Professional Development   

This seven-week intensive course will prepare students to take the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) Fundamentals of Surveying (FS) examination - "the FS Exam". Concepts and topics covered over the seven weeks will include: the Public Land Survey System (i.e. section, township, and quadrangle layout, single and double proportioning, closing corners, meander lines), easements, title, deeds, descriptions, evidence, simultaneous conveyances, records research, rules of construction, riparian rights, order of operations, quadratic equations, triangles, degree to decimal degree conversions, bearing to azimuth conversions, magnetic declination, horizontal and vertical curves, area calculations, intersection of lines/slope, photogrammetry, statistics and probability, field measurements and corrections, differential level loops, geodesy, state plane coordinates, grid/ground calculations, least squares and traverse adjustments.

Syllabus

Course Text: Fundamentals of Surveying: Exam Study Manual (2nd Edition) - Dane Courville, PLS

As an HR Generalist you are expected to be an expert in every human resource function including hiring, compensation, payroll, performance management, employment laws (FMLA, ADA, COBRA, etc.) and much more. Through lecture, discussion and activities, this program will help prepare you to effectively serve in an HR Generalist role. Additionally, you will be equipped with tools to assist you as you encounter situations in today's workplace. This course is offered in partnership with Green River College.

Effective Leaders require communication skills that demonstrate confidence, candor, and authenticity. This series is experiential in design and invites the opportunity for participants to assess their baseline communication and speaking style for the purpose of discovering & learning practical behaviors that will result in up-leveling their confidence and presence in front of their peers, colleagues, clients/customers and leaders. This series is for any professional who leads meetings, speaks publicly and provides feedback to others. Whether you present your ideas on a regular basis or need to find your courage to speak up in meetings, this is the course for you.