsibilities in the surveying profession. Emphasizes the fundamentals of surveying such as instruments, terminology, mathematics and trigonometry, surveying practices, procedures and their application.
3 Semester Hours
Prerequisite: SU 100.
Application of surveying and mapping to mineral lands, such as construction, surface, and underground mining.
3 Semester Hours
Prerequisites: This course assumes basic computer skills. Students should be able to do basic operations and file management. Introduces the fundamental concepts of computerized drafting with an emphasis toward surveying concepts. Students will be introduced to basic commands using various software packages including AutoCAD and Microstation.
4 Semester Hours
Principles of field data acquisition, measurement of distance, angle, and elevation using tapes, transits, and levels, basic surveying computations of elevations, directions, traverse closures and areas, magnetic directions, preparation of topographic maps from radial measurements, basic measurement error theory. Lectures and field labs.
4 Semester Hours
Prerequisites: SU 105 or DR 104 or one year of technical/computerized drafting or equivalent or permission of the department chair for technology and engineering. Graphical communicaton in surveying and mapping, fundamentals of projection, map projection theory, 3-D viewing, spatial relationships.
3 Semester Hours
Prerequisite: SU 100. The historical development, description, and basic legal land boundary elements related to the land survey systems in the U.S. state plane coordinate systems, deed, plat, and other land boundary-related recording systems, concept of the cadastre. Includes a lab component incorporating deed research and writing.
3 Semester Hours
Prerequisite: SU 100.A study of methods of boundary line establishment by unwritten methods, registration of surveyors, professionalism, ethics, liability of surveyors, surveyors as expert witnesses, and other case ands statue law related to property surveying. Includes a lab component incorporating deed research and writing.
3 Semester Hours
Prerequisites: SU 120, SU 195, SU 196. An applied study of measurement and computational techniques and boundary law to the retracement of property boundary lines.
4 Semester Hours
Prerequisite: SU 120. A continuation of SU 120. Includes nature of measurement, statistical analysis of random errors in measurements, propagation of errors, survey standards and design specifications, development of coordinate geometry and trigonometric solutions of plane surveying problems, programming hand-held computers, analysis of errors and mistakes in indirect measurement. Includes design of horizontal and vertical control nets, meridian determination, map projections, and introduction to least square adjustment. Also includes a component on Arial interpretations.
4 Semester Hours
Prerequisites: SU 120, SU 155. Route and construction surveying, instrument adjustment and calibration, use of optical and electronic measuring instruments, large-scale site surveying and mapping, mine surveying, and miscellaneous field surveys. Includes an applied study of survey measurements and computational techniques to the horizontal and vertical alignment of highways, earthwork calculations and construction layout.
3 Semester Hours
Prerequisites: SU 220, SU 112, Candidate for Graduation. This course provides students with an opportunity to complete a real world project. These projects will utilize principles learned in previous courses, with emphasis on training as group leader and in team participation to analyze and solve surveying field problems arising in surveying practice, planning and execution of projects, data collection and analysis of identification of natural and man-made features.
2 Semester Hours
Prerequisite: SU 220, SU 212, Candidate for Graduation. This course is designed to pull all aspects of the program together. Students will complete a portfolio of all work throughout the program as outlined in the assessment plan for formal evaluation and complete an exam prep component to prepare for the licensure exam.
1-3 Semester Hours
Prerequisite: Permission of Division Chair.
Presents courses in Surveying which the College expects to offer only once or occasionally in response to specific community needs. The course may consist of seminars, specialized or individual instruction, and/or research in an area related to Surveying.