Overview of the Curriculum

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Overview of the Curriculum

• Evergreen Valley College
• San Jose, CA
• Sponsored by the NSF

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Introduction

• This portion of the presentation summarizes the
  courses and discusses how each course provides
  the knowledge and skills required by the
  industry, licensing, certification and
  articulation processes.

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Proposed CET Certificate Program
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Proposed CET A.S. Degree Program
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• Summary of the Required Courses

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Applied Technical Problem Solving

• Topics
• Problem solving in land surveying
• Geometry topics
• Algebraic topics
• Trigonometric topics
• Oblique triangles
• Basic analytic geometry
• Horizontal and vertical curve formulas

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Applied Technical Problem Solving

• Learning Outcomes
• Apply math in land surveying
• Determine the azimuth and bearing angles
• Solve right triangles
• Solve acute and oblique triangles with the laws
  of sines and cosines
• Find projections of a line in the latitude and
  departure directions
• Perform traverse calculations
• Determine the area of an irregular lot
• Find the latitudes and departures of intersection
  points among lines and circles
• Determine the direction of a line
• Apply the horizontal and vertical formulas for
  route design
• Requirements met
• Licensing exams, SCANs, and NSPS-ACSM
  certification

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Introduction to Surveying

• Topics
• Introduction to the surveying profession
• Units, significant figures and field notes
• Theory of errors in observations
• Leveling - theory
• Leveling field procedures
• Distance measurement
• Angles, azimuths and bearings
• Total station instruments angle measurements
• Traversing methods
• Traverse computations
• Introduction to GPS surveying

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Introduction to Surveying

• Learning Outcomes
• Explain the types of surveying and the surveying
  profession
• Use proper units in surveying
• Conduct error analyses in observations
• Operate a variety of equipment used in surveying
• Take field notes
• Perform leveling measurements and related
  calculations
• Perform distance measurements and related
  calculations
• Perform angle measurement and related calculation
  
• Conduct traversing and carry out the
  calculations and write lab reports
• Use GPS to measure positions
• Recognize the need for professional registration
  or licensing in land surveying
• Requirements met
• Licensing exams, SCANs, NSPS-ACSM
  certification, articulation

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Plane Surveying

• Topics
• Topographical details and mapping surveys
• Coordinate geometry in surveying computations and
  area calculations
• Reference datums and control surveys
• Route surveying
• Horizontal and vertical curves
• PLSS
• SPCS
• Introduction to GIS

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Plane Surveying

• Learning Outcomes
• Perform
• mapping surveying
• control surveying and
• route surveying
• Calculate horizontal and vertical curves
• Perform coordinate geometry calculations
• Understand the reference datums
• Conduct research on control points and use NGS
  data sheet
• Understand the public land surveying system and
  the important of PLSS corners
• Have basic knowledge of the SPCS
• Have basic knowledge of GIS applications in
  surveying
• Requirements met
• Licensing exams, SCANs, NSPS-ACSM
  certification, articulation

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Construction Surveying

• Topics
• Horizontal and vertical control
• Highway curves and highway construction surveys
• Alignments and design grades
• Municipal street construction surveys
• Pipeline and tunnel construction surveys
• Culverts and bridge construction surveys
• Structures (building) layout
• As-built surveys, verification surveys,
  settlement surveys
• Project management for surveying tasks

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Construction Surveying

• Learning Outcomes
• Apply the theories and knowledge of plane
  surveying in various constructions surveying
• Perform construction surveying for highway,
  streets, pipeline, tunnels, culverts, bridges,
  residential and commercial buildings, etc
• Evaluate project requirements
• Determine the accuracy and precision necessary to
  control and layout the construction projects.
• Perform construction staking
• Conduct project planning and management
• Requirements met
• Licensing exams, SCANs, NSPS-ACSM certification

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Boundary Control and Legal Principles

• Topics
• How boundaries are created
• Ownership, transfer and description of real
  properties
• Boundaries, law and presumptions
• Creation of various boundaries
• Riparian and littoral boundaries
• Resurveying and retracing sectionalized lands
• Locating sequential conveyances
• Locating simultaneously created boundaries
• Locating combination descriptions and conveyances

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Boundary Control and Legal Principles

