Summer 2009 Courses

We will be offering seven courses online:

SURV 1500, SURV 1504, SURV 1521,

SURV 2501, SURV 2503, SURV 2504, SURV 2506

Scroll down the page for information about each course.

SURV 1500 – Elementary Surveying Calculations (On-Line: May 19 – July 25)

This course will be web-based with assignments given by the computer and internet.  A mandatory Final Exam will be given on Saturday, July 25, in Cochran.  This will be the only time that a student will be required to come to class.  All other communication, assignments, and tests will be given through the computer and mail.

Instructor – J. Hardwick Butler, PE

Textbook: ÒSurveyor Reference Manual (4th Ed) by G. M. Cole and A. L. Harbin (ISBN 1-59126-044-2)

You must be admitted to Middle Georgia College before you can take this course online by WebCT.

If you have never attended MGC before:

Surveying Certificate program

Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia 31014

If you have previously taken courses at MGC, but not in the past twelve months:

Surveying Certificate program

Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia 31014

If you have attended MGC within the past twelve months:

Surveying Certificate program

Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia 31014

SURV 1504 – Fluid Mechanics for Surveyors (On-Line: May 19 – July 25)

This course will be web-based with assignments given by the computer and internet.  A mandatory Final Exam will be given on Saturday, July 25, in Cochran.  This will be the only time that a student will be required to come to class.  All other communication, assignments, and tests will be given through the computer and mail.

Instructor – William L. Dunmon

Textbook: ÒApplied Fluid MechanicsÓ (6th Ed) by Robert L. Mott (ISBN 0-13-114680-7)

You must be admitted to Middle Georgia College before you can take this course online by WebCT.

If you have never attended MGC before:

Surveying Certificate program

Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia 31014

If you have previously taken courses at MGC, but not in the past twelve months:

Surveying Certificate program

Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia 31014

If you have attended MGC within the past twelve months:

Surveying Certificate program

Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia 31014

SURV 1521 – AutoCAD for Surveyors (On-Line: May 19 – July 25)

This course will be web-based with assignments given by the computer and internet.  A mandatory Final Exam will be given on Saturday, July 25, in Cochran.  This will be the only time that a student will be required to come to class.  All other communication, assignments, and tests will be given through the computer and mail.

Instructor – J. Hardwick Butler, PE

Software: You will need access to ÒAutoCAD 2009Ó.  You may purchase a 180-day learning license with your textbook. Note: Only college bookstores are allowed to sell the software with the textbook.

Textbooks: You will need two textbooks: ÒCivil Drafting TechnologyÓ and AutoCAD 2009 TutorialÓ.  You may order the AutoCAD book with or without the software.  The books are:

            ÒCivil Drafting TechnologyÓ (6th Ed) by Madsen, Shumaker, and Madsen (Pearson Prentice Hall,

            ISBN 0-13-171199-7)

ÒAutoCAD 2009 Tutorial First Level: 2D Fundamentals by Shih and Zecher (Schroff Development, ISBN 978-1-58503-361-4) (without AutoCAD software)

ÒAutoCAD 2009 Tutorial First Level: 2D Fundamentals by Shih and Zecher (Schroff Development, ISBN 978-1-58503-362-1) (with 180-day version of AutoCAD software)

You must be admitted to Middle Georgia College before you can take this course online by WebCT.

If you have never attended MGC before:

Surveying Certificate program

Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia 31014

If you have previously taken courses at MGC, but not in the past twelve months:

Surveying Certificate program

Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia 31014

If you have attended MGC within the past twelve months:

Surveying Certificate program

Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia 31014

SURV 2501 – Plane Surveying (On-Line: May 19 – July 25)

This course has 2 prerequisites: SURV 1500 or a college-level trigonometry course,

and SURV 1521.

This course will be web-based with assignments given by the computer and internet.  A mandatory Final Exam will be given on Saturday, July 25, in Cochran.  This will be the only time that a student will be required to come to class.  All other communication, assignments, and tests will be given through the computer and mail.

Instructor – J. Hardwick Butler, PE

Textbook: ÒElementary Surveying – An Introduction to Geomatics (12th Ed) by P. R. Wolf and C. D. Ghilani (ISBN 013615431X)

You must be admitted to Middle Georgia College before you can take this course online by WebCT.

If you have never attended MGC before:

Surveying Certificate program

Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia 31014

If you have previously taken courses at MGC, but not in the past twelve months:

Surveying Certificate program

Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia 31014

If you have attended MGC within the past twelve months:

Surveying Certificate program

Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia 31014

SURV 2503 – Surveying Laws (On-Line: May 19 – July 25)

This course will be web-based with assignments given by the computer and internet.  A mandatory Final Exam will be given on Saturday, July 25, in Cochran.  This will be the only time that a student will be required to come to class.  All other communication, assignments, and tests will be given through the computer and mail.

Instructor – Roger C. Purcell, PE, RLS

Textbook: ÒGeorgia Land Surveying History and LawÓ, by Farris W. Cadle, (ISBN 0-8203-1257-6)

You must be admitted to Middle Georgia College before you can take this course online by WebCT.

If you have never attended MGC before:

Surveying Certificate program

Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia 31014

If you have previously taken courses at MGC, but not in the past twelve months:

Surveying Certificate program

Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia 31014

If you have attended MGC within the past twelve months:

Surveying Certificate program

Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia 31014

SURV 2504 – Hydrology for Surveyors (On-Line: May 19 – July 25)

This course will be web-based with assignments given by the computer and internet.  A mandatory Final Exam will be given on Saturday, July 25, in Cochran.  This will be the only time that a student will be required to come to class.  All other communication, assignments, and tests will be given through the computer and mail.

Instructor – J. Hardwick Butler, PE

Textbook: ÒIntroduction to Hydraulics and Hydrology with Applications for Stormwater ManagementÓ (3rd Ed), by John E. Gribbin (ISBN 1-4180-3295-6)

You must be admitted to Middle Georgia College before you can take this course online by WebCT.

If you have never attended MGC before:

Surveying Certificate program

Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia 31014

If you have previously taken courses at MGC, but not in the past twelve months:

Surveying Certificate program

Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia 31014

If you have attended MGC within the past twelve months:

Surveying Certificate program

Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia 31014


SURV 2506 – Drainage and Erosion Control (On-Line: May 19 – July 25)

You MUST complete SURV 2504, before you may take this course

This course will be web-based with assignments given by the computer and internet.  A mandatory Final Exam will be given on Saturday, July 25, in Cochran.  This will be the only time that a student will be required to come to class.  All other communication, assignments, and tests will be given through the computer and mail.

Instructor – Roger C. Purcell, PE, RLS

Textbooks: Portions of the following references (all three are available free online):

ÒGeorgia Stormwater Management ManualÓ developed for the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC),

ÒManual on Drainage Design for HighwaysÓ prepared for the Georgia Department of Transportation,

ÒManual for Erosion and Sediment Control in GeorgiaÓ prepared for the Georgia Soil and Water

  Conservation Commission

You must be admitted to Middle Georgia College before you can take this course online by WebCT.

If you have never attended MGC before:

Surveying Certificate program

Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia 31014

If you have previously taken courses at MGC, but not in the past twelve months:

Surveying Certificate program

Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia 31014

If you have attended MGC within the past twelve months:

Surveying Certificate program

Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia 31014