AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY-BANGLADESH (AIUB)

Faculty of Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Architecture
Undergraduate Program
COURSE OUTLINE
Term: Fall 2015-2016
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Course Code and Title: ARCH 4201: Survey Techniques and Analytical Methods

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Credit: 2 credit hours

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Nature: Core Course

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Prerequisite: N\A

V - Mission:
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY-BANGLADESH (AIUB) is committed to
provide quality and excellent computer-based academic programs responsive to the emerging
challenges of the time. It is dedicated to nurture and produce competent world class
professional imbued with strong sense of ethical values ready to face the competitive world
of arts, business, science, social science and technology.
VI- Vision:
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY-BANGLADESH (AIUB) envisions
promoting professionals and excellent leadership catering to the technological progress and
development needs of the country.
VII - Course Description:

Surveying is the art of determining the relative positions of points on, above or
beneath the surfaces of the earth by means of direct or indirect measurements of
distance, direction and elevation.
The knowledge of surveying is advantageous in many phases of engineering.
The earliest surveys were made in connection with land surveying. Practically, every
engineering project such as water supply and irrigation schemes, railroads and
transmission lines, mines, bridges and buildings etc. require surveys.
Before plans and estimates are prepared, boundaries should be determined and the
topography of the site should be ascertained. After the plans are made, the structures
must be staked out of the ground.
As the work progresses, lines and grades must be given.
In surveying, all measurements of lengths are horizontal, or else are subsequently
reduced to horizontal distances.

The objective of a survey is to prepare plan or map so that it may represent the
horizontal plane.
A plan or map is the horizontal projection of an area and shows only horizontal
distances of the points. Vertical distances are shown by contour lines.
Vertical distances are represented by means of vertical sections drawn separately.

VIII- Objectives:
Projected outcomes of the course are:
Engineering Survey is undertaken for the determination of quantities or to afford
sufficient data for the designing of engineering works such as roads and reservoirs, or
those connected with sewage disposal or water supply.
Military Survey is used for determining points of strategic importance.
Mine Survey is used for exploring mineral wealth.
Geological Survey is used for determining different strata in the earths crust.
Archaeological Survey is used for unearthing relics of antiquity.
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Topics to be covered
Topics

Introduction

Chain
Surveying

Specific Objective(s)
1. Introduction to
Surveying.
2. Kinds of surveying.
3. Kinds of errors in
surveying
4. Instruments used in
survey
5. Errors arise in
surveying
6. Problems related to
errors
1. Definitions of the
terms used in chain
surveying
2. Requirements to be
fulfilled by survey
stations
3. Basic problems in
chaining
4. Obstacle to chaining
5. Obstacle to ranging
6. Obstacle to both
chaining and ranging
7. Problems related to
chain surveying

Time
Frame

Week 1

Suggested
Activities
Open discussions
on the topics,
pop-up/routine
quizzes,
individual
assignments and
consultations.

Teaching
Strategy(s)
Whiteboard
presentations
and PowerPoint
slides for
multimedia
projector and
uploading of
lecture notes in
the AIUB
website.

Week 2
Quiz-1
Assignment-1

Traverse
surveying

1. Definitions of the
terms used in traverse
surveying
2. Essential features of
magnetic compass
3. Incorporation of
latitude and departure
4. Problems related to
traverse surveying
1. Definitions and
instruments used in
plane table survey
2. Methods used in this
survey
3. Merits and demerits
of this surveying

Plane Table
surveying

Quiz-2
Assignment-2
Week 3-4

Week 5-6

Mid-Term Examination (Week-7)

Leveling

Contours
Tacheometric
Surveying

Astronomical
surveying

Review Class

1. Definitions of the
terms used in leveling
2. Methods used in
leveling
3. Kinds of level
4. Curvature and
refraction effect in
leveling
5. Problems in leveling
1. Introduction to
contour lines
2. Contour drawings
1. Introduction to
tacheometric
2. Surveying
3. Problems related to
this surveying
1. Introduction to this
survey
2. Terms used in
astronomical survey
3. Problems related to
this type of survey
Discussion on the
Difficult topics

Week 8-9
(Quiz-1
Assignment1)

Week 10

Week 11

Quiz-2
Assignment-2

Week 12

Week-13

Quiz-3

Final Term Examination (Week-14)

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Course Requirements

These
as:
1.
2.
3.

are the things need to be accomplished properly by the students during the term such
Attending at least 80% of the classes
Attending quizzes, presentation sessions and term exams
Submission of the assignments, reports and term paper in due time, etc.

XI Evaluation
Marking system (Midterm and Final term):
Class test:
Attendance & class performance:
Midterm/Final term exam:
Total:
Final Grade/ Grand Total:
Midterm:
Final Term:

40%
20%
40%
100%
40%
60%

Grand Total - - - - - - - -40% of Midterm + 60% of Final Term

XII - Grading System
The grading system will be strictly followed as par the AIUB grading policy. The following
grading system will be strictly followed in this class.

Letter
A+
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD+
D
DF

Grade Point
4.00
3.75
3.50
3.25
3.00
2.75
2.50
2.25
2.00
1.75
1.50
1.00
0.00

Numerical %
94-100
90-93.99
86-89.99
82-85.99
78-81.99
74-77.99
70-73.99
66-69.99
62-65.99
58-61.99
54-57.99
50-53.99
<50(Failed)

XIII - Teaching Method

Maximum topics will be covered from the textbook. For the rest of the topics, reference
books will be followed. Some Class notes will be uploaded on the web. White board will be
used for most of the time.
For some cases, multimedia projector will be used for the convenience of the students.
Students must study up to the last lecture before coming to the class and it is suggested that
they should go through the relevant chapter before coming to the class. Just being present in
the class is not enough- students must participate in classroom discussions.
XIV - Textbook/ References
[1] M. A. Aziz, M. Shahjahan, A Text Book of Surveying.
[2] B.C. Punmia, Surveying (Volume-1).
XV - List of Faculty Teaching the Course
1. Mr. A. M. Hasibul Islam