The Surveying Engineering Technology program trains individuals to enter a career in professional surveying. The program is designed to provide a graduate with sufficient skills to enter surveying practice and succeed.
The Surveying Engineering Technology program provides quality instruction in surveying and engineering topics blended with business and communications. The objective of the program is fulfilled by providing students with a foundation in mathematics, science, communications, social science, and humanities; coupled with topics in plane surveying, construction surveying, photogrammetry, remote sensing, boundary law, civil engineering technology, cadastral surveying, global positioning systems, land development design, and geographic information systems. Upon graduation students can expect to be able to:
- Demonstrate and apply acquired knowledge, techniques, skills, and modern tools of surveying practice to emerging applications of surveying using mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to provide and improve surveying services.
- Apply creativity appropriate to the surveying process by functioning effectively on teams that solve technical problems, through effective communications and application of surveying engineering technology.
- Have the ability to pursue lifelong learning and have a commitment to quality, timeliness and continuous improvement in the profession of surveying.
- Recognize professional, societal, ethical, and global responsibilities while respecting diversity.
The student is taught a variety of surveying topics in a highly technical and rigorous curriculum. The primary focus is educating students to enter a rewarding career as a professional land surveyor. Students that enjoy outdoor activities will enjoy a career in land surveying.
Degrees are awarded upon satisfactory completion of 126 credits at an accumulative grade point average of not less than 2.0 overall. Students must also achieve at least a 2.0 grade point average in all required SVT/CET courses. The SVT program is being visited for accreditation by TAC/ABET (Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) in the FAll 2006.
Selected surveying specific courses in the SVT curriculum are CET 101 (Plane Surveying) and CET 202 (Construction Surveying). These course descriptions can be found under the Construction Management Technology course descriptions of the catalog.
The recommended sequence of the four-year curriculum is outlined below. Copies can be obtained in the School of Engineering Technology office.
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