Elementary Surveying

Catalog description

The objectives of this first course in surveying are to introduce the surveying profession (including licensure and DEIB in surveying), and cover the fundamental surveying principles, techniques, and practices. Concepts covered in the course include: Introduction to surveying principles and practices; basic measurement statistics; use and care of equipment; differential leveling; measurement and computations of distances, angles, and directions; field note keeping; surveying safety; surveying profession. As a result of completing the classroom component of the course, students will be able to: (1) make accurate conversions between commonly used surveying units, (2) apply the rules of significant figures to surveying measurements and calculations, (3) identify sources and types of error in surveying measurements, (4) collect and adjust differential leveling measurements, (5) understand angles, azimuths, and bearings used in surveying, (6) collect angle and distance measurements using modern surveying instruments and techniques, (7) compute accuracy / precision statistics for angle and distance measurements, (8) collect measurements of coordinate geometry problems.