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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

309651 (v.1) Applied Geodetic Surveying 682

Area: Department of Spatial Sciences
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 79.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 4 x 2 Hours Yearly
Fieldwork: 1 x 2 Weeks Yearly
Syllabus: Predominantly a field camp under as realistic as possible conditions, involving teamwork and organisational skills development in order to complete three-dimensional geodetic surveys to national geodetic surveying standards and specifications, and a hypothetical rural subdivision according to Western Australian legislation. The field surveys include but are not limited to: reconnaissance, triangulation, triliteration, traversing, Global Positioning System (GPS), electronic distance measurement (EDM), astronomical observations, spirit levelling, closure checks, and least squares adjustment and analysis. Auxiliary yet important activities include, but are not limited to: equipment calibration, project cost estimation, logistical planning, and professional report presentation to 'clients' in a production type environment.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 031100 Geomatic Engineering (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External