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Education Outlook<br />
SURVEYING<br />
ENGINEERING<br />
^ ^ at California State University,<br />
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Fresno<br />
The four-year degree program in<br />
Surveying Engineering at California<br />
State University Fresno pro-<br />
' vides each student with a comprehensive<br />
understanding of the<br />
many aspects of surveying and<br />
photogrammetry. This program, accredited<br />
by the Accreditation Board<br />
for Engineering and Technology<br />
(ABET), prepares students with the<br />
job skills necessary to compete in a<br />
fast-paced world of rapid<br />
technological change.<br />
The modern surveyor performs a<br />
critical function in our society by<br />
coordinating the application of<br />
areawide imaging and point-specific<br />
positioning technologies to development,<br />
construction, resource<br />
monitoring and land records<br />
management activities.<br />
Surveying Engineering involves<br />
the science, art and technology of<br />
ESU, Fresno IS one oflhe California Slate Universities and is an<br />
'equal opportunity/attirmative action institution which does nol<br />
discriminate Dacause of race, color, age, national origin, set or<br />
handicap.<br />
making measurements to determine<br />
the relative positions of points on or<br />
near the earth's surface. Making<br />
measurements on the ground<br />
(surveying) and/or on photographs<br />
(photogrammetry) are the key components<br />
of surveying engineering.<br />
Photogrammetry<br />
Besides map making, the<br />
photogrammetrist's skills may be<br />
used for a wide variety of unusual<br />
measurements: in topology of the<br />
human body, in nondestructive<br />
testing of engineering materials, in<br />
monitoring structural deformations<br />
and in architectural applications.<br />
Surveying<br />
The surveyor apphes his or her<br />
knowledge in locating land and<br />
water property boundaries, collecting<br />
terrain data for engineering<br />
planning, making measurements for<br />
guiding construction operations, accurately<br />
estabUshing horizontal and<br />
vertical control points for scientific<br />
and engineering projects, and coordinating<br />
land records information<br />
systems.<br />
Career Opportunities<br />
Opportunities for specialists in<br />
surveying and photogrammetry<br />
continue to grow with rapid advancements<br />
in analytical<br />
photogrammetry, electronic surveying,<br />
and inertial and sateUite positioning<br />
methods. Graduates of the<br />
CSU, Fresno program find readily<br />
available job opportunities with<br />
federal and state government agencies,<br />
oil and gas companies, and<br />
private consulting firms.<br />
The Curriculum<br />
The Surveying Engineering curriculum<br />
at California State University,<br />
Fresno provides the student<br />
with a unique blend of practical and<br />
theoretical knowledge. The practical<br />
field and office skills gained at<br />
CSU, Fresno mean that the<br />
graduate is immediately valuable as<br />
an employee, ready to contribute to<br />
job-related activities. The theoretical<br />
skills learned at the university<br />
mean that the graduate is equipped<br />
to adapt to technological advances<br />
as they occur throughout the future.<br />
The program requires 130 units or<br />
semester hours of study for graduation.<br />
Required engineering courses<br />
currently comprise 69 of those<br />
units. Mathematics and physical<br />
science requirements total 34 units.<br />
A balanced selection of humanities,<br />
social science and history courses is<br />
also required; and communication<br />
skills are addressed and sharpened<br />
through writing and speech courses.<br />
Computer programming is introduced<br />
early in the curriculum<br />
and used as a problem solving tool<br />
in almost every Surveying Engineering<br />
course offered.<br />
Equipment and Facilities<br />
A wide selection of modem<br />
surveying and photogrammetry<br />
equipment is available to students<br />
at CSU, Fresno. The spacious<br />
photogrammetric laboratories are<br />
among the most complete of any<br />
education facihty in the country,<br />
while the surveying equipment includes<br />
most varieties hkely to be<br />
found on jobs anywhere. In addition,<br />
a field surveying laboratory encompasses<br />
the university's extensive<br />
agricultural fields adjacent to<br />
the campus.<br />
Courses Available<br />
• Plane Surveying<br />
• Advanced Plane Surveying<br />
• Photographic Processes in<br />
Engineering<br />
• Photogrammetry<br />
• Survey Computations<br />
• Route Surveying<br />
• Technology and Society<br />
• Geodetic Surveying<br />
• Geodesy<br />
• Surveying Astronomy<br />
• Photogrammetric Instrumentation<br />
• Advanced Photogrammetry<br />
• Map Design and Reproduction<br />
• Advanced Survey Computations<br />
• Earth Resources Surveying<br />
• Electronic Surveying<br />
• Electronic Distance Measurements<br />
• Boundary Control and Legal<br />
Principles<br />
• Surveying Systems<br />
• Subdivision Preparation<br />
• The Multipurpose Cadastre<br />
• Senior Project<br />
• Surveying Practice<br />
• Independent Study<br />
• Special Topics in Surveying and/or<br />
Photogrammetry (on demand)<br />
• Internship in Surveying and<br />
Photogrammetry<br />
For further information<br />
Write to:<br />
Chairman<br />
Department of Civil and Surveying<br />
Engineering<br />
Engineering East, Room 126<br />
California State University, Fresno<br />
Fresno, CaUfornia 93740-0091 D<br />
The California Surveyor — Summer. 1986 Page 41
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