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Course #: 6670
Duration: 10 hours
Course Prerequisites: Plane Trigonometry (2309A-B); Logarithms (5254);
What Students Learn: Methods of Measurement; Tapes and Accessories; Description of Geodimeter and Tellurometer; Use of Tape; Adjustment of Taped Distances; Use of Geodimeter; Use of Tellurometer; Simple Field Problems; Survey of Tract with Tape.

Course #: 6671
Duration: 10 hours
Course Prerequisites: Plane Trigonometry (2309A-B); Logarithms (5254); Introduction to Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry (Block X02);
What Students Learn: The Engineer's Level; Definitions; Construction of Levels; Setting Up Level; Leveling Rods; Reading the Rod; Operations of Direct Leveling; Forms for Level Notes; Precision in Leveling; Adjustments of Levels; Profiles; Barometric Leveling.

Course #: 5460A-C
Duration: 30 hours
Course Prerequisites: Linear Surveying (6670); Leveling (6671);
What Students Learn: PART 1 (5460A). Meridians; Magnetic Declination; Azimuth of Lines; Bearings of Lines; Angles Between Lines; The Engineer's Transit; Reading Vernier; Reading Compass; Optical-Reading Theodolites; Adjustments of a Transit.
PART 2 (5460B). Operations with Transit; Measurement of Direct Angles; Measurement of Deflection Angles; Details of Transit Surveys; Field Problems; Surveying by Triangulation; Trigonometric Leveling.
PART 3 (5460C). Computations involving Latitudes and Departures; Balancing Closed Traverses; Errors of Closure; Computation of Omitted Measurements; Plotting Traverse by Lengths and Directions of Courses; Plotting Traverse by Latitudes and Departures; Computation of Area; Problems on Partitioning Tracts of Land.

Course #: 6812A-B
Duration: 20 hours
Course Prerequisites: Transit Surveying (5460A-C);
What Students Learn: PART 1 (6812A). Elements of Highway Routes; Tangents and Horizontal Curves; Grades and Vertical Curves; Radius and Degree of Simple Curves; Procedure for Locating Points on Simple Curves; Measurement of Distances on Curves; Field Layout for Simple Curves; Special Problems Relating to Simple Curves; Problems on Relocation of Route.
PART 2 (6812B). Compound and Reverse Curves; Transition Curves; Superelevation on Curve; Spiral Curve; Deflection Angles for Spiral; Coordinates for Spiral; Minimum Length of Spiral; Field Layout of Spiral; Spiral Joining Two Curves; Vertical Parabolic Curves; Elevations on Vertical Curves.

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.