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COURSE SYLLABUS

1. TITLE OF COURSE: Surveying II
PREFIX/NUMBER: ENT 142 CREDIT HOURS: 4.0
2. PREREQUISITE: ENT 141
3. RESOURCES NEEDED:
TEXT: Elementary Surveying by Brinker & Wolf, 8th Ed., Harper & Row.
SUPPLIES: Notebook, pencils, transit field book, and orange field vest
4. COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Introduction to topographic and land surveying.  Advanced construction-surveying techniques including curves, grades, and slope staking.  Use and care of theodolites and electronic total station equipment.
5. COURSE GOAL:
  To expose the student to aspects of surveying so the student will be able to enter the job market as a surveyor's assistant.
6. COURSE OBJECTIVES:
A. The student will be able to define a traverse, angles right and left, deflection angles, and interior angles. Also azimuths, bearings, back direction, latitudes and departures.
B. The student will be able to focus the theodolite telescope to eliminate parallax, and read horizontal and vertical angles to the smallest graduation possible.
C. The student will be able to set‑up a Total-Station in a short period of time and take EDM shots.
D. The student will be able to eliminate instrument and reflector error and properly take care of the instrument.
E. The student will be able to sketch and adjust a closed traverse to include bearings, azimuths, total error, accuracy, coordinates, and area.
F. The student will compute the area enclosed in a traverse by the double meridian distance method and coordinate method.
G. The student will demonstrate a basic knowledge of land surveying, metes and bounds, subdivision descriptions, monumentation, and the U.S. rectangular system of surveying.
H. The student will demonstrate a basic knowledge of the principle and applications of photogrammetry.
I.

The student will demonstrate familiarity with making horizontal ties to control networks for locating topographic detail.

J.

The student must be able to calculate and set grades in the field indicating the necessary cuts and fills.

K.

The student will be able to set and reference important control points.

L. The student will be able to use a data collector and the related computer software to integrate data from a survey electronically.
7. EVALUATION PROCEDURES:
Eighty percent of the student's grade will come from his/her participation in, and understanding of, lab problems, which will be given in the field. Each student will be graded on his/her ability to solve field problems using the surveying equipment, calculations made, and on the field notes generated from these problems.
Twenty percent will come from written quizzes, mid‑term and a final test that will be given during the semester.
At the completion of this course the student should be able to perform all basic surveying operations.  This will be evidenced be the successful completion of 76% of the tasks in each unit.
Raw Score Range Letter Grade
100 - 94 A
  93 - 87 B
  86 - 76 C
  75 - 70 D
  69 - 0 F
Special Remarks:
1. Students are expected to do their own work in all engineering classes.  Plagiarism, copying, or presenting others work as one's own is considered cheating, will result in a zero for that assignment, and could lead to a students dismissal from class.
2. Attendance:  College policy states that students may be dropped from enrollment when absent 20% of the scheduled class meetings.  If enrolled from the beginning of the term, 15 hours will usually constitute 20% of a four-credit semester course which meets five hours per week.  Reinstatement procedures are described in the PCC catalog
3. Tardy Policy:  A student who is late three times (enters classroom after the instructor has taken roll) will be charged with one full absence unless the student can provide valid reasons for one or more of these tardies.
4. Assignments/Missed Exams:  It is the student's responsibility, whether present or absent, to obtain all material presented and to complete all course assignments.  If prior arrangements are made or extenuating circumstances exist, makeup of tests may be allowed.  Late homework papers will not be accepted unless those same extenuating circumstances exist.  Makeup of quizzes is to be at the instructor's discretion.

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COURSE OUTLINE

9. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:
To be successful in this course, students are expected to participate in discussions, readings, in-class writing, and peer review activities. The instructor may assign point values to such activities.
10. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor.
11. ADA NOTICE:
Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.