Surveying and Mapping
Program Requirements
Surveying and Mapping, Minor Program Checksheet
Includes:
- Minor Courses
- Admission and Transfer Requirements
- Graduation Requirements
Why Choose Surveying and Mapping Minor?
The objective of the minor program in surveying and mapping is to give the students a general understanding of how surveying measurements are performed and to gain familiarity with knowing how to use the field surveying instruments. The students completing this program should be able to:
- Perform basic differential leveling in the field
- Reduce differential leveling observations
- Understand the concept of field data collection using conventional and modern electronic data collection instruments such as an electronic total station
- Understand the concept of field data collection using the global positioning system (GPS) instruments
- Understand the basic concept of how to prepare a topographic map from actual survey data
- Perform traverse computations and simple traverse adjustment
- Develop an appreciation for establishing horizontal and vertical control for a small to medium size surveying project
- Have a basic understanding of the State Plane Coordinate System - Lambert conic projection in particular
Depending on the student's selection of the optional courses, the student completing this minor will demonstrate:
- Performing simple circular curve calculations
- Performing the field layout of a basic circular curve
- An appreciation for the basic photogrammetric concepts such as photo scale, flying height, overlap, side lap
- An understanding of the public land surveying systems
- An appreciation for the basic concepts of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Career Opportunities
The knowledge gained through this minor will enable the student who completes the program to function as a surveying technician within an organization.
More Information
School of Engineering and Computing Technology
Survey Engineering Technology Programs
915 Campus Drive, SWN 312
Big Rapids, MI 49307-2291
Phone: 231-591-2633
Email: [email protected]
https://www.ferris.edu/CET/ceems/surveying/index.htm
Ferris State University
College of Engineering Technology
1009 Campus Drive, JOH 200
Big Rapids, MI 49307-2280
Phone: 231-591-2890
Email: [email protected]
www.ferris.edu/technology