Students also have access to reference materials located in the school library. Core Course Descriptions SU100 Technical Drawing 4.0 Credit Hours Demonstrates the basics of engineering drafting and the use of appropriate equipment. While applying acquired skills in graphic language to survey traverse drafting, topographic maps and profiles. Drafting II 2.0 Credit Hours Continues Survey Drafting 1 with emphasis on topography, land development and engineering drawings. I 4.0 Credit Hours Introduces basic surveying field procedures including pacing, chaining, differential leveling, and as-built surveys.
Emphasis is placed on neat, legible, and accurate field notes.
Credit Hours Expands skills acquired in Field Surveying 1 with the addition of angle determination and traversing, while applying accumulated knowledge to intermediate level projects. Surveying III 3.0 Credit Hours Continues building valuable field skills by adding error analysis and data adjustment. and applying accumulated knowledge to more advanced projects. 4.5 Credit Hours Learn the art of writing clear, concise, and accurate land boundary descriptions while simultaneously learning how to interpret legal descriptions written by others. SU203 Public Lands Survey System 5.0 Credit Hours Learn how to follow in the footsteps' of the original surveyor of the US rectangular system in order to restore lost corners and subdivide sections. Survey Trigonometry 5.5 Credit Hours Presents plane geometry and trigonometry fundamentals as they apply to surveying.