An academic minor program in Land Surveying is being offered by the School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University. A minor is a formal program that a student may elect to complete with their Bachelor of Science degree program. The Land Surveying (LS) minor is available to any student at Purdue. Completion of the minor will be recognized by the Registrar’s Office and designated on the student’s official academic transcript.
The Land Surveying (LS) minor combined with the BSCE degree constitutes a land surveying curriculum approved by the Indiana State Board of Registration for Land Surveyors for admission to the Fundamentals of Surveying registration exam without an additional year of experience beyond the degree.
The Land Surveying (LS) minor is available to any student at Purdue who has met the co- and/or pre-requisites for courses in the LS course sequence. The LS Minor consists of 10 courses (31 credits) plus a summer internship.
The requirements for the LS minor program are outlined as follows:
Component |
Land Surveying Minor |
Core |
Required courses
CE 203 Principles and Practice of Geomatics
CE 303 Engineering Surveying
CE 408 GIS for Engineers |
Basic Engineering |
Min 1 of following courses
CE 4XX Engr. and Management for Constructed Facilities Life-cycle*
CE 361 Transportation Engineering |
Planning and Design |
Min 2 of following courses
CE 4XX Project Control and Life Cycle Analysis for Constructed Facilities*
CE 355 Engineering Environmental Sustainability
CE 440 Urban Hydraulics
CE 512 Urban Planning |
LS and Geomatics |
Required courses*
CE 4XX Urban Remote Sensing
CE 4XX Geospatial Project Control and Design
LS 3XX Cadastral Surveying
LS 5XX Boundary Law and Property Location |
Internship in LS |
Required summer before senior year
CE 497 Undergraduate Professional Internship |
*These courses are currently offered under the 497 or 597 special study number. Course numbers will be assigned when the course proposals are approved.
The summer internship is an opportunity for the profession to be involved in this program and serve an important role in developing LS graduates. We would like to be contacted by any firm that can offer a summer surveying-related job experience for students planning to complete the LS Minor program.