Wisconsin Administrative Code
Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, Professional Land Surveyors, and Registered Interior Designers
Chapter A-E 6 - Professional Land Surveyor Licensure
Section A-E 6.04 - Educational requirements for professional land surveyors
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง A-E 6.04
Current through February 26, 2024
(1) To meet the educational requirements of s. 443.06(2) (bm), Stats., an applicant for licensure as a land surveyor shall have satisfactorily completed at least 60 semester credits in land surveying curriculum or in a related field as approved by the professional land surveyor section including no less than 12 semester credits in land surveying which shall be in the following categories of study:
(a) No less than 8 of the 12 credits may be
in courses concentrating on the legal principles of professional land surveying
and the technical aspects of professional land surveying. These courses shall
include areas of study such as research of public and private records,
principles of evidence and the interpretation of written documents used in
boundary determination, the study of the legal elements of professional land
surveying including those involving resurveys, boundary disputes, defective
descriptions, riparian rights and adverse possession, the study of the
professional and judicial functions of a professional land surveyor, the study
of surveying methods for measuring distance and angular values, note keeping,
computation and writing descriptions and the study of the Wisconsin Statutes
and local ordinances relating to the preparation of subdivision maps and
plats.
(b) No more than 4 credits
may be in courses related to professional land surveying such as "engineering
surveying," "municipal surveying," "route surveying," "highway surveying,"
"topographic surveying," "geodetic surveying," "photogrammetry," "cartography,"
"construction surveying," "air photo interpretation," "artillery surveying,"
"geographic information systems," "land information systems" and "remote
sensing systems."
(2) To meet the educational requirements of s. 443.06(2) (am), Stats., an applicant for licensure as a professional land surveyor shall have done either of the following:
(a) Received a bachelor's degree in a course
of study in professional land surveying from a college or university accredited
by a regional accrediting agency approved by the state where the college or
university is located.
(b) Received
a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from a college or university
accredited by a regional accrediting agency approved by the state where the
college or university is located. The curriculum shall include no less than 16
of 24 semester credits in courses concentrating on the legal principles of
professional land surveying and the technical aspects of professional land
surveying. These courses shall include areas of study such as research of
public and private records, principles of evidence and the interpretation of
written documents used in boundary determination, the study of the legal
elements of professional land surveying including those involving resurveys,
boundary disputes, defective descriptions, riparian rights and adverse
possession, the study of the professional and judicial functions of a
professional land surveyor, the study of surveying methods for measuring
distance and angular values, note keeping, computation and writing descriptions
and the study of the Wisconsin statutes and local ordinances relating to the
preparation of subdivision maps and plats, other land divisions and real
property creation. The applicant may be allowed to receive up to 8 credits in
certain other courses relating to surveying. These courses may include
"engineering surveying," "municipal surveying," "route surveying," " highway
surveying," "topographic surveying," "geodetic surveying," "photogrammetry,"
"cartography," "construction surveying," "air photo interpretation," "artillery
surveying," " geographic information systems," "land information systems" and
"remote sensing systems."
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