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The Surveying and Geomatics program teaches you the basic elements of surveying required of a land surveyor as well as part of the formal training required for professional license.
Our program emphasizes boundary surveying and includes history, dendrology, evaluating property corners, measuring boundaries, describing land by metes and bounds, calculating land areas, and using the Texas Coordinate System. You will also study mapping, route surveying, control surveying, the Global Positioning System (GPS), and electronic data collection.
After successful completion of our two-year program, you will earn the Associate of Applied Science degree. Graduates can enter the workforce as well-trained surveying technicians or can transfer to a four-year program in surveying such as the one conducted at the University of Texas – Tyler to earn a bachelor’s degree. (To become a registered professional land surveyor, a bachelor’s degree is required for professional licensure in Texas.)
- Catalog Year
- 2023-2024
- Degree Type
- AAS
- Available Online
- No
- Available Hybrid
- No
- TSI
- Complete
- Degree Plan
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Major Courses 38 Credits SRVY 1301 Introduction to Surveying
SRVY 1309 Surveying Measurement
DFTG 1309 Basic Computer-Aided Drafting
SRVY 1341 Land Surveying
SRVY 1335 Land Surveying Applications
SRVY 2309 Computer-Aided Mapping
SRVY 1319 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
SRVY 2331 Geodetic Surveying and Mapping
SRVY 2335 Geodetic Surveying and Mapping Applications
SRVY 2344 Surveying – Legal Principles II
SRVY 2339 Engineering Design Surveying
SRVY 2343 Surveying – Legal Principles I
SRVY 2286 Internship – Surveying Technology
General Education Requirements 18 Credits Every Associate of Applied Science degree plan must contain at least 15 semester hours of general education courses. At least one course must be taken from each of the following areas: humanities/fine arts (language, philosophy & culture/creative arts), social/behavioral science (social and behavioral sciences/American history/government/ political science), and natural science/mathematics (life and physical sciences/mathematics).
Major Courses: 38
General Education Requirements: 22
Total Semester Hours: 60Recommended Course Sequence:
First Semester Credit Hours SRVY 1301 Introduction to Surveying
3 SRVY 1309 Surveying Measurement
3 DFTG 1309 Basic Computer-Aided Drafting
3 ENGL 1301 Composition I 3 SPCH 1321 Bus. & Professional Communication OR
SPCH 13153 Second Semester Credit Hours EDUC 1300 Learning Framework OR
Social and Behavioral Sciences Core3 SRVY 1341 Land Surveying
3 SRVY 1335 Land Surveying Applications
3 SRVY 2309 Computer-Aided Mapping
3 MATH 1314 College Algebra
3 Third Semester Credit Hours SRVY 1319 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
3 SRVY 2331 Geodetic Surveying and Mapping
3 SRVY 2335 Geodetic Surveying and Mapping Applications
3 SRVY 2344 Surveying - Legal Principles II
3 MATH 1316 Plane Trigonometry 3 Fourth Semester Credit Hours SRVY 2339 Engineering Design Surveying
3 SRVY 2286 Internship - Surveying Technology
2 SRVY 2343 Surveying - Legal Principles I
3 PHYS 1405 Elementary Physics I
4 XXXX x3xx Language, Philosophy, and Culture Core OR
Creative Arts Core3 Total Semester Hours 60 Courses titled in bold type represent general education courses.