• Learning outcomes
• Explain the role of land surveyors in boundary
  related issues
• Resolve issues related to ownership transfer and
  description of real properties
• Interpret boundary laws
• Create a variety of legal boundaries
• Locate easements and reversions
• Determine riparian and littoral boundaries
• Conduct resurveys and retracing surveys
• Requirements met
• Licensing exams, SCANs, NSPS-ACSM certification

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California Coordinate System

• Topics
• Projections used in SPCS83
• SPC in NAD27 and NAD83
• Computing SPCS83 coordinates
• The direct problem
• The inverse problem
• Reduction of distance and angles to state plane
  coordinate grids
• Survey extended from one zone to another
• Conversion between SPCS27 and SPCS83

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California Coordinate System

• Learning Outcomes
• Convert geodetic coordinates to plane coordinates
• Convert plane coordinates to geodetic coordinates
• Calculate the convergence angle
• Convert geodetic to azimuth to grid azimuth
• Calculate scale factors
• Calculate combined scale factor and apply to
  field measurement
• Requirements met
• Licensing exams, NSPS-ACSM certification

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Introduction to Photogrammetry

• Topics
• Aerial cameras
• Vertical aerial photographs
• Stereoscopic plots
• Orthophotos
• Ground control for photogrammetry
• Flight planning

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Introduction to Photogrammetry

• Learning Outcomes
• Apply the principles and theories of
  photogrammetry
• Identify the equipment used in photogrammetry
• Calculate scale, flight height, ground
  coordinates and relief displacements
• Explain the stereoscopic operations and
  orthophotos
• Perform planning and ground control of
  photogrammetric operations
• Identify error and mistakes in the photogrammetry
• Requirements met
• Licensing exams, SCANs, NSPS-ACSM certification

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Astronomy for Surveyors

• Topics
• Time
• Observation with a Theodolite
• Latitude Determination
• Azimuth Determination

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Astronomy for Surveyors

• Learning Outcomes
• Apply astronomy in surveying
• Explain the terms and definitions in astronomical
  observations
• Differentiate times in astronomical observations
• Follow procedures to determine the altitude
  azimuth of the Sun or a star
• Determine latitude and azimuth with astronomical
  observations
• Requirements met
• Licensing exams, SCANs, NSPS-ACSM certification

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Technical Writing and Legal Description in
Surveying

• Topics
• Parts of a technical report
• Proposals
• Agreements (Contracts)
• Request for proposal (RFP)
• Other business documentation
• Letter of transmittal, performance reviews,
  position descriptions, land planning and land
  development applications, invoices and billing
  statements
• Field notes and sketches
• Types and parts of legal descriptions
• Constructing and construing descriptions
• Nonsectionalized lands
• Sectionalized lands (PLSS)
• Water boundaries
• Easements
• Laws and statues

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Technical Writing and Legal Description in
Surveying

• Learning Outcomes
• Write technical reports, proposals, and contract
• Draft various business documents
• Write field notes and map notes, and create
  sketches
• Identify the elements and types of land
  description
• Write
• Mete description
• Bound description
• Combined description
• Strip description
• Aliquot description
• Reference description
• Miscellaneous descriptions
• Tax description
• Subdivision description
• Interpret legal descriptions
• Requirements met
• Licensing exams, SCANs, NSPS-ACSM certification

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Global Positioning System for Land Surveying

• Topics
• GPS and land surveying
• Segments of GPS
• Position determination principles
• GPS surveying techniques
• Static
• Fast-Static
• Post-processed kinematics
• RTK
• Stake-out
• Mission planning and network design
• Data transfer and post process data
• Accuracy, error sources and measurement analysis

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Global Positioning System for Land Surveying

• Learning outcomes
• Describe the principles of GPS surveying
• Perform planning and network design
• Setup a GPS system for surveying
• Perform Post-processed and RTK surveys and
  acquire appropriate GPS data
• Perform data transfer
• Post process the GPS data
• Perform error analysis of the acquired GPS and
  other measured data
• Generate field notes appropriate to GPS surveying
• Produce written reports to communicate results of
  field surveys
• Requirements met
• Licensing exams, SCANs, NSPS-ACSM certification

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CAD for Civil Engineering, Surveying and Land
Development

