Surveying US Public Lands. ((3 Credits))

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Prerequisite(s): EGDT 1400 , MATH 1060 or EGDT 1600 and 1610 or appropriate math placement score, Completed and Approved Matriculation into any Surveying and Mapping degree program. Studies U.S. Public Land Survey System (PLSS) as described in the current official Department of the Interior-Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Manual of Instructions for Surveying Public Lands with emphasis on federal, state, and other applicable laws, evidence, resurveys, and subdivision of sections. Covers a detailed study of general and special instructions, irregularities in subdivisions, lost and obliterated corners, single and double proportion methods, monumentation, riparian boundary laws and rights, hiatuses, mineral surveys, and official survey documents. Introduces Spanish and Mexican land grants, as well as state and national boundaries. Lab access fee of $45 for computers applies.