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  • 3.00 Credits

    CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) CIP CODE: 151102 CREDIT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 0/1/1 CONTACT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 45 CLASS LOCATION: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) COURSE DESCRIPTION: Covers surveying applications involving route curves (vertical and horizontal) and construction surveying. PREREQUISITES: None CO REQUISITES: CIVL 1320 COURSE OBJECTIVES: How to use and understand total stations. Perform layout of horizontal curves. Perform layout of vertical curves. Perform layout roadways. Learn proper field book setup for construction and route surveying. Record measurements for volume computations. Perform construction stakeout from an offset line. TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS: ATTENDANCE POLICY: EVALUATION AND GRADING: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus.) ACADEMIC HONESTY: Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions, which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, your instructor will assign a 0 for the exercise or examination that evidences academic misconduct for the first offense and assign an "F" for the course for repeated offenses.STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: The Louisiana Technical College complies with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities who seek accommodations must make their requests known by contacting the Disabilities Coordinator at the beginning of each semester. If a disability is identified later in the semester, a non-retroactive accommodation plan will be developed. COURSE SCHEDULE: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus)
  • 3.00 Credits

    CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) CIP CODE: 151102 CREDIT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 2/0/2 CONTACT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 30 CLASS LOCATION: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) COURSE DESCRIPTION: Reviews Louisiana laws relating to land surveying. PREREQUISITES: CIVL 1120 CO REQUISITES: None COURSE OBJECTIVES: Explain the Civil Code of Louisiana as pertaining to land surveying (general principles, water and its effect on boundaries, servitudes, fixing boundaries, possession, and prescription). Describe the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure (petitory action, possessory action, methods of partition). Discuss Louisiana revised statutes (expropriation, registry of conveyances, criminal trespass, state water boundaries, Louisiana coordinate system). Discuss registration law for land surveyors. Discuss the State Board of Registration. Discuss minimum standards for property boundary surveys. TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS: ATTENDANCE POLICY: EVALUATION AND GRADING: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus.) ACADEMIC HONESTY: Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions, which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, your instructor will assign a 0 for the exercise or examination that evidences academic misconduct for the first offense and assign an "F" for the course for repeated offenses.STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: The Louisiana Technical College complies with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities who seek accommodations must make their requests known by contacting the Disabilities Coordinator at the beginning of each semester. If a disability is identified later in the semester, a non-retroactive accommodation plan will be developed. COURSE SCHEDULE: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus)
  • 3.00 Credits

    CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) CIP CODE: 151102 CREDIT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 2/0/2 CONTACT HOURS (Total): 30 CLASS LOCATION: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) COURSE DESCRIPTION: Includes study of the origin, composition, classification and processing of soils as they pertain to the construction industry. PREREQUISITES: CIVL 1130 or CIVL 1230 CO REQUISITES: None COURSE OBJECTIVES: Identify types of rocks. Identify categories of soils. Describe the effects of soil on design and construction. Identify types of soil deposits. Describe soil composition (weight, volume, and mass relationship). Describe major soil types. Describe soil structure. Describe soil classification tests. Describe the nuclear density testing method. Identify types of earth moving equipment. Identify compaction equipment. Describe test method used to establish soil density and field density. Describe soil stabilization. TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS: ATTENDANCE POLICY: EVALUATION AND GRADING: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus.) ACADEMIC HONESTY: Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions, which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, your instructor will assign a 0 for the exercise or examination that evidences academic misconduct for the first offense and assign an "F" for the course for repeated offenses.STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: The Louisiana Technical College complies with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities who seek accommodations must make their requests known by contacting the Disabilities Coordinator at the beginning of each semester. If a disability is identified later in the semester, a non-retroactive accommodation plan will be developed. COURSE SCHEDULE: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus)
  • 3.00 Credits

    CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) CIP CODE: 151102 CREDIT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 0/1/1 CONTACT HOURS (Total): 30 CLASS LOCATION: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) COURSE DESCRIPTION: Provides practical applications in sampling, testing, and classification of soils for quality control and quality assurance. PREREQUISITES: None CO REQUISITES: CIVL 1340 COURSE OBJECTIVES: Determine atterberg limits Perform soil moisture and density tests Perform soil moisture and density test using family of curves Determine the in-place density using the sand cone method Describe soil classification systems Classify soil by mechanical analysis Classify soils using the unified and ASSHTO classification systems Describe boring and test pits Plot a soil profile from a boring log Describe in-place testing Use the sand cone method of testing Describe the nuclear density testing method TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS: ATTENDANCE POLICY: EVALUATION AND GRADING: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus.) ACADEMIC HONESTY: Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions, which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, your instructor will assign a 0 for the exercise or examination that evidences academic misconduct for the first offense and assign an "F" for the course for repeated offenses.STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: The Louisiana Technical College complies with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities who seek accommodations must make their requests known by contacting the Disabilities Coordinator at the beginning of each semester. If a disability is identified later in the semester, a non-retroactive accommodation plan will be developed. COURSE SCHEDULE: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus)
  • 3.00 Credits

    CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) CIP CODE: 151102 CREDIT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 2/0/2 CONTACT HOURS (Total): 30 CLASS LOCATION: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) COURSE DESCRIPTION: Covers surveying astronomy (hour angle method), state plane coordinates (geodesy), and control surveys (geodetic monuments). PREREQUISITES: CIVL 1320 CO REQUISITES: None COURSE OBJECTIVES: Identify terms and definitions pertaining to astronomic observations. Describe star positions. Explain the importance of time. Explain and demonstrate scaling of latitude and longitude from USGS maps. Explain determination of azimuth and field procedures for solar observations. Describe the methods used for making solar observations. Explain notes and computations for solar observations. Determine the direction of a line from solar observation and filed data. Explain star constellations for locating Polaris. Describe sources of errors and common mistakes in meridian determination. Describe control surveys (horizontal and vertical). Explain accuracy standards and specifications for control surveys. Discuss triangulation and trilateration. Describe the North American Datums. Discuss State Plane Coordinates. Explain geodetic and grid azimuths. Solve problems using geodetic and grid azimuth. Describe state plane coordinate control data. Solve state plane coordinate problems. Describe survey adjustments for "open" traverses.Perform adjustments. Explain manual conversions (geographic-state plane). Demonstrate usage of conversion software (Corpscon, Geographic calculator). Solve conversion problems. TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS: ATTENDANCE POLICY: EVALUATION AND GRADING: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus.) ACADEMIC HONESTY: Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions, which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, your instructor will assign a 0 for the exercise or examination that evidences academic misconduct for the first offense and assign an "F" for the course for repeated offenses.STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: The Louisiana Technical College complies with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities who seek accommodations must make their requests known by contacting the Disabilities Coordinator at the beginning of each semester. If a disability is identified later in the semester, a non-retroactive accommodation plan will be developed. COURSE SCHEDULE: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus)
  • 3.00 Credits

    CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) CIP CODE: 151102 CREDIT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 0/1/1 CONTACT HOURS (Total): 45 CLASS LOCATION: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) COURSE DESCRIPTION: Includes surveying applications: instrumentation, solar observations, and state plane coordinates. PREREQUISITES: None CO REQUISITES: CIVL 1410 COURSE OBJECTIVES: Discuss instrumentation procedures for electronic total station. Demonstrate field procedures for solar observations. Perform solar observations. Process solar data and discuss results. Explain geodetic monuments and their data. Perform monument search project. Place a field survey on the state plane coordinate grid. Produce a map showing the grid data. Run differential levels and set TBM's between two geodetic monuments. TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS: ATTENDANCE POLICY: EVALUATION AND GRADING: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus.) ACADEMIC HONESTY: Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions, which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, your instructor will assign a 0 for the exercise or examination that evidences academic misconduct for the first offense and assign an "F" for the course for repeated offenses.STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: The Louisiana Technical College complies with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities who seek accommodations must make their requests known by contacting the Disabilities Coordinator at the beginning of each semester. If a disability is identified later in the semester, a non-retroactive accommodation plan will be developed. COURSE SCHEDULE: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus)
  • 3.00 Credits

    CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) CIP CODE: 151102 CREDIT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 1/1/2 CONTACT HOURS (Total): 45 CLASS LOCATION: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) COURSE DESCRIPTION: Concentrates on the reading, understanding, and use of globes, aerial photos, and government maps (topographic, navigation, flood zone, etc.). PREREQUISITES: CIVL 1220 CO REQUISITES: None COURSE OBJECTIVES: Identify map sources. Discuss the history and definitions of photogrammetry. Discuss types of aerial photos. Examine air photos with a stereoscope. Discuss scales of aerial photos. Make map and photo comparisons. Describe the planning of aerial missions. Describe colors and shade patterns. Identify topographic map symbols and features. Locate parcels of land and topographic features on USGS quadrangle maps. Discuss UTM coordinates. Review State Plane coordinates. Describe Tobin maps. Discuss Township plats. Make globe and map comparisons. Identify map projection terms. Discuss FEMA and Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM). Describe the Elevation Certificate. Perform a flood zone project. Describe Navigation and Flood Control maps. TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS: ATTENDANCE POLICY: EVALUATION AND GRADING: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus.) ACADEMIC HONESTY: Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions, which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, your instructor will assign a 0 for the exercise or examination that evidences academic misconduct for the first offense and assign an "F" for the course for repeated offenses.STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: The Louisiana Technical College complies with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities who seek accommodations must make their requests known by contacting the Disabilities Coordinator at the beginning of each semester. If a disability is identified later in the semester, a non-retroactive accommodation plan will be developed. COURSE SCHEDULE: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus)
  • 3.00 Credits

    CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) CIP CODE: 151102 CREDIT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 3/0/3 CONTACT HOURS (Total): 45 CLASS LOCATION: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) COURSE DESCRIPTION: Introduces the legal aspects of land surveying with regard to the basic legal principles affecting ownership and boundary location of real property. PREREQUISITES: CIVL 1220 or 1330 CO REQUISITES: None COURSE OBJECTIVES: Discuss history of boundaries. Explain rights and interests of land. Describe ownership and transfer of real property. Explain systems for land descriptions. Describe statue law, common law, and presumptions. Describe sequential conveyances. Explain order of importance of conflicting elements that determine land and boundary location. Describe simultaneously created boundaries. Describe establishment of subdivision boundaries and corners. Describe control of conflicting elements within a subdivision. Describe establishment of lots. Describe establishments of streets. Describe establishing lots adjoining subdivision boundaries. Explain overlaps and gaps. Explain apportionment of reversion rights. Describe riparian rights. Describe submerged lands. Describe methods of apportioning ownership of alluvium between adjoining owners. TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS: ATTENDANCE POLICY: EVALUATION AND GRADING: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus.) ACADEMIC HONESTY: Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions, which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, your instructor will assign a 0 for the exercise or examination that evidences academic misconduct for the first offense and assign an "F" for the course for repeated offenses.STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: The Louisiana Technical College complies with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities who seek accommodations must make their requests known by contacting the Disabilities Coordinator at the beginning of each semester. If a disability is identified later in the semester, a non-retroactive accommodation plan will be developed. COURSE SCHEDULE: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus)
  • 3.00 Credits

    CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) CIP CODE: 151102 CREDIT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 0/2/2 CONTACT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 90 CLASS LOCATION: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) COURSE DESCRIPTION: Provides for use of microcomputers to perform computations and create surveying and engineering drawings (AutoCAD). PREREQUISITES: CIVL 1141 CO REQUISITES: None COURSE OBJECTIVES: Describe the basic concepts of CAD. Identify the components of a CAD station. Power up and power down an operating system. Initialize CAD software program. Identify elements of graphics and screen drawing editor. Identify drawing set-up commands. Perform geometric construction with object map. Apply basic CAD commands. Apply intermediate CAD commands. Apply supplemental CAD comments. Set up and apply dimensioning techniques. Apply advanced CAD commands. Create and use symbols library. Set up plotting and printing equipment. TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS: ATTENDANCE POLICY: EVALUATION AND GRADING: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus.) ACADEMIC HONESTY: Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions, which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, your instructor will assign a 0 for the exercise or examination that evidences academic misconduct for the first offense and assign an "F" for the course for repeated offenses.STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: The Louisiana Technical College complies with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities who seek accommodations must make their requests known by contacting the Disabilities Coordinator at the beginning of each semester. If a disability is identified later in the semester, a non-retroactive accommodation plan will be developed. COURSE SCHEDULE: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus)
  • 3.00 Credits

    CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) CIP CODE: 151102 CREDIT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 0/2/2 CONTACT HOURS (Total): 90 CLASS LOCATION: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) COURSE DESCRIPTION: Includes projects that allow students to become proficient in surveying methods, data collecting, data transfer, data processing, and map production. Projects include boundary surveys, topographic surveys, conveyance records and tree identification. PREREQUISITES: CIVL 1410 CO REQUISITES: None COURSE OBJECTIVES: Describe the conveyance records of a parish. Perform a "chain of title" on a tract of land.Describe total stations and data collectors. Perform field traversing using total stations and data collectors. Download field data to computers and produce a map. Explain the importance of tree identification. Identify the regions of Louisiana. Identify trees by their common name. Design and produce a subdivision map that complies with parish ordinances. Perform a retracement survey. Perform stakeouts. TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS: ATTENDANCE POLICY: EVALUATION AND GRADING: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus.) ACADEMIC HONESTY: Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions, which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, your instructor will assign a 0 for the exercise or examination that evidences academic misconduct for the first offense and assign an "F" for the course for repeated offenses.STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: The Louisiana Technical College complies with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities who seek accommodations must make their requests known by contacting the Disabilities Coordinator at the beginning of each semester. If a disability is identified later in the semester, a non-retroactive accommodation plan will be developed. COURSE SCHEDULE: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus)
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