I have a BS in Surveying Engineering Technology from Alfred State College in NY.
A lot of surveyors in NY either have an AAS or BS from Alfred.
Some?ÿsurveyors in NY have an AAS degree?ÿin Surveying Technology from Paul Smith's College.
Currently, Paul Smith's College has only a two-year AAS ABET accredited?ÿsurvey program. They are prepared?ÿto change it to 4 BS if NY considers a 4-year degree requirement?ÿfor licensure.?ÿ
Also, some surveyors in NY have an AAS in Survey Technology from Wanakena Ranger School, SUNY-ESF.
But I am a lowly Forest Tech grad from there, and continued on to get my BS in Forestry.?ÿ Few years after graduation found a surveying job and stuck with it.?ÿ At the Ranger School the forestry and survey students take the same courses for the first half of the year, so I had a good handle on surveying and drafting after graduation.
Same here, same degrees @P_Bob .
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Why on earth would anyone go to a culinary school (aka Paul Smiths) for a surveying degree!?!??ÿ ??ÿ ??ÿ
B.S. in Technology Education from The University of Georgia 1998
A.A.S. in Surveying Technology from A.B. Tech in Asheville, NC. 2010
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Why on earth would anyone go to a culinary school (aka Paul Smiths) for a surveying degree!?!??ÿ ??ÿ ??ÿ
I was at Paul Smiths from 70 to?ÿ 72.?ÿ It was a 2 year school then.?ÿ I was a "TFSO"?ÿ or terminal (as opposed to a "pre-pro: intended to go on to another school) forestry surveying option.?ÿ At that time, if one did not go to school, one went to Viet Nam, so PSC, like most schools, was busting at the seams.?ÿ Lots of students.?ÿ I graduated with an Associates and a pretty good understanding of the basics of surveying,?ÿ but there was MUCH to learn after graduation.
Paul Smith ran a rather exclusive hotel, with visitors such as Henry Ford and the who's who of the time.?ÿ When he died, he left his land and money to start a school teaching hotel management, and forestry.?ÿ An odd combination, but considering the source and location, it made sense.?ÿ The 2 schools are still there, and a while back they became a 4 year school.
For my second year I lived in a rented cabin on Easy Street., named for the guides that would take the hotel's guests out fishing and hunting and?ÿ lived down the road from the hotel. They had it easy, were paid well, and were said to live on Easy Street.?ÿ
It is a very pretty area.?ÿ Complete with lots of rain, snow, mosquitoes and black flies.?ÿ I have often thought the Adirondacks would have been overrun with development if there were no black flies.
Ken
TFSO, 72
BS Civil Eng. Tech Wentworth plus some ULowell courses in survey.?ÿ
While the degree helped a lot in the early years getting started, I would say most of my education came from fellow surveyors and engineers.?ÿ I have also worked with many excellent surveyors who had no degree but lots of experience in the profession.?ÿ The degree was a good foundation to build on.?ÿ At the going rates of some degrees, I question the financial wisdom of spending the money some people do on a degree.?ÿ Not to curse the overall value of but if you can work hard, study a lot and take some classes here and there you may be better off than spending 250K+ on a degree.?ÿ
Dan
Some surveyors in NY have an AAS degree in surveying from MVCC.?ÿ Kind of a unique program in the US as it taught boundary law more extensively than most with a 2 course sequence.?ÿ Also unique in that it taught engineering topics useful to surveyors in subdivision work, such as drainage design, road design, soils.
Earned a BA in Secondary Education (English Lit) from Univ. Pitt. Johnstown 1995.
Got my license by sheer strength of will (and 11 years experience starting prior to 1991).
You ain't allowed to do that no more!
