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Apr 05, 2025
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2025-2026 College Catalog
Land Surveying Certificate
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Program Code: E.CLS.CER
Graduation requirement: 24 credit hours
The Land Surveying certificate program provides approved surveying courses for the student who plans to become a professional land surveyor and who has or will have satisfied all other educational requirements for licensure prior to applying for admission to the Illinois Surveyor Intern (NCEES: Fundamentals of Land Surveying) examination.
See Land Surveying Professional Licensing Requirements for education requirements for becoming a professional land surveyor.
All of the surveying courses offered in this program have been accepted by the Illinois Land Surveyors Licensing Board as meeting the requirements of the 24 credit hours required by the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989 and the Illinois Administrative Code as amended.
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Program Notes
- Students may substitute a technical elective for SRV 233 with approval of a land surveying faculty member.
- Meet with program director as soon as possible to review educational requirements for professional licensing and to develop an appropriate academic plan.
- This program prepares students to meet the specific Land Survey course requirements for licensure in the state of Illinois. See Professional Licensing notes for additional requirements. For information about how this program may meet licensure requirements in other states, see State Licensure/Certification Information on the Parkland website.
Land Surveying Professional Licensing Requirements
Per the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989 (225 ILCS 330/12), to qualify for admission to the Illinois Surveyor-In-Training (NCEES: Fundamentals of Land Surveying) examination, the candidate must have “a baccalaureate degree in a related science if he or she does not have a baccalaureate degree in land surveying from an accredited college or university.” Per Title 68, Section 1270.15 of the Illinois Administrative Code, a baccalaureate degree in a Related Science is a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university that includes core courses in at least the following subjects, or their equivalents, for the minimum semester hours shown. The following subjects all may be completed prior to, concurrent with, or subsequent to receiving the baccalaureate degree. - Mathematics (College Algebra and beyond) - 15 semester hours
- Basic Sciences (Physics and/or Chemistry) - 8 semester hours
- Additional Basic Sciences (including, but not limited to: Geology, Geography, Dendrology, Astronomy, Biology, Soil Mechanics, and engineering sciences) - 20 semester hours
- Land Surveying courses (including, but not limited to: fundamentals of land surveying, boundary surveying, route surveying, topographic surveying, descriptions, legal aspects, subdivision design, data computations and adjustments, map projections, and geometric geodesy and photogrammetry) - 24 semester hours
Program Courses (24 credit hours)
Suggested Part‑time Sequence
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