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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
SURV 60 | Title:
INTRO PLANE SURVEYING |
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Full Title:
Introduction to Plane Surveying |
Last Reviewed:1/25/2021 |
Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
Maximum | 4.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
Minimum | 4.00 | Lab Scheduled | 3.00 | 8 min. | Lab Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| Contact Total | 6.00 | | Contact Total | 105.00 |
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| Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 210.00 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade Only
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Catalog Description:
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Introduction to the principles and practice of plane surveying, including measurements for distance, direction, elevation and position, topographic and planimetric mapping, and use and care of surveying equipment.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Course Completion of APTECH 90A and APTECH 90B; OR Course Completion or Concurrent Enrollment in APTECH 191 OR MATH 27
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Introduction to the principles and practice of plane surveying, including measurements for distance, direction, elevation and position, topographic and planimetric mapping, and use and care of surveying equipment.
(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Course Completion of APTECH 90A and APTECH 90B; OR Course Completion or Concurrent Enrollment in APTECH 191 OR MATH 27
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: | |
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CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2015 | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Both Certificate and Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Describe the concepts of plane surveying, including the Public Land Survey System (PLSS).
2. Properly set up and operate plane surveying equipment.
3. Interpret and record data and field notes.
4. Analyze and compute survey and engineering findings.
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Define the different types of land surveying and their uses.
2. Summarize the proper procedures and use of surveying equipment used in this course.
3. Prepare proper surveying notes and information.
4. Perform surveying computations involving angles, directions, distances, areas, volumes, and vertical and horizontal positions.
5. Calculate horizontal measurements by manual and electronic methods.
6. Determine the elevation difference between points using multiple survey leveling methods.
7. Lay out, measure, analyze and adjust level runs, field traverses and topographic side shots.
8. Compute direction of a line from field data and record data using magnetic and geodetic information.
9. Compute the relative position of points by traversing.
10. Calculate basic curve data and lay out basic horizontal curves.
11. Prepare a topographic map from surveying data and information.
12. Identify the characteristics of and summarize basic procedures used in the PLSS.
Topics and Scope
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I. Introduction to Plane Surveying
A. Procedures
B. Equipment
C. Units of measure
II. Field Notes: Preparation and Use of Field Notes
A. Purpose and preparation
B. Proper composition in the field
C. Office use of field notes
III. Land Surveying and Measurement Error
A. Basic error specification and determination
B. Basic error management and correction
IV. Leveling
A. Theory
B. Equipment
C. Vertical datums
D. Process
E. Computations
V. Distance Measurement
A. Theory
B. Process
C. Horizontal datums
1. North American Datum 1927 (NAD 27)
2. North American Datum 1983 (NAD 83)
D. Methods
1. Taping
2. Electronic
VI. Horizontal Curves
A. Alignment geometry and basic calculations
B. Defining and calculating basic curve elements
C. Layout
VII. Vertical Curves
A. Alignment geometry and basic calculations
B. Defining and calculating vertical curve elements
C. Layout
VIII. Electronic Instruments and Electronic Measurements
A. History of survey measurement equipment
B. Use and care of electronic measurement equipment
IX. Traversing
A. Procedures
B. Computations and adjustments
C. Computing area
D. Field notes
X. Mapping Surveys
A. Types and methods
B. Mapping and simple plat preparation
XI. Introduction to PLSS
All topics are covered in the lecture and lab portions of the course.
Assignments:
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Lecture-Related Assignments:
1. Reading assignments (1-2 chapters per week)
2. Homework problem sets (10-20)
3. Exams (3-5)
4. Final exam
Lab-Related Assignments:
1. Weekly field exercises, performance evaluations, and reports
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 5 - 15% |
Reports | |
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving 15 - 25% |
Homework problem sets, field exercises and reports | |
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations 30 - 40% |
Field exercises, performance evaluations | |
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams 25 - 35% |
Exams and final exam | |
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category 5 - 10% |
Class participation | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Elementary Surveying: An Introduction to Geomatics. 15th ed. Ghilani, Charles. Pearson. 2018
Instructor-prepared materials
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