Professional Registration, Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor of Science, Surveying and Mapping Bachelor of Science, Certificate in Land Surveying, Course Descriptions

Offering Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering Technology and Bachelor of Science in Surveying and Mapping

Civil Engineering Technology
(Bachelor of Science Degree Offered)

Civil Engineering Technology is a broad field producing engineering technologists with versatile backgrounds. Southern Polytechnic State University graduates have the qualifications to enter careers in:
 

A student may select elective courses from the areas of:

• Environmental
• Structural
• Surveying
• Transportation
• Geotechnical

Structural electives prepare graduates for design, plan preparation, construction, and inspection of modern buildings and bridges and other structures. In their coursework, students analyze and design structural members of steel, reinforced concrete and other engineering materials.

Surveying electives are available in:

• Boundary
• Topographic
• Geodetic
• Route
• Construction surveying

Transportation electives prepare graduates to perform design and plan maintenance of all types of transportation facilities including streets, highways, mass transit systems, railroads, airfields, ports, harbors and pipelines.

Geotechnical electives prepare graduates to perform subsurface investigations, and field and laboratory tests; and design and analysis for civil engineering works such as foundations, dams, and tunnels.

Professional Registration

Professional Engineer: In Georgia and approximately 35 other states in the U.S., the BS-CET degree along with the appropriate number of years of experience, and the passage of two 8-hour examinations (FE and PE), qualifies a graduate to become a licensed Professional Engineer (PE). The FE exam can be taken while a senior enrolled in the CET curriculum.

Licensed Land Surveyor: CET majors whose curriculum contains at least 6 elective hours of surveying coursework meet the educational requirements to become licensed as a Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) in Georgia.  In addition, they must obtain 4 years of acceptable experience and pass the FLS and PLS examinations.
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Students are advised to take Chemistry I, Physics I, and either Chemistry II or Physics II as partial fulfillment of Area D and F requirements.

NOTES: CET students are required to earn a grade of "C" or better in all courses required in the major and all courses used as CET electives.  Students are required to earn a GPA of 2.0 or better in all CET courses.

For more information about Area C, D, and E courses, see the "Core Curriculum" section under "Admission Information."

CET Electives are any non-required 3000 or 4000 level CET/SURV courses. Up to 6 hours of SURV 3XXX and 4XXX courses may be used for CET electives.
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Surveying and Mapping
(Bachelor of Science Degree Offered)

The Surveying and Mapping program is offered through the Civil Engineering Technology program.  Students in Surveying and Mapping are taught the principles and techniques of field measurements and adjustments, boundary, topographic, geodetic, route and construction surveys.

Students apply classroom knowledge in laboratory exercises with modern surveying equipment including theodolites, electronic distance meters, electronic total stations, Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite receivers, and optical alignment devices.  Mapping topics include Geographic Information Systems (GIS), photogrammetry and remote sensing.

In laboratories, students develop maps from field measurements, design and layout construction projects, plan subdivision developments and establish horizontal and vertical control using satellite geodesy.  Microcomputers are used extensively in reducing data, planning field layouts, plotting boundaries, drawing (CAD) plats and map production.

Students also study topics from the Civil Engineering Technology program including elementary structures, fluid mechanics, hydrology and the design and construction of highways.  Courses in mathematics, business principles and core requirements provide the student added depth.

The program exceeds the State of Georgia academic registration requirements to become a Registered Land Surveyor.

NOTE:  Students are required to earn a grade of "C" or better in all required and elective major courses and a GPA of 2.0 or better in all SURV and CET courses.
 

Certificate in Land Surveying

The Land Surveying Certificate program is designed to prepare surveyors with the basic education necessary to take the Fundamentals of Land Surveying Exam and exceeds the State of Georgia academic registration requirements to become a Registered Land Surveyor.  There are six courses required in the certificate program.