Surveying is a highly-specialised, professional discipline which involves measuring the surface of the Earth and its features. Surveyors use sophisticated technology and scientific principles to provide practical solutions and services to many areas of government and industry, such as land development, construction, resource development, mining and mapping. Surveyors have played a crucial role in the development of Australia since settlement, and will continue to do so. In this course you can study specialist areas such as cadastral studies, geodesy, photogrammetry, surveying and land information systems, as well as related areas such as remote sensing, land development and planning, mine surveying, hydrographic surveying and geographic information systems. This discipline has also moved into several high-tech areas including satellite positioning, laser scanning, airborne and marine navigation, digital mapping and remote sensing, specialised alignment surveying, analysis of structural deformations, and land and environmental management. Studying modern surveying necessarily calls upon elements from such diverse disciplines as computing, engineering, environmental science, geography, geology, management, mathematics and physics. This course contains practical surveying exercises and work-relevant components similar to that conducted in civil engineering, resources and environmental industry settings. This includes field work on campus, hands-on computing and practical exercises with industry standard software and field trips. Attendance at field excursions and survey campus is compulsory. Curtin offers the only comprehensive degree program in surveying in Western Australia. The fourth year of the course incorporates an honours program which can lead directly into the Master of Philosophy (Surveying and Mapping) and the Doctor of Philosophy. Professional recognition This course is accredited by the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES). Students and graduates are eligible for membership to the Surveying & Spatial Sciences Institute and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; graduates are eligible for licensing by the Land Surveyors Licensing Board of Western Australia. Career information Land Surveyor Licensed Surveyor Surveyor Mine Surveyor Hydrographic Surveyor Cadastral Surveyor Engineering Surveyor