COURSE GUIDE
Course: CE 212 Fundamentals of Surveying Semester: First School Year: 2024 - 2025
Class Schedule: MW / 2:30 -5:00 Instructor: xx
Course Description
This course deals with: Measurement of distance and distance corrections, the use of
surveying instruments, area computations, balancing the traverse, elevation determination, and
leveling., Stadia surveying, triangulation and trilateration, missing data, irregular boundaries and
global positioning system. (CMO 92, S-2017)
Course Outline
SCHEDULE TOPIC
1. Introduction to Surveying
Week 1 - 2 a) Definition of Surveying
b) Types of Surveys
c) Surveying Measurements
d) Errors and Mistakes
e) Most Probable Value
f) Residual and Probable Error
2. Measurement of Horizontal Distances
a) Distance by Pacing
b) Distance by Taping
c) Distance by Tachymetry
Week 3 - 4 d) Distance by Graphical and Mathematical Method
e) Distance by Mechanical Devices
f) Electronic Distance Measurement
g) Taping Party
h) Corrections in Taping
3. Measurement of Vertical Distances
a) Leveling
b) Arm and Hand Signals
Week 5 - 6
c) Errors and Mistakes in Leveling
d) Curvature and Refraction
e) Leveling Methods
4. Measurements of Angles and Directions
a) Units of Angular Measurement
b) Bearings and Azimuths
Week 7, 8 & 9 c) Magnetic Declination
d) Balancing the Traverse
e) Area Computation
f) Missing Data
Week 9 MIDTERM EXAM
5. The Stadia Theory
a) Measurement by Stadia for Horizontal Distance
Week 10 - 11 b) Measurement by Stadia for Inclined Distance
c) Sources of Error in Stadia Work
d) Stadia Interval Factor
Week 12 6. Triangulation and Trilateration
Week 13 7. Topographic Surveying
a) General Characteristics of Contours
b) Topographic Map
8. Horizontal and Vertical Curves
a.) Simple Curve
b.) Compound Curve
Week 14 & 15
c.) Reversed Curve
d.) Parabolic Curve
e.) Spiral Curve
Week 16 9. Earthworks Operations
Week 17 & 18 10. Global Positioning System
Week 18 FINAL EXAM
Course Requirements
Major Examinations
Assessment/Activity Outputs
Course Learning Outcomes Required Output
After Completing this course, the student must be Students are expected to:
able to: 1. Pass the written output of the assessment
CLO1. Apply the basic surveying concepts, given in every lesson in the compendium.
principles and theories on distance and 2. Pass the major examination (midterm and
angular measurements as well as area finals exam).
computation.
[Link] for the distances, elevation and
areas from a provided set of survey data.
[Link] the basic surveying concepts,
principles and theories on determining
horizontal and vertical distances using stadia.
[Link] for the missing data from an
incomplete traverse data.
CLO5. Acquire a working knowledge in design
and lay-out of horizontal or vertical curves in
highway or railway
[Link] and use the appropriate
methodology in calculating earthworks in
various civil engineering constructions.
Course Policies Grading System
1. To ensure successful completion of thos
course, all students are expected to receive
Major Exams 40%
their lesson compendium, and submit the
assessment on the set deadline for Quizzes 20%
submission. Laboratory 20%
2. All students are expected to behave with Assignments 10%
academic honesty. It is not academically Attendance 10%
honest to misrepresent another person’s work Total 100%
as your own, to take credit for someone else’s
word or ideas, to obtained advanced
information on confidential test materials, or to
act in a way that might harm another student’s
chances for academic success. These
students will automatically have a grade of 5.0
after three (3) offenses of academic
dishonesty.
3. Assignment should be submitted on the set
deadline. Late assignments will be deducted
accordingly.
4. All students are expected to take Major exams
(Midterm / Final) on the specified day. In
general, no make-up test or retest will be given
except when circumstances warrant but valid
supporting documents shall be presented.
5. All students are expected to attend online
classes in their prescribed uniform.
Other course policies will be based on the
students’ handbook.
References
1. Surveying: Theory and Practice by James M. Anderson and Edward M. Mikhail, (7 th Edition),
2002
2. Kavanagh, barry F., Surveying: Principles and Applications (9th Edition), 2014
3. Kavanagh, barry F., Surveying with Construction Applications (8th Edition), 2015
4. Ghilani, C.D., and Wolf, P.R., Elementary Surveying: An Introduction to Geomatics (13 th
Edition), 2011
5. Schofield W. and M. Breach, Engineering Surveying, (6th Edition), 2007
6. La Putt, J.P., Elementary Surveying (3rd Edition) 2013 Reprint
7. La Putt, J.P., Elementary Surveying (3rd Edition) 2013 Reprint