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What is Surveying Engineering?
Do you like mathematics, law, science, leading edge technology, working with computers, being outdoors? How about maps? Perhaps the idea of being a critical part of a multidisciplinary design team improving the world around us appeals to you? If so, you may wish to consider a career as a Surveying Engineer.

Surveying Engineers are involved with land boundaries; retracing existing ones or establishing new ones. They use and manage Geographic Information Systems. Surveyors determine the size, shape and gravitational forces of the earth and make extensive use of the Global Positioning System. Surveyors support the design and layout of infrastructure to include highways, railroads, bridges, tunnels, buildings and utilities. They perform critical tasks in the fields of natural resource management, mineral exploration and navigation. Surveying engineers produce maps of the surface of the earth both above and below the water.

A career in Surveying Engineering offers all the diversity that you may want. Jobs are plentiful and are available in government, the military, the private sector and in academics. As a Surveying Engineer, the only thing that will ever hold you back is what you are willing to settle for.

Watch Our Surveying Engineering Videos:
Video 1 (14.5 MB) - Students Win National Competition
Video 2 (23.5 MB) - Academic Overview
Video 3 (YouTube) - Leica Geosystems

About Surveying Engineering Department
  • The largest undergraduate surveying engineering program in the Midwest and one of the largest in the U.S. The B.S. in Surveying Engineering is approved and recognized by the Michigan State Board of Licensing for Professional Surveyors.
  • Accredited (B.S. Surveying Engineering) by The Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (EAC/ABET).
  • The Surveying Engineering Department has educated surveyors for the State of Michigan and the nation for more than forty years.
  • Excellent job opportunities in the field or in the office -100% placement record for graduates every year.
  • Diverse employment opportunities with large and small private surveying and mapping firms; federal, state and local governmental agencies nationwide.
  • Comprehensive integrated curriculum including courses in field surveying, survey law, GPS, GIS, photogrammetry, geodesy, cartography, remote sensing, hydrology & hydraulics, soil mechanics, and other related courses.
  • Integrated field surveying component that links surveying theory to field applications .
  • State-of-the-art surveying equipment including the "Field To Finish" computerized systems, Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, and extensive mapping equipment.
  • Active student organizations - The Burt and Mullet Student Chapter of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM), and the Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors, (MSPS); Mary Feindt Chapter Lambda Sigma (national surveying honor society).
  • Over $25,000 in annual scholarships available for students.
  • Admission requirements: High school diploma, prefer students with math and science aptitudes.
  • Transfer options from other two and four year institutions (particularly to Surveying Engineering). Nearly 50% of students are transfers from other colleges and universities.

Program Educational Objectives and Outcomes

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Mission: "To educate a new generation of Surveying Engineers; to promote a sense of scholarship, leadership and service to the community, to disseminate new knowledge and to play a leadership role in fostering interdisciplinary education to help solve the complex problems facing modern society."

The surveying engineering program is designed to meet the demands of our students, employers, and the society. The educational objectives associated with the program, a list of outcomes, and a description of assessment methods used to find out how well the outcomes are being satisfied are given below:

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

  1. Provide an educational experience that prepares students for the challenges of the surveying profession that they will encounter during their professional life.
  2. Provide opportunities for students to exhibit creativity, leadership and team-building abilities, cultural appreciation and an understanding of global and social issues.
  3. Employ state-of-the-art technologies in the surveying engineering curriculum.
  4. Incorporate interdisciplinary concepts and problem solving exercises in the program.
  5. Provide a broad educational experience including communication skills, mathematics and basic science, preparing students for life-long learning.
  6. Provide the education needed for the graduates to become qualified as licensed professional surveyors.

 The desired outcomes of the Surveying Engineering Program are:

Outcome 1 . Students will understand the impact of surveying engineering solutions in a global, societal, and environmental context consistent with the principles of sustainable development.

Outcome 2 . Students will be able to acquire an ability to solve surveying engineering problems in practice by applying fundamental knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering and by using modern surveying techniques, skills and tools particularly recognizing the role that computers play in engineering.

Outcome 3 . Students will be able to identify, formulate and solve surveying engineering problems as they relate to establishing horizontal and vertical control, land use design, boundary determination, mapping and field layout of infrastructure that meet standards of accuracy and precision, cost, time, safety and quality.

Outcome 4 . Students will be able to design and conduct experiments and to analyze and interpret data.

Outcome 5 . Students will be able to function and communicate effectively both as individuals and as members of teams.

Outcome 6 . Students will understand their professional and ethical responsibility and recognize of the need for and ability to engage in lifelong learning.

Outcome 7. A minimum of 70% passing rate on the NCEES Fundamentals of Surveying examination.

 
 
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