SUR 102
SUR 113
Intermediate Field Surveying
Field Survey Summer Practicum
A continuation of SUR 101 taught in conjunction
This lab course is based on knowledge gained
with SUR 112, this course is an introduction to the
in the first three quarters of the program. The
concepts of gathering and compiling topographic
students work on longer projects in boundary
survey data, profiles and cross-sections,
retracement, topographic surveying, and
field astronomy and the Global Positioning
construction surveying.
System (GPS). SUR 114 SUR 103
Field Survey Spring Practicum
Construction Surveying This lab course is based on knowledge gained up to the last four weeks of the third quarter of the
construction staking and boundary staking using
program. The students work on longer projects
traditional and modern techniques. This lecture
in boundary retracement, topographic surveying,
and laboratory course introduces field staking
and construction surveying.
techniques and reporting and includes lot corner staking, pipeline, route and slope staking, building
SUR 145
and site staking, and blue-topping. Students use
Public Land System I
tapes, total stations, data collectors, and GPS to achieve their goals.
This course covers the historical methods and framework of the American systems of
SUR 111
land division, with an emphasis on the Public
Field Surveying Lab I
Land System.
Taught in conjunction with SUR 101, this course
SUR 150
consists of practical field surveying assignments
CAD for Surveying I
including taping, leveling, horizontal and vertical angle measurement, Electronic Distance
This course introduces students to the AutoCAD
Measurement, traverse surveys, and equipment
software for the drawing and editing of figures,
maintenance and calibration. Students keep
text, blocks, paperspace, and plotting. It also
manual and electronic field notes.
introduces Autodesk Civil 3D for the preparation
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collector interface.
Field Surveying Lab II SUR 164 Taught in conjunction with SUR 102, this lab course
Survey Calculations
emphasizes topographic surveying techniques using hand note-keeping and electronic data
In this course students learn the practical
collection and GPS-RTK usage.
application of mathematical theory to the solution of grades, horizontal and vertical curves, coordinate geometry, intersection problems,
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