Section A-E 6.04 - Educational requirements for professional land surveyors(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."Wis. Admin. Code Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, Professional Land Surveyors, and Registered Interior Designers A-E 6.04
Cr. Register, February, 1987, No. 374, eff. 3-1-87; am. (intro.), Register, January, 1999, No. 517, eff. 2-1-99; renum. (intro.), (1) and (2) to be (1) (intro.), (a) and (b) and am. (1) (intro.), cr. (2), Register, November, 2000, No. 539, eff. 12-1-00; CR 01-092: am. (2) (b) Register June 2002 No. 558, eff. 7-1-03; CR 06-057: am. (1) (b) and (2) (b), Register May 2007 No. 617, eff. 6-1-07.Amended by, correction in (1) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 7, Stats., Register May 2015 No. 713, eff.6/1/2015Amended by, CR 15-036: am. (title), (1) (intro.), (a), (b), (2) (a), (b) Register January 2016 No. 721, eff. 2-1-16; Correction under s. 35.17, Stats., in (1) (b) Register January 2016 No. 721, eff.2/1/2016Amended by, Correction under s. 35.17, Stats., in (1) (b) Register January 2016 No. 721 ; CR 15-040: am. (1) Register May 2016 No. 725, eff.6/1/2016Amended by, CR 20-009: am. (2) (a), (b) Register May 2021 No. 785, eff. 6/1/2021