CON 2011 - Surveying

1 lecture hours 2 lab hours 2 credits

Course Description
This course presents the methods and principles of field execution and office procedures required in construction surveying, with an emphasis on typical layout requirements. Legal issues, property descriptions, professional responsibilities, and professional ethics are discussed. (prereq: none)

Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Explain the use of surveying equipment
Discuss techniques required to conduct a basic construction layout
Use standard surveying equipment, including equipment with advanced features (e.g., GPS)
Prepare legal documents related to surveying, such as plats of survey and legal descriptions of parcels of land

Prerequisites by Topic

High school trigonometry

Course Topics

Handling and care of equipment
Setup and operation of transit and total station
Horizontal distances, taping, and EDM
Horizontal angles, reading and recording, repetition
Horizontal curve theory and practice
Layout, distances and angles, error tolerances
U.S. federal land system, deeds, property descriptions
Traverses, closing areas, layout

Laboratory Topics

Weekly hands-on exercises and interactive problem-solving sessions that reinforce the weekly lecture topics

Coordinator
Dr. Jera Sullivan

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