Many surveyors become private practitioner small business owners.
This technical and managerial background needed to survive and prosper in this occupation. The American Congress on Surveying and Mapping has issued a proclamation stating a baccalaureate degree is necessary to cover the needed material for initial entry the profession . There is required internship of at least two years following graduation, before being able to take the requisite registration examination. Students admitted to the University are initially placed in the University College. Students are urged to declare their major as soon as they satisfy the above requirements.