It’s like this: you sit down in the back seat of your grandparents’ car and immediately spy the jumbo road atlas. You pick it up and are enraptured by each map, thankfully blocking out your grandfather’s thirty-sixth telling of his appendectomy story.
Surveying, a field of study often listed under a civil engineering program, is concerned with all aspects of the land around us. As a Surveying major, you’ll study data collection techniques such as photogrammetry and satellite positioning. You’ll learn about geographic information systems and other computer programs. You’ll study drafting and site planning, and you’ll be exposed to astronomy, geography, and other fields involving measurement.
As a Surveying major, your primary concern will be the physical environment—its beauties, problems, resources, and effects. You’ll study how natural resources should and can be preserved and protected. You’ll investigate the ways in which different aspects of the land affect each other. You’ll study the land in order to tackle issues like hazardous waste, deforestation, wildlife endangerment, and border disputes.
Eventually, your major in Surveying might lead you into a career with railroads, urban planning, architecture, land development, or public utilities. Your knowledge of the land—and the skills you develop to study it—can lead to endless opportunities.
Astronomy for Surveyors
Cartography
Construction Surveying
Ethics and Professionalism
Geodesy
Geodetic Models
Land Development Design
Land Information Systems
Legal Principles of Boundary Surveying
Map Projections and Coordinate Systems
Photogrammetry
Plane Surveying
Practical Field Problems
Public Land Survey System Boundaries
Remote Sensing
Route Surveying
Stormwater Design
Surveying Data Adjustment and Analysis
Surveying Drafting
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