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Determination of True Meridian

Course #: 5465
Duration: 10 hours
Course Prerequisites: Linear Surveying (6670); Leveling (6671);
What Students Learn: The Sphere; Terrestrial Circles; The Celestial Sphere; Celestial Circles; Motion of Celestial Sphere; Motion of Sun on Celestial Sphere; Position of a Body on the Celestial Sphere; Sidereal, Solar and Standard Time; Determination of Meridian by Observing Polaris at Culmination or at Elongation or by Observing the Sun; The Nautical Almanac; Determination of Altitude; Determination of Azimuth; Determination of Latitude.

United States Land Surveys

Course #: 5466A-B
Duration: 20 hours
Course Prerequisites: Linear Surveying (6670); Leveling (6671);
What Students Learn: PART 1 (5466A). Characteristics of Land Surveys; Principal Meridians and Base Lines; Theoretical Positions of Township Boundaries; Theoretical Positions of Section Boundaries; Special Conditions; Townships with Defective Boundaries; Private Land Claims; Markings on Iron-Pipe Monuments; Markings on Stone and Tree Monuments; Corner Accessories; Marking Survey Lines Between Corners.
PART 2 (5466B). Field Notes and Official Plat; Subdividing Sections; Relocating Corners; Limitations in Resurveys; Dependent Resurveys; Independent Resurveys; Deeds.

Fundamentals of Law for Surveyors

Course #: 5463
Duration: 10 hours
Course Prerequisites: Linear Surveying (6670); Leveling (6671);
What Students Learn: Identification of Boundaries of Tracts; Responsibility of Surveyor; Methods of Describing Tracts of Land; Rectangular System; Description by Metes and Bounds; Other Old Systems; State Plane-Coordinate Systems Boundaries along Highways; Boundaries along Bodies of Water; Relocating Original Boundaries; Correction of Defects in Original Surveys; Changes in Boundaries along Bodies of Water; Legal Principles Affecting Title to Land; Boundaries Established by Mutual Consent; Title to Public Ways; Limitations of Riparian Rights; Title by Adverse Possession; Land Courts.

Elements of Photogrammetry

Course #: 6513A-D
Duration: 40 hours
Course Prerequisites: Topographic Surveying (5461A-B);
What Students Learn: PART 1 (6513A). Uses of Photographs; Aircraft and Equipment; Characteristics of Camera Lenses; Procedure for Obtaining Vertical Photographs; Relief Displacement; Location of Ground Points.
PART 2 (6513B). Basic Formulas; Procedures for Orienting Tilted Photographs; Rectification of Tilted Photographs; Use of Control Plot; Plotting Planimetric Features; Mosaics.
PART 3 (6513C). Geometry of Overlapping Vertical Photographs; Stereoscopic and Parallax Measurements; Plotting Contours; Use of High-Precision and Special Plotting Instruments; Completion of Map with Multiplex Instrument.
PART 4 (6513D). Principles and Application of Oblique Photography; Interpretation of Aerial Photographs; Terrestrial Photogrammetry; Mapping from Terrestrial Photographs.

City Surveying

Course #: 6818A-C
Duration: 30 hours
Course Prerequisites: Topographic Surveying (5461A-B); Determination of True Meridian (5465);
What Students Learn: PART 1 (6818A). Horizontal- and Vertical-Control Surveys; Monuments and Markers; Triangulation Surveys; Base Lines; Field Measurements; Corrections to Measured Lengths; Angular Measurements; Types of Theodolites; Field Notes; Adjustment of Angles and Sides of Triangles; Astronomic and Geodetic Azimuths; Latitudes and Longitudes.
PART 2 (6818B). Control Traverses; Choice of Route for Traverse; Computation of Error of Closure; State Plane-Coordinate Systems; Methods of Projection; Calculation for Single Traverse; Adjustment of Traverse Net; Field Work for Vertical-Control Surveys; Corrections to Difference in Elevation.
PART 3 (6818C). Adjustment of Level Net; Construction and Maintenance Surveys; City Planning; Subdivision of Blocks into Lots; Lot Surveys; Grading Surveys; Measurements for Profiles and Cross Sections; City Maps and Records.

