I already have Master's but am STRONGLY considering a survey related degree. Where did you go and why did you select it? Are there any mostly or totally online degrees for this field? I would hope that some of my gen eds would transfer and I could obtain a A.A. or B.A.?ÿ
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The other route in PA I believe is to just intern for a long time. My end goal is to own my own land survey firm. Which would you select if you lived in PA with no college requirement??ÿ
I do not know whether there is a program in Pennsylvania like this one offered in Texas.?ÿ
I was an adjunct in the program until 2013. The intent was to help participants gain college credits needed for licensure in Texas.?ÿ
Have you talked to the folks at the surveying program at PSU Wilkes-Barre?
Good luck
I??d get my degree on line from a college in a metes and bounds state and work for a surveying firm at least part time. ?ÿSleep is overrated.
So many of the regulars here did not have the same options you have today.?ÿ We will try to stay silent.
I had been surveying for 10 years and went back to school at the Oregon Institute of Technology at the age of 34. I got a BS in Surveying. One of the best decisions I have ever made.
????? ?ÿThere where a couple of programs available in 1971 but nothing like today. ?ÿAt 70 I??m thinking about taking a couple of online courses myself. ?ÿI can sit in my rocking chair on the porch and study. LOL
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Until one has a few years of responsible charge under their belt they still have a lot to learn.
Until one has a few years of responsible charge under their belt they still have a lot to learn.
I'd say, more like a few decades, unless their intended practice is very limited in scope and diversity (just say'n)
I??d get my degree on line from a college in a metes and bounds state and work for a surveying firm at least part time. ?ÿSleep is overrated.
You'll get enough sleep when you're dead... ?????ÿ
University of Wyoming has a 30 credit certificate that is able to be completed online. ?ÿ95 percent of the people in the program are working full time at a surveying job already. People from all over the country in that one.?ÿ
Check out the University of Maine, they have an online program that may suit your needs.?ÿ Find a reputable surveyor in your area and develop a relationship with them.?ÿ The BEST path to being a good surveyor is thru a blend of formal education and "internship".?ÿ Can you become a good surveyor with one path and not the other, sure, but the best is a combination of the two.
I suggest you find a 30 hours certificate program in Land Surveying Technology.?ÿ Online would be convenient and I have always heard good things about the University of Wyoming program but surveying is very hands on and I think that you should consider on campus (in person) surveying classes.
Experience is the key.?ÿ With surveying you have to pay your dues if you want to play the blues.?ÿ Especially,?ÿ if someday you want to have your own surveying firm.?ÿ?ÿ
Find a good surveying company and be willing to start out in the field and have some fun and great experience working your way up to party chief.?ÿ Get that hand's on experience for at least two years.?ÿ Then some office management.
Whatever road you choose, You will never look back.
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My B.S. is from the University of Maine, Surveying Engineering program. The course of study has changed quite a bit since I was there. It is now a Surveying Engineering Technology degree. The program has more emphasis on what a practicing PLS will need for education than it did before (less GIS coursework), so I would recommend it even more strongly then when I first graduated. They have an online degree option.
My degree from New Mexico State Univ. was after about 3-4 years of survey work and that was a?ÿ fantastic combination. I knew enough to know I needed to learn a lot more, but wasn't already deep into a job that I couldn't leave for school.?ÿ ?ÿThere wasn't much "on line" in 1996 ish like there is today, so I don't know if I'd move across the country again, but it was worth it, for sure!!
My entire career, 22+ years, has been all OTJ training. I've been lucky and worked with some great folks who were willing to teach me all they know/knew. Granted, I'm not licensed but that's how I've gotten to where I am today.
