IMPORTANT

Office Hours/Assistance

As an adjunct professor, without an on-campus office and phone, I do not have separate office hours. Instead, I will reserve time at the end of our class meetings, as needed, to provide individual assistance. I am also willing to help you over the phone or by e-mail. If you need to reach me during the week, the syllabus gives my work phone number, my e-mail address and fax number. The syllabus also shows the reading and homework assignments for each week. On the rare occasion you may need to miss a class, use the syllabus to keep up with the homework reading and problem assignments. Communication is important. Therefore, one of your first assignments will be to activate the free e-mail account NVCC provides you. Plan to check it periodically. You may also use your off-campus personal or work e-mail account as alternates, but be sure to also check your NVCC account regularly for communications from the college. It is best to try to reach me via my work e-mail or work phone, because that is where I am most of the time.

 

Attendance and Classroom Conduct

Due to heightened security concerns, NVCC requires that faculty be able to verify whether a student was present or absent in class meetings for which the student is registered. In the event of an emergency or disaster, it will be to your benefit that the attendance sheet will help to account for your presence or absence. There is also a not-too-surprising positive correlation between regular attendance and good grades. Therefore, I plan to take attendance at each class meeting. Please plan to attend and be on time to avoid disrupting the class or missing early announcements. While class is in session, please turn off your cell phones and beepers, or set them to vibration mode, to avoid disruptions. If you know you will miss a class, please use e-mail to contact me. I may often be able to send you by return e-mail any handouts or other materials you missed during your absence.

 

Prerequisites/Work Effort/Grading Policy

Prerequisites to CIV 172 include successful completion of CIV 171 – Surveying I, plus courses in algebra, plane geometry and trigonometry, as well as basic facility with using a hand-held scientific calculator to solve expressions with angular values, trigonometric functions, and powers or roots. Expect to invest 2-3 hours of study outside of class for each lecture hour inside class. Your final grade will be the weighted average of all graded labs (50%), a mid-term exam (25%), and the final exam (25%). Your letter grade will be based on the following scale:  90% to 100% = A; 80% to 89% = B; 70% to 79% = C; 60% to 69% = D; below 60% = F.

 

Intellectual Integrity/Honor System

Assisting others is admirable, and in modern engineering work, collaboration and teamwork are highly valued. However, in the academic environment there are times when it is inappropriate. I will tell you when you may collaborate with one another on course-related work and when you may not. In general, graded exercises are for you to demonstrate what YOU have learned, not what your colleagues have learned. Evidence of giving or accepting assistance on a graded lab, exam or other graded project may be grounds for dismissal from the course with a grade of F for all students involved.

 

Special Accommodations

Please advise me of your special problems or needs at the beginning of the semester. If you are seeking accommodations based on a disability, you should provide a disability data sheet, which can be obtained from the Counselor for Disability Services, located in the Bisdorf Building, Room AA232, or call (703) 845-6301.

 

Withdrawal/Audit

If you wish to withdraw from the class, or change to “audit” status, you must do so officially by the last day allowed this semester to withdraw or change to audit without a grade penalty. (See following page for important dates and verify by checking the current NVCC schedule.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Important Dates and Information

Spring Semester 2006

 

Parking Permits    

Permits are required in all student parking lots from 6:00 a.m. on January 23, 2006 through the end of the session. Vehicles that do not have a permit displayed should be parked at meters or in hourly pay lots.

 

Holiday Schedule Affecting CIV 172 (College Closed—No Classes)

Spring Break is March 6 –12, 2006

 

Identification Cards
You may obtain your student NOVACARD ID at campus NOVACARD Offices 24 hours after enrolling for classes or by presenting proof of enrollment and a photo ID card. Cards are required for certain college services.
    

Graduation Commencement
The last day to apply for graduation is January 20, 2006. Commencement for graduates is May 9, 2006.
    

Important dates for the Spring 2006 Sixteen-Week Session

Begin CIV 172 Surveying II class meetings

January 14, 2006, 0800-1210

Enrollment (add/drop/swap) (via NovaConnect online or Telephone)

Until January 15, 2006

Last day for schedule adjustments with tuition refund via NovaConnect

January 22, 2006

Spring Break

March 6 -12, 2006

Last day to withdraw without grade penalty or change to audit

March 16, 2006

End CIV 172 Surveying II class meetings and Final Exam

May 6, 2006

 

 

Class Cancellations Due to Inclement Weather or Emergencies

There is always a possibility that adverse weather or other emergencies may require cancellation of a class. If a general emergency arises, the following radio stations and television channels will be notified to announce the cancellation of day, evening, or weekend classes, or the mid-day closing of the college.

