Does your state have the ability?
In the Surveying and Geomatics forum, rpage brings up the specific degree surveyors may have. This topic brings to mind something I have been considering lately.
Example:
Kentucky has a 4 year degree requirement. Based on which degree you get, there are a certain number of required credits in a surveying ‘core curriculum’ and a certain number of experience years. I am not overly thrilled with the exact manner in which this is done, because I think it short changes the importance of the surveying credit hours.
Given that requirement, there are a few in state schools which offer programs within other degrees to cover the specified credit hours. There is no specifically “surveying” degree that I could find. The hours can be gained by filling in electives or having a minor in surveying, but there is no 4 year surveying degree in Kentucky (that I am aware of). Recently, the community college system just across the northern border (Ohio) developed and now offers a 4 year program in surveying.
Of the states that do have a degree requirement in some form, how is that degree requirement handled? Does your state institutions of education offer some way for people to gain the required education or would someone need to go out of state? Is there only one institution to get the required degree from in-state?
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