Republic of the Philippines

UNIVERSITY OF RIZAL SYSTEM

Province of Rizal

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

CE 1: FUNDAMENTALS OF SURVEYING

Course Guide
To the end users of this Course Guide

Welcome to CE 1: Fundamentals of Surveying. This course guide is made

especially for you, Civil Engineering students of University of Rizal System. Extreme
effort was given in order to make this course guide in order for the students to continue
learning despite the current pandemic that is happening all over the world as of now.

This course guide covers all the topics for the entire course subject set forth by
the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) under CMO No. 92 s. 2017, and contains
lectures, assignments, self-assessment questions and activities intended for your
learning. This course guide also contains URLs of some educational videos and slides
that will be helpful to you as you go along the course guide. You need to have internet
access to be able to watch the videos or run through the slides.

I am George P. Palada, the author of this course guide. I am an alumnus, and

currently an instructor of the College of Engineering of this University. I am a registered
Civil Engineer and I am currently taking up my MS in Construction Management at the
Polytechnic University of the Philippines, I am in the process of writing my master’s
thesis while teaching future Civil Engineers.

I would like to acknowledge the help and support of my fellow instructor and
classmate, Engr. John Carlo L. Ramos, who dutifully critiqued the contents and gave
inputs on this course guide.

Indeed, it is all of your instructors’ first time to write a course guide and learning
modules because we are used to offline, face to face classroom learning. I personally
appreciate any feedback from the end users of this course guide. You can contact the
author at george.palada@urs.edu.ph should you have any concerns with the course
guide or if you find any errors or copyright violations.

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Course Description

CE 1: Fundamentals of Surveying deals with the measurement of distance and

distance corrections, the use of surveying instruments, area computations, balancing
the traverse, elevation determination and leveling, stadia surveying, topographic
surveying, triangulation and trilateration, and missing data.

Course Objectives

A. General Objectives

This course subject aims to introduce the science of surveying, and its principles
and methods to Civil Engineering students that are applicable to surveying
problems.

B. Specific Objectives

At the end of this course, the students must be able to:

1. Apply the basic surveying concepts, principles and theories on distance and
angular measurements as well as area computation.
2. Solve for distances, elevations and areas from a provided set of survey data.
3. Apply the basic surveying concepts, principles and theories on determining
horizontal and vertical distances using stadia.
4. Compute for the missing data from an incomplete traverse data.

Course Structure

This course guide consists of twenty-nine (29) Learning Modules, divided into
twelve (12) Learning Units. The structure is listed below.

Unit Description Modules

1. Definition of Surveying
2. Survey Field Notes
1 Introduction to Surveying 3. The Field Survey Party
4. Different Types of Surveying and their
Practical Uses
5. Distance by Taping
6. Distance by Pacing
Measurement of Distance and 7. Distance by Tachymetry
2
Errors 8. Errors
1.1. Types of Errors
1.2. Sources of Errors

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 1.3. Accuracy and Precision
1.4. Theory of Probability
1.5. Most Probable Value
9. Corrections in Taping
1.6. Correction due to Slope
1.7. Correction due to Temperature
1.8. Correction due to Tension/Pull
1.9. Correction due to Sag
1.10. Combined Corrections

Measurement of Vertical 10. Differential and Profile Leveling

3
Distances 11. Curvature and Refraction

12. Bearings vs Azimuths and Conversion of

Bearings, Azimuths and
4 Bearings to Azimuths and Vice-versa
Magnetic Declination
13. Magnetic Declination
14. Latitudes, Departures and Error of
Traversing and Traverse Closure
5
Computations 15. Traverse Adjustments: Compass Rule
and Transit Rule
16. Area by Trapezoidal Rule and by
6 Area Computations Simpson’s One-Third Rule
17. Area by DMD and by DPD

7 Omitted Measurements 18. Missing Data

8 Partition of Land 19. Subdivision of Areas

20. Stadia Method, Stadia Constants and

9 Tachymetric Surveys Stadia Interval Factor
21. Inclined Stadia Sights
22. Triangulation and Triangulation Systems
23. Adjustment of a Quadrilateral
10 Control Surveys 24. Strength of Figure and Spherical Excess
25. Trilateration
26. Towers

11 Topographic Surveys 27. Topography and Contours

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 Introduction to Global 28. History of GPS
12
Positioning Systems 29. Fundamental Concept of GPS

Mode of Delivery

This course will be delivered remotely. As a student enrolled in this course

subject you will be self-studying for the most part. Since face to face classes are limited
by the university, classes will be conducted asynchronously on the LMS site to be
provided by the university.

As your instructor, I will have to hold synchronous sessions with you, but it will be
used primarily for lectures and consultations. These sessions will be conducted with the
whole class via Google Meet or any other virtual platform that students can access.

