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Surveying Certificate Programs

MiddleGeorgia College

Cochran, Georgia 31014

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The Surveying Certificate Programs at Middle Georgia College consist of four different certificates of six courses each.  Each course is a three-semester-hour course.
The certificate programs are:

            Surveying Certificate
                        ENGR 2501     Plane Surveying
                        ENGR 2502     Advanced Surveying
                        ENGR 2503     Surveying Laws
                        ENGR 2504     Hydrology for Surveyors
    (Choose two from the following)
                        ENGR 1500     Elementary Surveying Calculations
                        ENGR 1504     Fluid Mechanics for Surveyors
                        ENGR 1514     Construction Surveying
                        ENGR 1521     AutoCAD for Surveyors

Geomatics Certificate

                        ENGR 2510     Computer Applications in Surveying
                        ENGR 2515     Photogrammetry
                        ENGR 2516     Geographic Information Systems
                        ENGR 2517     Introduction to Global Positioning System
                        ENGR 2520     Error Analysis in Surveying
                        ENGR 2521     Surveying Drafting Applications
            Hydrology and Hydraulics Certificate
                        ENGR 1504     Fluid Mechanics for Surveyors
                        ENGR 2504     Hydrology for Surveyors
                        ENGR 2505     Computer Applications for Hydrology and Hydraulics
                        ENGR 2506     Drainage and Erosion Control
                        ENGR 2507     Sanitary Sewer Design
                        ENGR 2508     Water Distribution Systems

Public Works Certificate Program

                        ENGR 1500     Elementary Surveying Calculations
                        ENGR 1510     Introduction to Construction
                        ENGR 1511     Construction Materials
                        ENGR 1514     Construction Surveying
                        ENGR 2501     Plane Surveying
              (Choose one from the following)
                        ENGR 2502     Advanced Surveying
                        ENGR 2511     Route Surveying
Weekend Laboratory Courses (meeting in Cochran)
                        ENGR 1512     Construction Materials Laboratory
                        ENGR 2541     Surveying Laboratory I
                        ENGR 2542     Surveying Laboratory II
                        ENGR 2544     Hydraulics Laboratory

Note:    Each Certificate Program Course is 3 semester hours credit
             Each Weekend Laboratory Course is 1 semester hour credit

Upon successful completion of each certificate program, a student qualifies for a diploma (certificate) from Middle Georgia College.
The courses in the Surveying Certificate and Hydrology and Hydraulics Certificate programs help to meet the educational requirements for the Land Surveyor in Training and the Land Surveyor examinations in Georgia .

All courses (except for the weekend laboratory courses) are to be offered on-line, using WebCT and personal computers.  With on-line courses, students can access the course material from anywhere, at any time.

The cost per three hour course (Spring 2006) is $288 per student for all on-line students.  There is no longer a cost differential for out-of-state students.
Each course consists of on-line instruction and quizzes, turn-in homework, and a mandatory Final Examination on a Saturday in Cochran.  This Saturday in Cochran will probably be the only time that a student will have to attend a formal classroom meeting.  All the rest of the work will be at a time convenient to the student.  The on-line quizzes will be timed: they will be available for a period of several days, but may only be taken once.

Each course will require about ten hours of study per week, for a 15-week semester, or 25 hours per week for a Summer semester (8 weeks long).
We can make Final Exam arrangements with out-of-state students, so that they probably will not have to come to Cochran for their final.