Overview
This unit introduces you to engineering surveying techniques and practical skills. It outlines the practice in plane and geodetic surveying such as measurements of distances, elevations and angles. You are also expected to demonstrate an understanding of surveying methods which include triangulation, traversing and transfer of true meridian to an underground base. Concepts are also introduced in relation to automated survey instruments, errors and survey adjustments, and computerised processing of survey data. You will also need to demonstrate teamwork and communication skills necessary to implement such systems in the civil construction and mining industries. Students enrolled in distance mode are required to attend a compulsory Residential School.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: MATH11218 Applied Mathematics or MATH11160 Technology Mathematics
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2020
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Residential Schools
This unit has a Compulsory Residential School for distance mode students and the details are:
Click here to see your Residential School Timetable.
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Moodle website
The content of this unit was fantastic and helped students to understand surveying.
Continue to add more useful and practical materials for Term 1, 2020.
Feedback from Moodle website
Assignment questions were completely referring to the unit content and examples.
Continue to add more worked-out examples to the unit content for Term 1, 2020.
Feedback from Moodle website
The lecturer/coordinator was very skilled and organised. The unit was presented very well.
Continue to keep the same quality every year.
Feedback from Moodle website
The practical works and assignment one were very interesting and insightful. Both helped in better understanding of the unit.
Continue to keep the same or even better quality every year.
Feedback from Moodle Website
The lecturer was really helpful through quick and comprehensive responses.
Quick response to students is of high importance and the same quality of support is recommended in the future offerings.
Feedback from Moodle Website
The practicals are better to move to later weeks (near mid sem). This way students have more of an understanding of surveying.
Will run the practical classes in Week 5 and 6 if possible.
Feedback from Moodle Website
For res school students, the practicals are better to run earlier - week 7 is quite late for something worth 50%.
Will run the practical classes in Week 5 and 6 if possible.
- Recognise and discuss basic concepts and principles of Engineering Surveying
- Carry out basic surveying and mapping activities such as measurement of ground elevation, angle and distance measurements and detailed surveying using appropriate surveying equipment
- Select and apply appropriate computing techniques to analyse and process surveying field measurement data
- Apply surveying principles in civil and mining engineering works such as setting-out, earth work calculations and underground surveying
- Explain and demonstrate the concepts, techniques and technologies used in mass surveying
- Demonstrate a professional level of communication and teamwork
All the learning outcomes are linked and comply with the Engineers Australia's Stage 1 Competency Standard.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||
| 3 - Practical Assessment - 40% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Practical Assessment - 40% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
ENGINEERING SURVEYING
Edition: 6th (2007)
Authors: W. Schofield and M. Breach
Taylor and Francis
London London , United Kingdom
ISBN: 978-0-7506-6949-8
Binding: Other
Additional Textbook Information
Copies can be purchased from the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code)
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
f.tahmoorian@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Basic Concepts of Surveying
Error and Uncertainty
Chapter
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Vertical Control (Levelling)
Chapter
Chapter 3
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Distance Measurement
Chapter
Chapter 4
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Angle Measurement
Mapping and Detail Survey
Chapter
Chapter 5
Chapter 8
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Traversing & Triangulation
Chapter
Chapters 6 & 7
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
MID-TERM BREAK
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Earthworks (Quantities, Sections, Contours)
Chapter
Chapter 11
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assignment 1 Due: Week 6 Monday (20 Apr 2020) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Curves
Chapter
Chapter 10
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Setting out Works
Chapter
Chapter 12
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Mine and Underground Surveying
Chapter
Chapter 13
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Digital and Mass Survey Methods
Chapter
Chapter 14
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Introduction of GPS
Chapter
Chapter 9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Review
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
The assignment will cover the unit content scheduled for Weeks 1 to 5. Details will be provided on the unit website
Week 6 Monday (20 Apr 2020) 5:00 pm AEST
Week 8 Monday (4 May 2020)
Each question in this assignment will be assessed separately for the criterion accuracy and correct results.
