Land Surveying Certificate

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Land surveying is the branch of surveying which deals with the general aspect of the surveying, establishing/reestablishing, and describing the boundaries of real property, condominiums, and easements, and rights-of-way. The practicing land surveyor must be registered or licensed in accordance with state statutes.

1. The following courses comprise the program:

SUR 2550 - Surveying Computations
SUR 3220 - Real Property Descriptions
SUR 3400 - Professional Ethics and Critical Reasoning
SUR 3540 - Boundary Law I
SUR 3800 - Public Land Survey System
SUR 4530 - Site Planning
SUR 4540 - Boundary Law II

Total: 19

2. All courses are required.

Prerequisites for the courses listed above may include one or more of the following: SUR 2520 - Surveying II, SUR 2530 - Route Surveying, and SUR 2620 - Survey Drafting - CAD, in addition to college courses in calculus, probability and statistics, and physics. See advisor for details.