Minor in Land Surveying (Non-Teaching)
This minor is designed to provide students with perspective and skills to pursue a successful career in surveying or a surveying related field. The focus is on courses related to surveying such as photogrammetry, global positioning systems, U.S. Public Land Survey System, legal principles of surveying, and project design in surveying. Enrollment in this minor is open to all engineering and non-engineering students.
The Land Surveying Minor, completed co-incident with a Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering Technology degree, is designed to satisfy the land surveying curriculum requirements established by the Montana Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors to be eligible to take the Fundamentals of Surveying (FS) Exam. Students from other major degree programs interested in pursuing professional land surveyor licensure should contact the Civil Engineering Department before enrolling in the Land Surveying Minor.
Program Learning Outcomes
- An ability to identify, formulate, and solve surveying problems by applying principles of surveying and mathematics.
- An ability to apply both analysis and synthesis in the surveying design process, resulting in designs that meet desired needs.
- An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use surveying related judgment to draw conclusions.
- An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
- An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in surveying related situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of surveying related solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
- An ability to recognize the ongoing need for additional knowledge and locate, evaluate, integrate, and apply this knowledge appropriately.
- An ability to function effectively on teams that establish goals, plan tasks, meet deadlines, and analyze risk and uncertainty.
- A ability to satisfy statues in the State of Montana to become eligible to take the Fundamentals of Surveying Exam.
| Survey Techniques -12 Credits | ||
| SRVY 230 | Intro to Surveying for Engineers | 3 |
| SRVY 273 | Route Surveying | 3 |
| or ECIV 350 | Transportation Engineering | |
| SRVY 375 | Analytic Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing | 3 |
| ECIV 456 | Highway Geometric Design | 3 |
| or GPHY 426 | Remote Sensing | |
| Principles and Practices of Land Surveying - 15 Credits | ||
| SRVY 355 | Surveying Calculations | 3 |
| SRVY 361 | Intro Legal Princ in Surveying | 3 |
| SRVY 362 | Public Land Survey System | 3 |
| SRVY 474 | Project Design in Surveying | 3 |
| BGEN 361 | Principles of Business Law | 3 |
| or AGBE 337 | Agricultural Law | |
| Elective - 3 Credits | ||
| GPHY 284 | Intro to GIS Science & Cartog | 3 |
| or GPHY 357 | GPS Fund/App in Mapping | |
| or GPHY 384 | Adv GIS and Spatial Analysis | |
| or GPHY 484R | Applied GIS & Spatial Analysis | |
| Total Credits | 30 | |
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Courses have prerequisites that must be satisfied prior to enrollment in surveying minor courses. Contact the Civil Engineering Department for more information.