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A New Curriculum for CET/Surveying

A New Curriculum for CET/Surveying. Evergreen Valley College San Jose, CA Sponsored by the NSF. Outline of the Presentation. Background Development of the curriculum The certificate program The AS degree program Discussions. Background.

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A New Curriculum for CET/Surveying

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  1. A New Curriculum for CET/Surveying Evergreen Valley College San Jose, CA Sponsored by the NSF

  2. Outline of the Presentation • Background • Development of the curriculum • The certificate program • The AS degree program • Discussions

  3. Background The NSF-ATE (Advanced Technological Education) program • Focus on the education of technicians for the high-technology fields • Emphasis on two-year colleges • Involves partnerships between academic institutions and employers to promote improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians at the undergraduate and secondary school levels • Supports curriculum development; professional development of college faculty and secondary school teachers; career pathways to two-year colleges from secondary schools and from two-year colleges to four-year institutions; and other activities • Supports applied research relating to technician education • Grant is awarded on a competitive base

  4. Background The project is to • Develop a new CET/Surveying curriculum for two-year colleges that meets the industry’s demand for CET/Surveying technicians by integrating advanced technologies such as GPS, GIS, and CAD into the curriculum • Create contents including lecture notes, assignments, sample tests, laboratory and field activities for the new technology courses • Implement the curriculum at EVC • Disseminate the curriculum and related information developed in this project throughout the country

  5. Background Industry Partners • Trimble Navigation • Trimble matched the NSF on GPS and other surveying equipment purchase for use in this project • ESRI • ESRI donated  the ArcView software to Evergreen Valley College in supporting the project • Autodesk • Autodesk matched the NSF on the purchase of AutoCAD for land development, civil and surveying • Bentley System • Bentley donated one of their software products, Microstation, for the project

  6. Background Other Institutions and Organizations • California State University – Fresno • Santa Rosa Junior College • HMH Engineers • Santa Clara Water District • Santa Clara County Surveyor’s Office • Eastside Union High School District • San Jose State University • CalTran

  7. Background Personnel • Zhanjing (John) Yu, Engineering Professor, PI Evergreen Valley College  • Abdie Tabrizi, Engineering Professor, Co-PI Evergreen Valley College  • Gwen Gee, County Surveyor (Adjunct Faculty at EVC), Co-PI Santa Clara County  • Tim Redd, Principal Land Surveyor/President, Co-PI Silicon Valley Land Surveying, Inc. (Adjunct Faculty at EVC)  • Jerry Miller, Coordinator of the Civil and Surveying Technology Program, Consultant Santa Rosa Junior College  • James Crossfield, Geomatic Engineering Professor and Department Chair, Consultant California State University, Fresno  • Nikos Mourtos, Engineering Professor, Evaluator San Jose State University

  8. Advisory Committee Akthem Al-Manaseer, Professor and Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, San Jose State University Steve Choy, Manager, Land Surveying and Map Unit,Santa Clara Valley Water District Steve Danner, Surveying Manager, HMH Incorporated David Ivanetich, Academy Lead, Engineering Academy, Milpitas High School Ann Johnson, Higher Education Manager, ESRI  Don Marcott, County Surveyor (retired) Santa Clara County  James W. McCoy, Chief Engineer and Senior Vice President (Retired), MacKay & Somps Civil Engineers  Bruce Quinn, Chief, Office of Right of Way Engineering, etc., Caltran  Nick Soffiotto, Instructor Yerba Buena High School Background

  9. Development of the Curriculum • Survey • Review programs around the country • Licensing Requirements • NSPS-ACSM Requirements • The SCANS Skills • Pedagogical Practices • Advisory Committee Review • Student Evaluation

  10. Land Surveyor Survey • Questionnaires sent to 1000 land surveyors • Forty-six percent return rate • Information sought: • Job Market • CAD • GPS • GIS • Trigonometry

  11. Survey Results

  12. Survey Results

  13. Survey Results

  14. Survey Results

  15. Survey Results

  16. Survey Results

  17. Other Skills Suggested by the Respondents • SURVEY.doc

  18. Results from Program Reviews

  19. Licensing Requirements • FLS (LSIT) Exam fls_exam_specs.doc (old) fs_exam_specs.doc (New) • PLS Exam pls_exam_specs.doc (old) ps_exam_specs.doc (new)

  20. NSPS-ACSM Certified Surveying Technician Program

  21. NSPS-ACSM Certified Surveying Technician Program • Level I Skill Requirements • Demonstration of basic first aid and safety skills • Basic knowledge of field operations and types of surveys • Familiar with field equipment and procedures • Additional skills such as Computational ability, survey note taking, drafting/ CADD and map reading

