12/27/2024 10:49:31 AM	CEST 59A Course Outline as of Fall 1995	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  CEST 59A	Title:  BNDRY CNTRL/LEG PRN
Full Title:  Boundary Control & Legal Principles
Last Reviewed:12/13/2021

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		17.5 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  CET 59A

Catalog Description:

Introduction to concepts of property line location including legal principles, history and current practices and procedures.  Designed for those in the fields of surveying, engineering, title insurance or real estate.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Completion of CEST 50B (formerly CET 50B) with a grade of "C" or better or demonstrated knowledge of survey principles and practices with portfolio.

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Introduction to concepts of property line location including legal principles, history & current practices & procedures.  Designed for those in the fields of surveying, engineering, title insurance or real estate.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Completion of CEST 50B (formerly CET 50B) with a grade of "C" or better or demonstrated knowledge of survey principles and practices with portfolio.
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

The students will:

1.  Summarize the historical development of current land law in the

   U.S. and California.

2.  Identify the concept of evidence and list in order the principles

   of evidence.

3.  Interpret various deeds and develop a sketch of the boundary.

4.  Analyze several different survey units of measurements and determine

   the error and accuracy of each measurement.

5.  Prepare legal descriptions from survey plots.

6.  Compare legal descriptions and determine junior and senior rights.

Topics and Scope

1.  Historical development of property surveying.

2.  Survey measurements, errors and computation.

3.  Evidence.

4.  Preservation of evidence.

5.  Location establishment by statutory proceedings.

6.  Procedures for locating  written title boundaries.

7.  Apportionment procedures for land and water boundaries.

8.  Plotting laws and original surveys.

9.  Survey plots.

10. Writing descriptions.

Assignments:

Written and computational assignments related to:

1.  Relation of land surveying to contemporary society.

2.  Concept of ownership, title development used by Western civilization

   up to American Colonial period.

3.  Concepts of English common law.

4.  Surveying units and measurements, including errors and accuracy.

5.  Chain of evidence, conclusions and proof.

6.  Origin of ownership and title.

7.  Practical application of evidence to surveying practice of boundary

   location.

8.  Boundary location by statutory proceedings; quiet title, eminent

   domain.

9.  California law and recording procedures.

10. Interpreting deeds.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 10 - 25%
Essay exams
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 10 - 25%
Homework problems, Exams, DEED DESCRIPTION
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 30 - 40%
Performance exams, DEED INTERPRETATION
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 25 - 35%
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 10%
Class Participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURES FOR BOUNDARY CONTROL, 3rd ed. by Brown,

Robillard and Wilson; Wiley-Interscience, 1986.

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