 

RADIO

TELEVISION

 

AM

FM

WAGE - 1200

AMOR - 94.3

WRC -      Channel 4

WDCT - 1310

WAMU - 88.5

WTTG - Channel 5

WFLS - 1350

WETA - 90.9

WJLA - Channel 7

WKCW - 1420

WETH - 89.1

WUSA - Channel 9

WMAL - 630

WFLS - 93.3

Cable News - Channel 8

WPGC - 1580

WGMS - 103.5

NVCC - Channel 19

WTEM - 570

WHUR - 96.3

Arlington Ch 37

WTOP - 1500

WINC - 92.5

Fairfax County Ch 19

WWRC - 980

WJMO - 99.5

Manassas Ch 59

 

WMMJ - 102.3

Woodbridge Ch 59

 

WPGC - 95.5

 

 

WRQX - 107.3

 

 

WTOP - 107.7

 

                                                                               

Do not assume that NVCC is closed because the local public schools are closed. NVCC makes its decisions about closing independently of the county public schools. Listen for a specific announcement regarding the NVCC. Closing announcements are also posted on the NVCC cable television stations. After 7:00 a.m., NOVAnet (703) 323-3770 will carry an announcement if the College will be closed and closing information will also be posted on the College Web site at www.nvcc.vccs.edu

Week

Date

Agenda
Homework Assignment (due next meeting)

1

Jan 14

Introduction to the course. Review course content, schedule, expectations and requirements. Get acquainted. Begin Block 1, Mapping & Mapping Surveys.

Lecture: Mapping surveys: methods, scale control, contouring, field methods, hydrographic surveys and error sources.

Lab: Block 1, Ungraded Lab 1 – Stadia Observations and reduction of stadia data and total station methods for obtaining topographic data.

 

Acquire book, calculator and supplies, if needed.

Fill out (or update) the student data sheet provided by instructor.

Activate your student e-mail account and use it (or your home or work account) to send a brief message to Professor Lehman at his e-mail address above.

Read: chapter 16, Mapping Surveys

Solve: problems 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 17, 29, 31 and 33 at the end of chapter 16

 

2

Jan 21

Review previous homework assignment.

Lecture: Logical contouring to represent relief

Lab: Block 1, Ungraded Lab 2 – Contouring

Manual techniques for topographic mapping.

 

Read: chapter 17, Mapping.

Solve: problems 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17 and 23 at the end of chapter 17.

3

Jan 28

Review previous homework assignment.

Lecture: Mapping: map sources, National Mapping Program, accuracy standards, manual & computer-aided mapping, map design, plotting detail and contours, elements of a map, error sources. Review main topics in Block 1.  Assist students in completing lab work.

 

Special Assignment #1: Go to the U.S. Geological Survey website at: http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs17199.html  and complete the assignment provided by the instructor.

Also visit:

http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/symbols/index.html and complete the assignment provided by the instructor.

4

Feb 4

Review previous homework assignment and prepare for Block 1 Graded Lab.

Lab: Block 1 Graded Lab – Mapping and Mapping Surveys.

Begin Block 2, Volume Computations and Construction Surveys. 

Lecture: Methods for volume computation, including cross sections, average-end-area, prismoidal formula.

Lab: Block 2, Ungraded Lab 1 – Volumes1 Computation by average-end-area and prismoidal formula methods.

 

Read:  chapter 26, Volumes.

Solve: problems 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 21, 24, 25 and 28 at the end of chapter 26.

 

 

5

Feb 11

Return and critique the Block 1 Graded Lab

Review previous homework assignment.

Continue Block 2.

Lecture:: Additional methods for volume computation: borrow pit, contour area, volume of water discharge; volume error sources; workshop in solving volume problems.

Lab: Block 2, Ungraded Lab 2 – Volumes 2

Computation by borrow pit and contour area methods.

