Future OK Surveying Licensees
Your P.L.S. License – Your Future
CORE Curriculum for Land Surveyors
Elementary and Advanced Surveying
Minimum 15 hours
May include the following topics:
- Fundamental Surveying (Leveling, Traversing, etc.)
- Coordinate Geometry
- Area Calculations
- Earthwork Volume Calculations
- Topographical Surveying
- Horizontal Control Surveys Computations
- Vertical Control Surveys and Computation
- GPS
- Photogrammetry
- Route Surveying
- Construction Staking
- Roadway Design
- Technical Projects
Boundary Surveying and Legal Principles
Minimum 6 hours
May include the following topics:
- Legal Principles of Land Surveying
- U.S. Public Land Survey System
- Oklahoma State Specific Laws
- Evidence and Boundary Analysis
Mapping and Land Survey Systems
Minimum 6 hours
May include the following topics:
- Computer Aided Drafting
- Subdivision drafting and design
- Data Management and Analysis
- Site or Land Use Planning
- Cartography
- GIS
What Will You Learn?
- Surveying fundamentals
- Geodesy
- Photogrammetry
- Remote sensing
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Global Positioning System (GPS)
- Computer-aided Design (CAD)
- Least squares adjustments
- Residential subdivision design
- Route surveying
- Legal principles focused on Public Land Survey System (PLSS)
