Online Graduate Certificate in Surveying Engineering Technology

About

The online Graduate Certificate in Surveying Engineering Technology will:

  • Expand your undergraduate knowledge for better work experience
  • Provide your firm with information about new technologies
  • Enhance your skills to create new employment opportunities
  • Prepare you for professional licensure exams
  • Grow mathematical foundations 
  • Prepare you for a leadership role in solving complicated boundary issues


Further Graduate Education

This certificate creates a pathway to a master’s degree. The twelve credits earned can be used as the elective courses required for a concentration in Surveying Engineering Technology in an M.S. in Engineering Technology or a PSM in Engineering and Business.

Program Learning Outcomes

  • Understand, interpret, shape, and augment the knowledge base.
  • Evaluate the theoretical and practical application of emerging technologies in surveying engineering such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Lidar, Close-range photogrammetry, hydrographic surveying, and modern aspects of geodesy.
  • Apply emerging technologies in survey engineering.
  • Articulate the latest research in technologies such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Lidar, Close-range photogrammetry, hydrographic surveying, and modern aspects of geodesy.
  • Share disciplinary expertise openly, effectively, and accurately.
  • Apply professional best-practice tools to convert research concepts into cost-effective production techniques in surveying engineering topics such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Lidar, Close-range photogrammetry, hydrographic surveying, and modern aspects of geodesy.
  • Explain trends in advanced boundary law principles.
  • Apply advanced boundary law principles to land survey practices.
  • Demonstrate responsible and ethical practice.
  • Discriminate the most effective strategies in advanced boundary law that are in the best interest of the broader public.
  • Discriminate the most effective strategies in emerging surveying engineering technologies that serve the best interests of the broader public.

Admissions

We have rolling admissions, meaning you can apply and be accepted at any time. The admission evaluation process begins once we receive all your application materials.

The Surveying Engineering Technology Graduate Certificate does not accept transfer credits.

A bachelor’s degree in a surveying-related field from an accredited college/university with a minimum GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale

Before you apply, please review the application instructions. When you’re ready to apply, please submit the following:

  • A 300-500 word essay based on the following prompt
  • An online application
  • Current résumé or CV
  • Official academic transcripts from all institutions attended

Careers

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the overall employment of surveyors is projected to grow 5% from 2022 to 2032, faster than the average for all occupations. As of May 2023, the median average wage for survey engineers is $68,540. About 3,500 surveyor openings are projected each year, on average, from 2022 to 2032.

Notable Companies Employing Alumni

  • Bureau of Land Management
  • U.S. Forest Service
  • Maine State Department of Transportation
  • Plisga and Day
  • Sebago Technics
  • Survey Engineering Resources, LLC
  • Gartley and Dorsky Engineering and Surveying
  • Herrick and Salsbury, Inc.
  • Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
  • SGC Engineering, LLC
  • Northern Survey Engineering, LLC
  • SurvTech Solutions, Inc.

Curriculum

Choose four courses from the following (12–14 credits):

  • SVT 598: Selected Studies in Surveying Engineering Technology (1-3 credits)
  • SIE 509: Principles of Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
  • SVT 475: Small Business Management (3 credits)
  • SVT 501: Advanced Adjustment Computations (3 credits)
  • SVT 511: Geodetic U.S. Public Land Survey Computations (3 credits)
  • SVT 512: Survey Business Law and Policy (3 credits)
  • SVT 513: Advanced Studies in Boundary Law (3 credits)
  • SVT 531: Advanced Digital Photogrammetry (3 credits)
  • SVT 532: Survey Strategies in Use of Lidar (3 credits)
  • SVT 537: Advanced GNSS (3 credits)
  • SVT 541: Geodesy (3 credits)
  • SVT 542: Applied Hydrographic Surveying (3 credits)
Person using surveying equipment

At a Glance

UMaineOnline

Maine College of Engineering & Computing


Degree Level

Graduate Certificate

Certificate Earned

Graduate Certificate in Surveying Engineering Technology

Application Deadline

Rolling Admissions

Mode of Study

Online

Number of Credits

12–14 Credits

UMaineOnline

Maine College of Engineering & Computing


Degree Level

Graduate Certificate

Degree Earned

Graduate Certificate in Surveying Engineering Technology

Application Deadline

Rolling Admissions

Mode of Study

Online

Number of Credits

12–14 Credits

Cost Per Credit Hour

E-Rate

$780

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Contact

Beth Royston, M.S.

UMaineOnline Advisor

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207.581.4581