LS

Courses fulfill the Life Science requirement. Minimum

Subject

LS

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

Source

catalog.sheridan.edu

This course outlines the principles of measurements of distances, elevation and angles, basic error theory in measurement and calculations, and basic principles of surveying and map making.

Subject

LS

Credits (min)

2

Credits (max)

2

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

Source

catalog.sheridan.edu

Prerequisite

MATH 1405 Trigonometry or higher level math with a C or better. Minimum Credits: 2 Grading: Letter

From fundamental theory to practical application and advanced technologies, this class covers all aspects of GPS needed to understand and use GPS as a land surveyor including the basics of GPS technology, common hardware, surveying methods, survey design, planning and observing, real-time kinematics and DGPS.

Subject

LS

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

Source

catalog.sheridan.edu

Prerequisite

LS 2400 Basic Geodesy for Surveyors Minimum Credits: 4 Grading: Letter Comments: This is UW transfer course meeting the program requirements of the Surveying Technology AAS degree and program electives of the Industrial Technology AAS degree.

Students are introduced to the public, quasi-public, and private depositories of recorded and non-recorded documents that establish land ownership boundaries, easement boundaries, and land use rights and restrictions in both the Public Land Survey System and the Colonial States. Assignments will require work to be conducted during depositories’ normal business hours. Minimum

Subject

LS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

Source

catalog.sheridan.edu

This course covers all major areas of real property law, including the nature of real property, types of ownership, real estate contracts, title and insurance, financing, landlord and tenant, land use, environmental law and regulation. An understanding of real property law is fundamental to understanding boundary law. Minimum

Subject

LS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

Source

catalog.sheridan.edu

This course discusses the history of geodesy including measurement techniques, coordinate systems, ellipsoids and datums is reviewed. The modern geodetic and Cartesian coordinates, as well as the differences between grid and ground coordinate systems, and the current geodetic and Cartesian coordinate systems available today are discussed. Minimum

Subject

LS

Credits (min)

2

Credits (max)

2

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

Source

catalog.sheridan.edu

This course introduces students to the historical and current issues for land description writing and usage for the practicing surveyor. The relationship between written descriptions and field survey data, interpreting old descriptions, and the structure principles of description is analyzed.

Subject

LS

Credits (min)

2

Credits (max)

2

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

Source

catalog.sheridan.edu

Prerequisite

ENTK 2070 Engineering Surveying I or LS 2010, and LS 2100, and LS 2110. Minimum Credits: 2 Grading: Letter Comments: This is UW transfer course meeting the program requirements of the Surveying Technology AAS degree and program electives of the Industrial Technology AAS degree.

This course is a practical and working guide to understanding survey evidence and the laws of boundary location for efficient, accurate boundary determination. This material aids in the elimination of errors in location of land boundaries. The surveyor’s liability and statutes of limitations are explored in depth. Also included are discussions of the surveyor’s role in court.

Subject

LS

Credits (min)

2

Credits (max)

2

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

Source

catalog.sheridan.edu

Prerequisite

ENTK 2070 Engineering Surveying I or LS 2010, and LS 2110 Minimum Credits: 2 Grading: Letter Comments: This is a University of Wyoming transfer course that fulfills the program requirements of the Surveying Technology AAS degree and program electives of the Industrial Technology AAS degree.

This course in boundary law addresses the fundamental principles of real property as applied to land surveying and related professions. Discussion and applications center on practical situations and concepts commonly encountered while conducting boundary surveys and the determination of the extent of ownership rights. Students explore the scope of the surveyors’ judiciary role in real property ownership.

Subject

LS

Credits (min)

2

Credits (max)

2

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

Source

catalog.sheridan.edu

Prerequisite

ENTK 2070 Engineering Surveying I or LS 2010, and LS 3100, and LS 2110. Minimum Credits: 2 Grading: Letter Comments: This is UW transfer course meeting the program requirements of the Surveying Technology AAS degree and program electives of the Industrial Technology AAS degree.

This course covers the basic fundamentals of the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), dependent and independent resurveys, survey plats, “bona fide rights,” riparian boundaries, non-rectangular entities, corner evidence and the role of the modern day surveyor.

Subject

LS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

Source

catalog.sheridan.edu

Prerequisite

ENTK 2070 Engineering Surveying I or LS 2110, and LS 2110 Minimum Credits: 3 Grading: Letter Comments: This is UW transfer course meeting the program requirements of the Surveying Technology AAS degree and program electives of the Industrial Technology AAS degree.

This course covers laying out of super elevation and circular, parabolic, and spiral curves; the difference between highway and railway horizontal curve geometry; offsets to spiral curves as boundaries; area and volumes of earthwork.

Subject

LS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

Source

catalog.sheridan.edu

Prerequisite

ENTK 2070 Engineering Surveying I or LS 2010, and ES 1060 or ES 1061. Minimum Credits: 3 Grading: Letter

This course covers advanced topics in surveying computations and procedures including traverse error analysis, topographic surveying, mapping, astronomical observations, coordinate geometry applications, and state plan coordinates.

Subject

LS

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

Source

catalog.sheridan.edu

Prerequisite

ENTK 2070 Engineering Surveying I or LS 2010 Minimum Credits: 4 Grading: Letter Comments: This is UW transfer course meeting the program requirements of the Surveying Technology AAS degree and program electives of the Industrial Technology AAS degree.