Engineering Mechanics, Part 1

Course #: 286036
Duration: 10 hours
Course Prerequisites: Plane Trigonometry (2309A-B); Logarithms (5254); Introduction to Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry (Block X02);
What Students Learn: Scope of Engineering Mechanics; Branches of Engineering Mechanics; Statics; Newton's Laws; Representation of Forces; Combining Collinear Forces; Combining Concurrent Forces; Combining Noncurrent Forces; Center of Gravity of Simple Body; Center of Gravity of Composite Body.

Special Notes:

  • This updated course replaces 2560A.
  • The entire course consists of study units 286036, 286037, 286038, and 286039.

  • Engineering Mechanics, Part 2

    Course #: 286037
    Duration: 10 hours
    Course Prerequisites: Plane Trigonometry (2309A-B); Logarithms (5254); Introduction to Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry (Block X02);
    What Students Learn: Bodies at Rest; Free Body Diagrams; Balanced Concurrent Forces; Balanced Noncurrent Forces; Equilibrium involving Friction; Characteristics of Friction; Bodies on Level Surfaces; Bodies on Inclined Surfaces.

    Special Notes:

  • This updated course replaces 2560B.
  • The entire course consists of study units 286036, 286037, 286038, and 286039.

  • Engineering Mechanics, Part 3

    Course #: 286038
    Duration: 10 hours
    Course Prerequisites: Plane Trigonometry (2309A-B); Logarithms (5254); Introduction to Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry (Block X02);
    What Students Learn: Branches of Dynamics; Kinematics and Kinetics; Translation and Rotation; Translation along a Straight Path; Translation along a Curved Path; Angular Motion of a Straight Line; Motion of a Particle on a Rotating Line; Rolling of a Single Body; General Plane Motion of a Particle in a Typical Mechanism.

    Special Notes:

  • This updated course replaces 2560C.
  • The entire course consists of study units 286036, 286037, 286038, and 286039.

  • Engineering Mechanics, Part 4

    Course #: 286039
    Duration: 10 hours
    Course Prerequisites: Plane Trigonometry (2309A-B); Logarithms (5254); Introduction to Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry (Block X02);
    What Students Learn: Kinetics; Force-Mass-Acceleration Method; Work-Energy Method; Applications of Work-Energy Method; Impulse-Momentum Method; Collision of Two Bodies.

    Special Notes:

  • This updated course replaces 2560D.
  • The entire course consists of study units 286036, 286037, 286038, and 286039.

  • Earthwork

    Course #: 5468
    Duration: 10 hours
    Course Prerequisites: Highway Curves (6812A-B);
    What Students Learn: Field Measurements; Dimensions of Cross Sections; Surveys for Determining Grade; Cross-Sectioning; Earthwork Computations; Prismoids; Three Level Sections; Irregular Sections; Side Hill Work; Transition from Cut to Fill; Curvature Correction; Disposal of Cut and Fill; Formation of Embankments; Shrinkage and Swell; Subsidence; Moving Cut to Fill; Mass Diagram.

    Reading Architects' Blueprints

    Course #: 1842A-C
    Duration: 30 hours
    What Students Learn: This text explains the use of drawings in representing buildings and the relation between drawings, blueprints, and specifications.
    PART 1 (1842A). Blueprints; Drawings and Specifications; Scale Detail; Use of the Scale; Indications of Materials; Parts of Buildings; Steel Framing Plans; Drawings for Reinforced Concrete; Frame Buildings; Doors and Windows.
    PART 2 (1842B). Interior Woodwork; Stairs; Plumbing; Heating; Drawing for a Residence.
    PART 3 (1842C). Plans, Elevations, and Details; Drawings of an Apartment Building.

    Special Notes: Includes 5 blueprints.

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