Land Surveyors Category A, B, C Educational Courses

In order to assist applicants with the process of obtaining the educational surveying requirements toward the application process for the state of Tennessee, the attached pre-approved lists are offered for your convenience.

This list is preliminary and will be under continuous revision as the Board receives appropriate information. The Administrative Director of the Board and the Department website personnel will be responsible for the website update.

If an individual is applying for licensure and has already obtained their four-year baccalaureate degree in Land Surveying Category A or (Pathway i), then the individual will have already taken all required courses and the attached listings will not apply to them.

An individual applying under Category B or (Pathway ii) will be required to submit 24 semester hours of courses relating directly to surveying. Acceptable courses may have been taken while pursuing your four-year degree or you may need to select courses from List I or II. To expedite your application, the Board suggests a minimum of 18 hours be equivalent to courses shown in List I and the remainder from List II or III.

An individual applying under Category C or (Pathway iii) will be required to submit 36 hours of courses relating directly to surveying. Acceptable courses may have been taken while pursuing your four-year degree or you may need to select a total of 36 hours from List I, II, or III. To expedite your application, the Board suggests a minimum of 18 hours be equivalent to courses shown in List I, six hours from List II and the remaining 12 hours from List I, II or III.

An individual applying under Category D or (Pathway iv) will be required to submit 30 hours of courses relating directly to surveying. Acceptable courses may have been taken while pursuing your two-year degree or you may need to select a total of 30 hours from List I, II, or III. To expedite your application, the Board suggests a minimum of 18 hours be equivalent to courses shown in List I, six hours from List II and the remaining 6 hours from List I, II or III.

An individual applying under Category E or (Pathway v), will be required to submit 18 hours of courses relating directly to surveying. To expedite your application, the Board suggests the 18 hours be equivalent to courses shown in List I.

An additional list attached are the institutions where the board has pre-approved courses relating to surveying: East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN; Pellissippi State Community College, Knoxville, TN; Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN; Columbia State Community College, Columbia, TN; University of Tennessee – Martin, Martin, TN; University of Memphis, Memphis, TN; Murray State University, Murray, KY; Nashville State Community College, Nashville, TN; Jackson State Community College, Jackson, TN; Southwest Tennessee Community College, Jackson, TN; Chattanooga State Community College, Chattanooga, TN; Louisiana Technical College, Mississippi State University.

Surveying and Geometrics

This list is subject to change.

Unless the course that you are requesting credit for is specifically related to surveying, you will only receive credit one time. You will not receive credit for every time you take the same course, for example, if you are given credit for calculus i, you will not receive credit for calculus ii, iii or any other calculus course.

(I) A Minimum of 18 Hours*

Advanced Surveying Principles Control Surveys

Land Boundary/Real Estate Law

Land Subdivision and Mapping/Platting Positioning with GPS

Land Survey Systems

Survey Measurement and Analysis Survey Projects

Hydrographic Surveying Mine Surveying

Map Projections and State Planes Geodetic Science

Cartography III or above

Surveying and Lab (Level 300 or above) Site Planning & Development

Road Design/Route Survey Legal Aspects of Surveying

Precision Tech Ag&NRM GIS/GPS Advance GIS (Level 300 or Above) Advanced Surveying Math

Production Monitoring and Automation Boundary Control & Legal Principles for Surveyors Surveying & GIS

GIS & GPS Application to Biosystems Quantitative Methods in Geography Surveying Natl Resources w/GPS

*The Board recommends that these courses be 300 and 400 level courses.

(II) A Minimum of 6 Hours

Digital Image & Base Maps

Automated Surveying & Mapping (CAD)

Hydrology

Photogrammetry

Surveying Measurement Fundamentals/Principles

Engineering and Construction Surveys

Construction Surveys

Field Mapping

Surveying I and II

Cartography I and II

Hydraulics and Water Systems

Dendrology Remote Sensing

Advanced AutoCAD & Civil Drawing

Surveying and Soil & Water Engineering

Transportation/Highway Engineering

Environmental Instrumentation & Monitoring

CAD Applications to Biosystems

Engineering Technology

Geomatics

Environmental Instrumentation and Monitoring

Applications to Biosystems Engr. Tech

(III) Computer Programming

Surveying Graphics

Technical Communication

Soil and Water Engineering/Earth Science

Professional Ethics

Resource Management/GIS

Statistics

Trigonometry

Calculus

Geometry

Physics

Engineering CAD Drawing

Geology for Engineers

Pre-Approved Education Hours for Application

This list is subject to change

East  Tennessee State University

University of Tennessee at Martin

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Cleveland State Community College

Murray State University

Southwest Tennessee Community College

University of Memphis

Columbia State Community College

Tennessee Tech University

Austin Peay State University

Nashville State Community College

Louisiana Tech University

University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Pellisippi Community College

Louisiana State University

McNeese University

Nicholls State University

Middle Tennessee State University

Vanderbilt University

Troy State University

Tennessee State University

Walters State Community College

Dyersburg State Community College

Chattanooga State Community College

Lipscomb University

Christian Brothers University

Florida Atlantic University