5/9/2025 5:42:47 AM	SURV 53 Course Outline as of Spring 2009	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  SURV 53	Title:  RT SURVEY & DESIGN
Full Title:  Route Surveying & Design
Last Reviewed:12/13/2021

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		17.5 min.	Lab Scheduled	52.50
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	6.00			Contact Total	105.00
		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
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  CEST 53

Catalog Description:

Route surveying and design. Geometric design and construction staking of transportation routes.  Use of electronic surveying equipment, computers, data collectors, and introduction to photogrammetry, and global positioning systems.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of SURV 51 (or CEST 50B or CET 50B) and CEST 51 (or CET 51).

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Route surveying and design. Geometric design and construction staking of transportation routes. Use of electronic surveying equipment, computers, data collectors. Introduction to photogrammetry and global positioning systems.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of SURV 51 (or CEST 50B or CET 50B) and CEST 51 (or CET 51).
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: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

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

Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to:

1.  Develop a route location for a transportation project.

2.  Summarize the proper use of the total station and data collector

   software and hardware.

3.  Perform a field survey for control, topographic and planimetric

   surveys.

4.  Prepare maps, plats and drawings from field data.

5.  Prepare a photogrammetric surveying layout.

6.  Perform complex computations related to photogrammetric surveys, right

   of way acquisition surveys, roadway alignments, earthwork volumes,

   slope staking, and global positioning surveys.

7.  Design and lay out roadways using civil and surveying CAD

   software/hardware and surveying equipment.

8.  Perform a field survey to slope stake a roadway.

9.  Compute earthwork and other construction volumes.

10. Prepare route surveying documentation for different types of projects.

Topics and Scope

I.    Route Location Process

II.   Control Surveys

III.  Data Collectors

IV.   Photogrammetry

V.    Highway Geometrics

VI.   Highway Design and Layout

VII.  Determining Construction Quantities

VIII. Slope Staking

IX.   Introduction to GPS (Global Positioning System)

Assignments:

1. Read approximately one chapter of the textbook per week

2. Homework: 6 to 10 problems assigned from textbook or instructor handouts

3. Weekly field exercises

4. Midterm exams: 4

5. Final exam

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 0 - 0%
None
This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because problem solving assessments and skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 25 - 35%
Homework problems, Field work, Lab reports
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 30 - 40%
Field work, Performance exams
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 25 - 35%
Multiple choice, Matching items, Completion, Computational
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 10%
Class Participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Surveying with Construction Applications, 6th Edition, Kavanaugh, Prentice Hall, 2007

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