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ENST 2337 - Legal Principles of Surveying


Credit hours: 3

Course Description:
This course will provide the understanding and usage of legal practices within the profession of surveying.  The student will review both metes & bounds and Public Land survey principles. Basic boundary law principles will be discussed.  The student will review boundary survey procedures and learn the basics of writing land descriptions.

Student Learning Outcomes:
  1. Learn how land is created and transferred in the United States and how basic boundary law principles are to be applied by a licensed surveyor.
  2. Read and interpret a written land description and apply various research techniques used by land surveyors.
  3. Write land descriptions that can be used to create and transfer land ownership.
  4. Assess the various interests in land (easements, etc.) and the land surveyor’s responsibility concerning these interests.