• Topics
• LD drawing basics
• Parcel computations
• Terrain surface modeling and contours
• Roadway design and cross sections
• Templates
• Transitional alignments
• Slope control, superelevation and grading
• Autodesk survey
• Traverse
• Volume computations
• Creating improvement plans for civil engineering
  and land development projects

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CAD for Civil Engineering, Surveying and Land
Development

• Learning outcomes
• Start and set up a new drawing or open an
  existing drawing utilizing AutoCAD/LDD software
• Create, edit, and manage civil engineering
  features
• Import and export point data from field surveys
  and external files
• Perform parcel computations for area, boundary
  information and subdivision
• Create a finish grade or design surface
• Create, edit and label contours
• Design roadways
• Download and up-load data to a data collector
• Perform traverse with Autodesk/LDD
• Draw and define civil design templates
• Compute earthwork volumes using alignments,
  profiles, cross sections and design templates
• Create a set of improvement plans using
  Autodesk/LDD software (plan view, profile view,
  cross sections, details)
• Requirements met
• Licensing exams, SCANs, NSPS-ACSM certification

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Geographical Information System for Civil
Engineering and Surveying

• Topics
• GIS and the land surveyor
• The Multipurpose Cadastre
• Database basics
• Data types and sources
• Getting data into the system
• Data analysis
• FGDC standards
• GIS design
• Case studies
• Privacy and policy issues
• Future trends

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Geographical Information System for Civil
Engineering and Surveying

• Learning Outcomes
• Use GIS related software.
• Apply GIS knowledge in civil engineering and land
  surveying fields
• Incorporate CAD drawing and surveying data into
  GIS.
• Analyze and interpret data
• Build a multipurpose land information system with
  GIS technology by linking geodetic reference,
  base map, cadastral overlay and other information
  overlays
• Identify, formulate and solve GIS problems
• Recognize the need for lifelong learning and gain
  lifelong learning skills
• Recognize the need for professional registration
  or licensing in land surveying
• Requirements met
• Licensing exams, SCANs, NSPS-ACSM
  certification, articulation

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Map, Subdivision Map Act and Land Surveyors Act

• Topics
• Accuracy standards for mapping
• Cartographic map elements
• Map design and layout
• Map preparation with CAD or GIS
• mapping surveys
• Land Surveyors Act
• License requirements
• Definition of survey practice
• Land surveying business and business title
• Surveying practices
• Photogrammetry
• Subdivision Map Act
• Types of subdivisions
• Title company involvement in the subdivision
  process
• Processing parcel and final maps
• Processing tentative maps
• A.L.T.A. Surveys

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Map, Subdivision Map Act and Land Surveyors Act

• Learning outcomes
• Describe the types of maps used and prepared by
  surveyors and engineers
• Explain the licensing requirements for land
  surveyors
• Draft maps
• Conduct topographical surveys
• Describe and define legal requirements placed on
  the preparation of certain maps
• Conduct lot line adjustment and lot mergers
• Describe the A.L.T.A standards and requirements
• Use GIS and CAD software in map preparation
• Requirements met
• Licensing exams, SCANs, NSPS-ACSM
  certification,

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• Summary of the Electives

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• Cooperative Education
• Provides students with working experience toward
  students academic, professional and personal
  goals in civil engineering technology/surveying.

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• Engineering Design and Graphics
• Fundamental of AutoCAD
• Advanced AutoCAD
• Teach engineering graphic principles, and CAD
  skills. Provide the foundation for CAD in civil
  engineering, land development and surveying.
  Engineering Design and Graphics is a transferable
  courses.

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• Engineering Processes and Tools
• Introduction to engineering, engineering
  problems solving, and engineering design process.
  Land surveyors work with engineers in civil
  engineering and land development. A good
  understanding of the engineering process is
  necessary. This is a transferable course.

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• Introduction to Computing
• Microsoft Office
• Teaching basic computer skills as well as
  computer programming. The skills are required in
  todays working environments. Introduction to
  Computing is a transferable course.

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• Concepts of Management
• Organization Management
• Small Business Management
• These courses teach business management skills.
  The skills are high on the list of skills
  mentioned by the respondents in the industry
  survey. In addition, many land surveyors operate
  their own surveying business and good management
  practice is essential to the success of the
  business.

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Discussions

• What else should be included in a land surveying
  curriculum?
• What should a comprehensive two-year Civil
  Engineering Technology program cover?