- Correct application of mathematics and arithmetic
- Answers clearly identified
- Correct results
In addition, the assignment as a whole will be assessed against the following criteria:
Evidence of correct procedures
- All necessary steps in analysis are present in correct order
- Clear presentation of mathematical and arithmetical working linking given details of the problem to the results obtained
- Evidence of checking results (mathematical, graphical, logic-common sense)
Evidence of understanding of the topic
- Explanation of choices made in the analysis (why is procedure required, why this particular procedure)
- Interpretation of results, eg limitations, direction of vectors
Professional presentation
- The work (job) is clearly identified (problem, date, analyst)
- Clear statement of each problem and its details and requirements
- Logical layout of analysis
- Appropriate use of diagrams, clear diagrams
- Correct use of terminology, conventions
- Clear English in the explanation of procedure and interpretation of results.
- Recognise and discuss basic concepts and principles of Engineering Surveying
- Select and apply appropriate computing techniques to analyse and process surveying field measurement data
- Apply surveying principles in civil and mining engineering works such as setting-out, earth work calculations and underground surveying
- Explain and demonstrate the concepts, techniques and technologies used in mass surveying
- Demonstrate a professional level of communication and teamwork
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
The assignment will cover the unit content scheduled for Weeks 6 to 10. Details will be provided on the unit website.
Week 11 Monday (25 May 2020) 5:00 pm AEST
Review/Exam Week Monday (8 June 2020)
Each question in this assignment will be assessed separately for the criterion accuracy and correct results.
- Correct application of mathematics and arithmetic
- Answers clearly identified
- Correct results
In addition, the assignment as a whole will be assessed against the following criteria:
Evidence of correct procedures
- All necessary steps in analysis are present in correct order
- Clear presentation of mathematical and arithmetical working linking given details of the problem to the results obtained
- Evidence of checking results (mathematical, graphical, logic-common sense)
Evidence of understanding of the topic
- Explanation of choices made in the analysis (why is procedure required, why this particular procedure)
- Interpretation of results, eg limitations, direction of vectors
Professional presentation
- The work (job) is clearly identified (problem, date, analyst)
- Clear statement of each problem and its details and requirements
- Logical layout of analysis
- Appropriate use of diagrams, clear diagrams
- Correct use of terminology, conventions
- Clear English in the explanation of procedure and interpretation of results.
- Recognise and discuss basic concepts and principles of Engineering Surveying
- Select and apply appropriate computing techniques to analyse and process surveying field measurement data
- Apply surveying principles in civil and mining engineering works such as setting-out, earth work calculations and underground surveying
- Explain and demonstrate the concepts, techniques and technologies used in mass surveying
- Demonstrate a professional level of communication and teamwork
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Practical Assessment
Practical Report is required for field surveying activities. Details of activities and report requirements will be given on the unit website.
Please note that you may able to complete the practical and most of the report tasks during your practical class (or residential school) time, which will conclude by the end of Week 6. For the administrative purpose, the due date is set as the last day of the term. This does not mean you need to wait until that date. Therefore, the extension will not be considered unless in a very extreme circumstance (as you have almost 6 weeks after the completion of the practicals).
Week 12 Thursday (4 June 2020) 5:00 pm AEST
After the grade release
Each question in this assignment will be assessed separately for the criterion accuracy and correct results.
- Correct application of mathematics and arithmetic
- Answers clearly identified
- Correct results/explanation
In addition, the assignment as a whole will be assessed against the following criteria:
Evidence of correct procedures
- All necessary steps in analysis are present in correct order
- Clear presentation of mathematical and arithmetical working linking given details of the problem to the results obtained
- Evidence of checking results (mathematical, graphical, logic-common sense)
Evidence of understanding of the topic
- Explanation of choices made in the analysis (why is procedure required, why this particular procedure)
- Interpretation of results, eg limitations, direction of vectors
Professional presentation
- The work (job) is clearly identified (problem, date, analyst)
- Logical layout of analysis
- Appropriate use of diagrams, clear diagrams
- Correct use of terminology, conventions
- Clear English in the explanation of procedure and interpretation of results.
- Recognise and discuss basic concepts and principles of Engineering Surveying
- Carry out basic surveying and mapping activities such as measurement of ground elevation, angle and distance measurements and detailed surveying using appropriate surveying equipment
- Select and apply appropriate computing techniques to analyse and process surveying field measurement data
- Apply surveying principles in civil and mining engineering works such as setting-out, earth work calculations and underground surveying
- Demonstrate a professional level of communication and teamwork
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
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What is a breach of academic integrity?
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