 

Special Assignment #2: Go to: http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/educweb/ce453/lectures/24%20Mass%20diagram.ppt and navigate through the tutorial entitled “Earthwork and Mass Diagrams.” Complete the related assignment provided by the instructor, due next week.

6

Feb 18

Collect  Special Assignment #2.

Lecture: Construction Surveys: specialized equipment; construction control; stakeout for pipelines, buildings and highways; error sources.

Lab: Block 2, Ungraded Lab – Construction Surveying.

Read:  chapter 23, Construction Surveys.

Problems: Work problems 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16 and 17 at the end of chapter 23.

 

 

7

Feb 25

Review previous homework assignment.

Lecture: Review of main topics in Block 2; assist students in completing lab problems.

Lab: Block 2 Graded Lab – Volume Computations and Construction surveys.

Review all topics, labs and problems in Blocks 1 and 2 to prepare for Mid-Term Exam next week.

 

8

Mar 4

Lecture: Briefly recap the major topics in Blocks 1 and 2. Question and answer period prior to mid-term exam.

Mid-Term Exam: 2-hour Mid-Term Exam covers material in Blocks 1 and 2.

 

No class next week---Spring Break!

Return on March 18th!

 

Week

Date

Agenda
Homework Assignment (due next meeting)

9

Mar 18

Return and critique the mid-term exams.

Begin Block 3, Horizontal and Vertical Curves.

Lecture: Horizontal Curves: degree of curve; definitions and derivations of curve formulas; stationing; curve layout methods and computations; error sources.

Lab:  Block 3, Lab 1 – Horizontal Curve Layout.

 

Read: chapter 24, Horizontal Curves (omitting paragraphs 24-15 through 24-19).

 

Solve: problems 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 15, 17 and 31 at the end of chapter 24.

Special Assignment #3: Prepare for next week’s lab by pre-computing the elements of the curve to be laid out using the handout provided by the instructor.

10

Mar 25

Continue with Block 3.

Lecture: Review horizontal curve topics. 

Lab: Block 3, Lab 2 – outdoor exercise laying out a curve (weather permitting).

 

 

11

Apr 1

Review previous homework assignment. Continue with Block 3.

Lecture: Vertical Curves: equation of a parabola; equal-tangent vertical curve; tangent offset equation; properties of equal tangent parabolas; high/low point on the curve; error sources.

Lab: Block 3, Lab 3 – Vertical Curve problems.

 

Read: chapter 25, Vertical Curves.

 

Solve: problems 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 21 and 23 at the end of chapter 25.

 

 

 

12

Apr 8

Lecture: Review major topics in Block 3; assist students in completing lab problems.

Lab: Block 3 Graded Lab – Horizontal and Vertical Curves.

Special assignment #4: Review the GIS tutorial at the following USGS website: http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/gis_poster/

 

Be prepared to discuss it at next class meeting.

 

13

Apr 15

Return and critique Block 3 Graded lab Begin Block 4, GIS and GPS.

Lecture: Geographic Information Systems topics.

Lab: Block 4, Ungraded Lab 1 – GIS problems.

Read: chapter 28, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems.

Solve: problems 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 20a and 21 at the end of chapter 28.

 

14

Apr 22

Continue with Block 4.

Lecture: GPS: overview of the system; signal; reference datum; fundamentals of GPS positioning; error sources; differential positioning; the future of GPS and surveying.

Lab: Block 4, Ungraded Lab 2 – Demonstration of GPS surveying equipment.

 

Read: chapters 13 & 14, The Global Positioning System – Introduction and Principles of Operation and GPS Field Methods.

Solve: problems 1, 2, 4, 10, 16, 19, 21, 22 and 23 at the end of chapter 13.

 

 

15

Apr 29

Review previous homework assignment.

Lecture: Briefly recap all major topics covered in Blocks 4.

Labs: Block 4 Ungraded Lab 2 – outdoor lab using GPS receivers

Block 4 Graded Lab – GIS & GPS.

 

Read: Review all topics, labs and problems in Blocks 3 and 4 to prepare for the Final Exam.

 

 

16

May 6

Present course wrap-up and arrange for student to administer course evaluations. Briefly recap all major topics covered in Blocks 3 & 4.

Final Exam: 2-hour Final Exam covers material in Blocks 3 and 4.

You made it!

Your final grade will be posted within a week. Check grades on NovaConnect.