Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Second Semester
INCI 4950 3 Integrated Civil Engineering
Project
INCI 4055 3 Project Control and Management
INCI 4019 1 Civil Engineering Seminar
ELECTIVE 3 **Sociohumanistic Elective
ELECTIVE 3 Civil Engineering Elective
ELECTIVES 6 ***Free Electives
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Total credits required for this program: 179
*Refer to the Academic Regulations section
for information on Advanced Placement.
**The fifteen (15) credit-hours of
Sociohumanistic electives will be selected by the
student, with the advisor's approval, from a list of
recommended courses.
***The twelve (12) credit-hours of free electives will
be selected by the student with the advisor’s
approval, from available courses with equal or
higher, and different contents than those required
in the curriculum.
SURVEYING AND TOPOGRAPHY
The very high cost of real estate on the Island
and the highly sophisticated modern
instrumentation used today make this program
mandatory in order to produce better-qualified
professionals in the field of surveying.
Surveying students will be enrolled in a program
that covers a wide spectrum of activities from the
very basic plane surveying, to cartography,
photogrammetry, geodesy, and astronomy. The
student will have the opportunity to apply theory
into practice, through laboratory sessions and a
summer camp. The program has been designed
to meet the needs and the qualification criteria of
the Board of Examiners of Engineers, Architects,
and Surveyors of Puerto Rico, the Society of
Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico, and the
surveying profession itself.
PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL
OBJECTIVES:
The Surveying and Topography Program´s
specific academic objectives are to:
1. Properly apply knowledge of
mathematics, science, and surveying
engineering sciences.
2. Properly analyze data, legal documents,
and field evidence.
3. Be able to design measurement criteria
to meet minimum accuracy standards in
a given job or situation.
4. Have the desired personality traits that
will assist a student to efficiently work
as a leader or a member of a team, not
only in field parties but in
interdisciplinary teams as well;
5. Be capable of aspiring to achieve the
highest standards of the profession, both
technically and ethically;
6. Be able to communicate efficiently with
others, laymen and professionals, in
graphical, oral and written (in English
and in Spanish) means;
7. Show a thirst for knowledge which will
help a student pursue further studies
and/or, at all times keep abreast of
contemporary issues at both levels:
technological and worldwide;
8. Show a willingness to become involved
in the solution of problems and issues,
both technological and social; and
9. Be willing to engage in, and capable of
attaining life-long learning experiences.
PROGRAM OF STUDY
SURVEYING AND TOPOGRAPHY
CURRICULUM
FIRST YEAR
First Semester
Number Credits Course
*MATE 3005 5 Pre-Calculus
QUIM 3001 4 General Chemistry
*INGL 3--- 3 First year course in English
*ESPA 3101 3 Basic course in Spanish
INGE 3011 2 Engineering Graphics I
EDFI ---- 1 Elective in Physical Education
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Second Semester
MATE 3031 4 Calculus I
QUIM 3002 4 General Chemistry
*INGL 3--- 3 First year course in English
*ESPA 3102 3 Basic course in Spanish
INGE 3012 2 Engineering Graphics II
EDFI ---- 1 Elective in Physical Education
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