What will I learn?
The Surveying Engineering Technology program is a surveying program that focuses on the skills and education required for professional practice. Starting with a basic grounding in mathematics and the physical sciences, the student is concurrently and progressively taught a combination of surveying, practical engineering, and business.Surveying combines knowledge in mathematics, computers, history, geography, art, business, and communication coupled with a love of the outdoors (hunting, fishing, snowmobiles, cross country skiing, kayaking, canoeing, hiking, and ATV trail riding) to provide a rewarding career emphasizing independence and responsibility.Surveying provides a rewarding outdoor career that begins with enrollment in the surveying engineering technology program at the University of Maine.Program Educational ObjectivesThe specific program educational objectives are to prepare graduates to:Demonstrate a practical understanding of skills in mathematics, basic physical sciences, business, surveying, and engineering sufficient to pass professional registration exams.Show proficiency in using surveying equipment and gathering experimental and surveying data for the use of analytical and problem-solving skills reasonably expected for surveying practice necessary to be in responsible charge of surveying operations.Be able to apply design skills sufficient to meet employer and client expectations in the areas of land development and survey operations planning.Conduct themselves ethically and professionally and exhibit personal integrity and responsibility in surveying practice.Be proficient in written, oral, and graphic communication to deal with promotion of professional services, business communications, reporting to clients, interacting with peers, and addressing client matters in public forums.Awareness for the arts, humanities, social sciences, and diversity and their place among society and the profession in taking leadership roles in the community and profession.Be able to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment, and lead when necessary to accomplish a given mission or project when providing professional services to the public.Recognize, participate, and appreciate the need for quality improvement of services, continuous improvement of professional skills, and embarking on lifelong learning.Student OutcomesPrior to graduation, students are required to demonstrate the following learned capabilities:an ability to apply knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to solve broadly- defined engineering problems appropriate to the disciplinean ability to design systems, components, or processes meeting specified needs for broadly-defined engineering problems appropriate to the disciplinean ability to apply written, oral, and graphical communication in broadly- defined technical and non-technical environments and an ability to identify and use appropriate technical literaturean ability to conduct standard tests, measurements, and experiments and to analyze and interpret the results to improve processes andan ability to function effectively as a member or leader on a technical team.
