Offered at MCC - Longview

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SRVY 235 - Advanced Surveying (3 Cr.)
Prerequisite: SRVY 135 and DRAF 152. This course is a continuation of surveying skills introduced in SRVY 135 with an emphasis on advanced techniques beyond plane surveying such as geodetic control networks, practical astronomy, state plane coordinates, photogrammetry, and the US Public Land Surveys System.

SRVY 237 - Land Surveying (3 Cr.)
Prerequisite: SRVY 135. A study of the land survey practice of retracement and creation of new parcels as it relates to; the lot survey, the sectional survey, the water boundary survey. Further, standard business practice will be discussed.

MATH 105 - Algebra & Trigonometry for Land Surveyors (4 Cr.) ***
Prerequisite: Math 40. Review of order of operations, scientific notation, rounding and significant digits. Review of basic area and volume formulas with applications to more general shapes. Quadratic and linear functions including piecewise definitions. Distance formula, midpoint formula, equations of circles. Map reading, contours and elevation. Classification of angles and triangles. Right triangle trigonometry. Conversions between radians and degrees/minutes/seconds and decimal degrees. Law of sines, law of cosines, arc length, vectors, and bearing. For all topics there will be an emphasis on application appropriate to the study of land surveying. ($6.00 fee)
Taught via the Internet - $48.00 additional fee. Courses are located at http://distance.mcckc.edu
 

***Above class meets 10 weeks: May 19, 2008 thru July 24, 2008

SRVY 135 - Elementary Surveying (3 Cr.)
Prerequisite: Math 105, 130 or 150. Introduction to the care and use of optical surveying instruments; Transits, Total Stations and Auto Levels. Use of cloth tapes, steel tapes and electronic distance machines.  Reduction of slope measurements to horizontal and vertical components. Measurement, field data reduction and adjustment of a closed traverse. Horizontal and vertical curves, earthwork and coordinates. Extensive field work, field notes and electronic data collection. Introduction to systematic and random errors.
($10.00 fee)

SRVY 236 - Boundary Control and Legal Principles (3 Cr.)
Prerequisite: SRVY 135. A study of the legal principles of land boundaries, section corners, area; interpretations of land descriptions, identification of land parcels; legal principles of boundary locations, and the United States land survey system.

SRVY 244 - Fundamentals of GPS Surveying (3 Cr.)
Prerequisite: SRVY 135. The purpose of this course is to introduce the student and practitioner to the modern practices of satellite surveying with an emphasis on its origins in physical geodesy.