a)
The Division, upon the recommendation of the Land Surveyors Licensing Board
(Board), shall approve a land surveying or related science program if it meets
the following criteria:
1) The educational
institution is legally recognized and authorized by the jurisdiction in which
it is located to confer a baccalaureate degree in land surveying or related
science.
2) Faculty
A) The faculty shall have a sufficient number
of full-time, or full-time equivalent, instructors to make certain that the
educational obligations to the student are fulfilled. A program at the basic
level shall have no fewer than 1 full-time faculty member whose primary
commitment is to that program. If an institution relies on part-time faculty
members, it shall demonstrate that, in addition to the commitment of at least 1
full-time equivalent faculty member, effective mechanisms are in place to
provide adequate levels of student advising and faculty interaction, and
faculty control over the curriculum.
B) The faculty shall have demonstrated
competence in their area of teaching as evidenced by appropriate degrees from
professional colleges or institutions. Other evidence of faculty capability
includes non-academic surveying experience, experience in teaching, ability to
communicate effectively, participation in professional/scientific/other learned
societies, licensure as a professional land surveyor, and an interest in
students' curricular activities.
C)
Teaching loads shall allow time for research and professional development
activities. Stimulation of students' minds requires faculty involvement in
scientific and technological development and in instructional
innovation.
3)
Curriculum
A) The curriculum shall include at
least 4 academic years leading to the conferral of the baccalaureate degree
while providing integration of the educational experience with the ability to
apply the knowledge gained to the identification and solution of practical
problems.
B) The overall curriculum
shall include a minimum of 120 semester hours or their equivalent (e.g., 180
quarter hours) and shall include at least the following subjects:
i) Mathematics shall be satisfied by one of
the below options. Courses in computer usage and/or programming shall not be
used to satisfy the mathematics requirement.
* College algebra and beyond (including but not limited to,
trigonometry, calculus 1, calculus 2, numerical analysis and statistics) - 15
semester hours; or
* Calculus 1 (or above) and statistics.
ii) Basic Sciences - 8 hours
Must include at least 4 hours of general chemistry and 4 hours
of general physics providing a foundation of understanding of basic scientific
principles.
iii) Additional
Sciences - 20 hours
Additional sciences have their roots in mathematics and basic
sciences but carry the knowledge toward creative application. Such subjects
include, but are not limited to, geology, geography, dendrology, astronomy,
biology, soil mechanics, mechanics, and engineering sciences.
iv) Land Surveying - 24 hours
Land Surveying courses provide the basis of understanding and
implementing the role of land surveyor and include, but are not limited to:
fundamentals of land surveying, boundary surveying, route surveying,
topographic surveying, descriptions, legal aspects, subdivision design, data
computations and adjustments, map projections and geometric geodemy and
photogrammetry.
C) The program shall require that the student
demonstrate competency in both written and oral communication.
D) An understanding of ethical, social,
economic and safety considerations shall be included in the land surveying
program.
4) Facilities
A) The laboratory facilities shall reflect
the requirements of the offered educational program. The laboratory should
provide for individual project work by the students and the faculty. The
facilities shall be equipped with instruments and scientific equipment of a
kind and quality to ensure the effective functioning of the
laboratory.
B) The libraries in
support of the land surveying program shall be both technical and nontechnical,
to include books, journals and other reference material for collateral reading
in connection with the instructional and research programs and professional
work. The library collection shall reflect the existence of an active
acquisition policy; this policy shall include specific acquisitions on the
request and recommendation of the faculty of the engineering program. There
shall be computer-accessible information centers and inter-library loan
services for both books and journals. The library collections, whether
centralized or decentralized, shall be readily available for use with the
assistance of trained library staff, or through an open-stack arrangement, or
both.
C) There shall be computer
facilities accessible to the land surveying students and faculty.
5) The institution shall maintain
permanent student records that summarize the credentials for admission,
attendance, grades and other records of performance.
b) In determining whether a baccalaureate
degree program should be approved, the Division shall take into consideration
but not be bound by accreditation by the Accreditation Board for Engineering
and Technology (ABET).
c) The
Division, upon the recommendation of the Board, has determined that the
following domestic baccalaureate degree land surveying programs accredited by
the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET and/or of the
Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC) of ABET meet the minimum
criteria set forth in subsection (a) for an approved land surveying program and
are, therefore, approved, subject to review. Approved Land Surveying Programs
include:
1) Ferris State University: Surveying
Engineering;
2) Michigan
Technological University: Surveying Engineering;
3) Pennsylvania State University,
Wilkes-Barre Campus: Surveying Engineering; and
4) Great Basin College: Land Surveying and
Geomatics
5) Kennesaw State
University - Geospatial Technology Land Surveying Option, BS;
6) Florida Atlantic University - Geomatics
Engineering, BSGE;
7) Polytechnic
University of Puerto Rico - Land Surveying and Mapping, BS; and
8) California State Polytechnic University,
Pomona - Geospatial Engineering option in Civil Engineering, BS.
d) The Division, upon the
recommendation of the Board, has determined that the following domestic related
science baccalaureate degree program meets the minimum criteria set forth in
subsection (a) for an approved related science program and is, therefore,
approved, subject to review. Approved Related Science Programs includes
Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville: Construction Management - Land
Surveying Specialization.
e)
Withdrawal of Program Approval
1) The
following are grounds for withdrawal of approval of a land surveying program or
a program leading to a degree in basic technology with a land surveying
specialty:
A) Non-compliance with any
provisions of the Illinois Professional Land Surveying Act of 1989
[225 ILCS
330 ] (the Act);
B) Non-compliance with any provision of this
Part;
C) Fraud or dishonesty in
furnishing documentation for evaluation of the program; or
D) Failure to continue to meet the criteria
of an approved program as set out in this Section.
2) If the Board has reason to believe there
has been any fraud or dishonesty in the furnishing of any documentation for the
evaluation of a program on the part of any licensee, it shall refer such matter
to appropriate Division personnel for any disciplinary action which might be
appropriate under the Act.
3) A
program whose approval is being reconsidered by the Division shall be given 15
days written notice prior to any recommendation by the Board and may either
submit written comments or request a hearing before the Board.
f) Evaluation of Newly Submitted
Programs
1) An educational institution with a
baccalaureate degree program that has not been evaluated will cause to be
forwarded to the Division documentation concerning the criteria in this
Section.
2) Once the Division has
received the documentation or after 6 months have elapsed from the date of
application, whichever is later, the Board will evaluate the program based on
all documentation received from the school and any additional information the
Division has received that will enable the Board to evaluate the program based
on the criteria specified in this Section.