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Summer Session course
offerings vary greatly. Students must consult with their Dean's office for
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The University
reserves the right to withdraw, modify, or add to the courses offered.
The four capital letters in parentheses represent
the computerized abbreviation for that subject field; the abbreviation is often
used on documents and course schedules. The numbers in parentheses represent
the Integrated Post-secondary Education Data System (IPEDS).
Geomatics (GEOM 15.11)
GEOM 101.
Introduction to Geomatics. 3-3-0. Introduction
to geomatics with overviews of surveying practice,
geodesy, GPS, and GIS. Theory of measurements and
errors, and its applications to distance and angle
measurements. (15.1102)
GEOM 103.
Introduction to Surveying Instruments Lab.
1-0-3. Prerequisite: GEOM 101 or permission of the
Instructor. Introduction to instruments used in
measuring distances, angles, elevations and point
locations on or near the surface of the earth.
(15.1102)
GEOM 140.
Internship I. 1-0-6. Prerequisite: GEOM
101. Work experience through coordinated placement
with consulting surveying firms. (15.1102)
GEOM 201.
Geomatics Methods I. 2-2-0. Corequisite:
GEOM 203. Introduction to traverse computations
including balancing angles, linear misclosure and
relative precision, traverse adjustments, area
calculations and basics of topographic surveys.
(15.1102)
GEOM 202.
Geomatics Methods II. 2-2-0. Corequisite:
GEOM 204. Introduction to theory of leveling.
Methods of determining differences in elevations
and their applications in surveying practice.
(15.1102)
GEOM 203.
Geomatics Methods I Lab. 1-0-3.
Corequisite: GEOM 201. Field applications of
instrument traverse methods and note keeping.
Instructions in measuring distances, measuring and
laying out angles, running traverses and
performing topographic surveys. (15.1102)
GEOM 204.
Geomatics Methods II Lab. 1-0-3.
Corequisite: GEOM 202. Field applications of
differential leveling as related to running a line
of levels, cross-section levels, profile levels,
grid levels and their applications to design work.
(15.1102)
GEOM 240.
Internship II. 1-0-6. Prerequisite: GEOM
140. Work experience through coordinated placement
with consulting surveying firms. (15.1102)
GEOM 301. Route
and Construction Surveys. 2-2-0.
Prerequisites: GEOM 201, 202. Corequisite GEOM
303. Fundamentals of highway and municipal street
design and construction from the assembly of area
information to the design and layout for line and
grade. (15.1102)
GEOM 303. Route
and Construction Surveys Lab. 1-0-3.
Corequisite: GEOM 301. Field applications for the
layout of preliminary routes, horizontal and
vertical curves, line and grade, slope stakes and
elements of building construction. (15.1102)
GEOM 304.
Measurement Science. 3-3-0. Prerequisites:
Math 207, 301; GEOM 101, 201, 202, 203, and 204.
Surveying measurements and their analysis. Random
error theory as related to surveying and GIS
measurements, error propagation, variance and
covariance, and least square adjustments.
(15.1102)
GEOM 305. Geodesy
and Geodetic Coordinates. 3-3-0.
Prerequisites: GEOM 201, 202. Fundamentals of
surveying measurements as related to the curvature
of the earth, and their applications to state
plane coordinate system and astronomical
observations. (15.1102)
GEOM 310.
Boundary Control and Legal Principles.
3-3-0. Prerequisites: GEOM 201, 202. Legal
elements and modern methods of control in boundary
surveying, along with the surveyor‘s rights,
duties and liabilities. (15.1102)
GEOM 311. GIS
Theory and Applications. 3-3-0. Basics of
Geographical Information Systems. Learning access
to digital data as a means of organizing,
analyzing, exploring, and applying spatial and
attribute information. (15.1102)
GEOM 340.
Internship III. 1-0-6. Prerequisite: GEOM
240. Work experience through coordinated placement
with consulting surveying firms. (15.1102)
GEOM 401.
Subdivision Design and Platting. 3-3-0.
Prerequisite: GEOM 310. Methodology for city
property surveys. Basic concepts of land
subdivision planning and layout to meet both
aesthetic and legal requirements. (15.1102)
GEOM 405.
Geodetic Positioning Systems (GPS). 3-3-0.
Prerequisite: GEOM 305. Basic concepts of Global
Positioning Systems: what the components are, how
they work in theory and in practice, their
accuracy in measurement, along with case studies.
(15.1102)
GEOM 410.
Surveying and Mapping Practice. 3-3-0.
Prerequisite: GEOM 310. Study of the ”Manual of
Surveying Instructions” and control surveys.
Creating drawings representing surveys done on the
ground and writing of legal descriptions of those
works. (15.1102)
GEOM 411. Mapping
by Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
3-3-0. Process of detection, identification, and
analysis of objects or features through the use of
imaging devices. Imagery interpretation through
characteristics of shape, size, pattern, shadow,
and texture. (15.1102)
GEOM 440. Senior
Seminar I. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: Senior
standing. Solution of selected boundary surveying
problems using current methodologies under the
supervision of departmental faculty. (15.1102)
GEOM 441. Senior
Seminar II. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: GEOM 440.
Solution of selected geomatics problems using
current methodologies under the supervision of a
departmental faculty. (15.1102)
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