If the university will provide an LMS for the faculty and students, announcements,
assignments, activities, lectures and updates will be uploaded onto the site. If not
possible, we will have our regular communication via group chat on the Messenger app.
Please be advised though that you cannot message the instructor beyond 7:00 PM.
Should you message the instructor beyond the said time, you will receive your reply the
next day. In addition, please do not expect that you will get a reply right away when you
send me a message. It is best that you communicate on the group chat rather than
sending me a private message.

I encourage the students to communicate with his/her classmates regularly to

optimize learning experience and to show support for each other.

Teaching Strategies and Learning Activities

This course uses strategies that will let the students to learn the course subject
the best possible way. This course guide is made for you, and is designed in a manner
that you can learn on your own. Video links and pdf files are provided for you, aside
from this course guide. Hence, you are primarily responsible for your own learning.

You will answer self-assessment questions to check your understanding of the

modules, and you will be required to work with assignments and activities that you need
to upload on the Google drive dedicated for assignments and activities.

Assessment Strategies

Aside from the self-assessment questions, assignment and activities, another

way for the instructor to check if you learned from the course subject is through quizzes

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and examinations. These assessment for confirmation of learning will be scheduled,
and will be announced prior to the day of assessment.

The platform to be used for the assessment will be announced by the instructor.
Since synchronous/face to face sessions will be limited, the mode of assessment will
probably be all online. All assessments will have a time limit. In that case, students have
to make sure that they have a strong and reliable internet connection.

Course Requirements

The course requirements for the course subject CE 1: Fundamentals of

Surveying are the following:

1. Exercises/Plates
2. Activities and Self-Assessment Questions
3. Quizzes
4. Examinations: Preliminary, Midterm and Final Examinations
5. Other requirements that may be required by the instructor

In order to accomplish the following requirements, and as mentioned previously,

students may need to have a smartphone and/or a laptop/desktop computer with
internet access.

Grading System

CE 1: Fundamentals of Surveying is a four-unit course subject. Your final grade

for this subject will be based on your performance on the course requirements stated
above.

Specifically, your final grade will be based on the following:

Course Requirements Percentage

Major Examinations 40%
Quizzes 25%
Exercises/Plates 25%
Class Participation 10%

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 Assessment Rubrics

EXEMPLARY SATISFACTORY DEVELOPING BEGINNING

CRITERIA
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100% Correct. 89% Correct. 69% Correct. 39% Correct.

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the solution for the solution for the solution for the solution for
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good quality. quality. standard quality improvement

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Certain aspects
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requirements
incomplete or
incorrect.

Academic Integrity

Due to the pandemic brought about by COVID-19, alternative strategies of

learning will be implied by the University. While face to face instruction is not
encouraged by the authorities, the course subject will be delivered to the learners
through online. Different platforms may be utilized by the university to provide learning
to the students.

In light of this alternative learning strategy, students are now more than ever,
expected to practice intellectual honesty and academic integrity at all times. This mean
doing your course requirements all by yourself, citing sources for your works gathered
from different sources, and taking all assessments (especially quizzes and
examinations) all by yourself. Students at all times must exercise honor and strive for
excellence by respecting intellectual property rights and must not plagiarize the work of
others.

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Class Schedule

The schedule making depends on the schedule given by the memorandum from
the university. The time allotment from the syllabus can be also a factor but the huge
factor for the scheduling is on the instructor. The instructor can give his/her schedule of
dates for submission of different requirements.

Reference Texts

The first two reference books on the list are the main text to be used for the
course subject while the rest are supplementary references. The students are
encouraged to get a copy of the main reference texts for self-study. The instructor may
give some reading tasks to give to students to further understand the lecture.

La Putt, J. (2007). Elementary surveying, (3rd ed.). Mandaluyong City: National

Bookstore. (Original work published 1987)

Besavilla, V. (1984). Surveying for civil & geodetic licensure exam. Cebu City:
VIB Publisher

Nathanson, J., Lanzafama, M., & Kissam, P. (2011). Surveying fundamentals and
practices, (6th ed.). New Jersey: Pearson.

Kavanagh, B. & Mastin, T. (2014). Surveying: principles and applications, (9th

ed.). New Jersey: Pearson.

Chandra, A. M. (2005). Surveying: problem solving with theory and objective type
questions. New Delhi: New Age International Ltd.

La Putt, J. (2007). Elementary surveying, (3rd ed.). Mandaluyong City: National

Bookstore. (Original work published 1987)

Ghilani, C. & Wolf, P. (2012). Elementary surveying: an introduction to geomatics

(13th ed.). New Jersey: Pearson.

Robillard, W., Brinker, R., & Minnick, R. (1995). The surveying handbook. (2nd
ed.). New York: Chapman and Hall.

CE 1: Fundamentals of Surveying George P. Palada, RCE

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CE 1: Fundamentals of Surveying George P. Palada, RCE
Course Guide Author
AY 2020 - 2021