Career Opportunities

Technicians may be employed by state, county and city governmental agencies, contractors, private engineering or land surveying firms in a wide range of starting positions. Civil Engineering design, boundary surveying, computer application, testing of materials, construction surveying and inspection, estimating and general design work are just a few examples of career possibilities.

Suggested Technical Studies Semester I

NumberTitleCredits
LSCE1510Civil Drafting Methods3 Credits
LSCE1518Materials, Estimating, and Specifications3 Credits
LSCE1530Survey Fundamentals5 Credits
TECH1545Technical Computations3 Credits

Suggested Technical Studies Semester II

NumberTitleCredits
LSCE1502Surveying Principles I3 Credits
LSCE1506Advanced Survey5 Credits
LSCE1514Civil CADD I3 Credits
LSCE1527Technical Computations II3 Credits

Suggested Technical Studies Semester III

NumberTitleCredits
LSCE2502Control and Digital Surveys5 Credits
LSCE2514Civil CADD II3 Credits
LSCE2518Utility Design I3 Credits
LSCE2526Subdivision Design4 Credits

Suggested Technical Studies Semester IV

NumberTitleCredits
LSCE2507Construction Design and Surveying Principles3 Credits
LSCE2510Surveying Principles II3 Credits
LSCE2522Civil CADD III3 Credits
LSCE2530Utility Design II3 Credits
LSCE2540LSCE Internship2 Credits

General Education

NumberTitleCredits
MnTC Goal Area 1Communications ENGL 1308 Recommended3 Credits
AND
MnTC Goal Area 7Human Diversity, Race, Power, and Justice in the United States3 Credits
Choose the above course OR the below course
MnTC Goal Area 5History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences3 Credits
Choose the above course OR the below course
MnTC Goal Area 6Humanities and the Fine Arts3 Credits