  22. NSPS-ACSM Certified Surveying Technician Program • Level II Skill Requirements • Detailed knowledge of survey computations, types of surveys and field operation • Familiar with comprehensive field note taking, plan reading and preparation • Basic knowledge of the principles of the profession • Detailed working knowledge and application of standard field equipment (Field Track) and related computer hardware and software (Office Track)

  23. NSPS-ACSM Certified Surveying Technician Program • Level III Skill Requirements • Thorough knowledge of survey computations, types of surveys and field operations • Well versed in field note reduction and in-depth plan interpretation and preparation • Supervisory skills • Detailed working knowledge of standard field and office procedures • Knowledge of the principles of the profession and various technical standards

  24. Level IV Skill Requirements Budgeting and project controls Clear and concise communications Client contact Codes and regulations Delegating and coordinating Evaluating and selecting equipment and supplies Good management practices Good organizational ability Independent investigating/researching-problem solving Permitting process Scheduling Staffing Thorough understanding of plans and specifications Training Understanding company structure NSPS-ACSM Certified Surveying Technician Program

  25. The SCANS (Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills) Skills • SCANS was created by the Secretary of Labor in 1990 to deal with the unreadiness of America’s workforce in the face of drastic changes in the working place • The commission issued a report in 1991 called “A SCANS Report for America 2000” in which it identified five competencies and a three-part foundation of skills and personal qualities needed for effective job performance

  26. The SCANS (Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills) Skills • Five SCANS competencies: • Resources: allocating time, money, materials, facilities, and staff • Interpersonal skills: working well in a team, teaching others, serving clients/customers, exercising leadership, negotiating to arrive at a decision and working well with people with diverse cultural backgrounds • Information: acquiring and evaluating data, organizing and maintaining files, interpreting and communicating information, and using a computer to process information • Systems: understanding social, organizational and technological systems, monitoring and correcting performance, and improving and designing systems • Technology: selecting equipment and tools, applying technology to specific tasks and maintaining and trouble shouting technologies

  27. The SCANS (Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills) Skills • Three SCANS foundations: • Basic skills: reading, writing, arithmetic and mathematics, speaking and listening • Thinking skills: thinking creatively, making decisions, solving problems, self-learning, and reasoning • Personal qualities: individual responsibility, self-esteem and self-management, sociability, and integrity

  28. Pedagogical Practices in Engineering Technology Education • Conceptual Learning: ideas, theories, principles, and bodies of knowledge • Problem Solving: deducting, inferential reasoning, testing assumptions, and decision making • Object and Document Analysis: contextualization and interpretation using texts, documents, pictures, and objects • Data Gathering and Synthesis: research skills, methodology, evaluation and reporting, quantification • Case Studies: evaluation of systems by observing and analyzing real situations or processes

  29. Pedagogical Practices in Engineering Technology Education • Term Projects: application of the knowledge learnt in the class to solve real world problems • Labs and Field Trips: testing and evaluating information through experiments and real world interaction • Active Lectures: teacher playing the role of a coordinator, demonstrating, overviewing, framing and setting forth key information, and students participating in discussions and asking questions • Presentations by Students: production or performance of representative knowledge by students • Collaborative Learning: sharing knowledge, collective decision making, forming learning communities; and • Authentic Inquiry: students are practitioners, connecting theory to practice, taking responsibility for knowledge

  30. Proposed CET Certificate Program

  31. Proposed CET A.S. Degree Program CET Core Course

  32. Proposed CET A.S. Degree Program (Continued)

  33. Course Materials Developed • GPS for Land Surveying • Lecture notes, lab activities, practice problems, and tests (Abdie Tabrizi) • Multimedia courseware (John Yu and Cuong Nguyen) • Geographical Information System for Civil Engineering and Surveying • Lecture notes, labs, and exams (James Crossfield) • CAD for Civil Engineering, Surveying and land development • Lecture notes, lab demonstration, assignments, quizzes, and exams (Jerry Miller). • Construction Surveying • Lecture notes and lab activities (Gwen Gee) • Co-op Education Guidelines • Structure, standards of practice and related forms (John Yu)

  34. Evaluation by Advisory Committee • Technical contents • Pedagogy

  35. Evaluation by Advisory Committee

  36. Student Evaluation • Based on learning outcomes

  37. Do you have any suggestions on how the course could be improved? More hands on experience with GPS instruments

  38. Summary • A Surveying curriculum is developed based on industry needs and evaluations • The Certificate program is being implemented at EVC program • Some of courses can be articulated with four-year programs like CSU-Fresno

  39. Questions, Answers, and Discussions • Is the approach used in developing the curriculum appropriate? • What other factors should be considered in future curriculum development?

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