Bachelor (Honours)
Map the world from outer space.
Our Bachelor of Surveying (Honours) degree is designed to produce educated surveyors capable of meeting both the biggest global surveying challenges and delivering cadastral and engineering certainty to the Australian communities. As a surveyor you could work as a geodesist analysing polar motion and measuring the movements of the earth's crust. You might be involved in preparation for the building of a new tunnel. Or you could work with local government, mapping flood areas and contributing to disaster preparedness.
What is surveying? Surveyors specialise in the measurement, management, analysis and display of spatial information describing the Earth and its physical features. Surveyors are the custodians of the cadastre (land titling system), which is critical to all aspects of the economy.
The work of surveyors knows no bounds and could see you play an important role not only within your local community, but also across countries and continents.
Locally you could be involved in projects like designing new land developments or new roads, supporting mine operations, preparing topographical maps, preparations for building a new tunnel or mapping of flood areas for disaster preparedness. Globally your work as a surveyor could see you involved in the prediction of earthquakes, mapping of the ocean floor; or monitoring and mapping environmental changes via satellite data.
This program includes a number of practical fieldwork related classes, proving students with an opportunity to undertake real world exercises, often with the support of local land and mining surveyors.
Build critical surveying, technical and engineering skills by studying courses in:
Surveyors are involved in the planning of almost all development and mapping of the land and earth. A shortage of surveyors in Australia has led to high demand for graduates. Surveyors work in consultancies, private practice, the mining industry and government organisations.
Surveying is flexible and diverse. You may prefer hands-on fieldwork, office-based computation and computer drafting, research, or a leadership role managing people and projects. Typical positions include: