Civil Technology

CT student Benchmark in the snow

Civil Tech students Aaron Lamond and Rowen Goss pause trimphantly after finding the benchmark they needed under 3 feet of snow!  A Benchmark or control point is a concrete marker in the ground, covered by a bronze disc that is used to orient surveys.  It marks known coordinates, longitude or latitude and or elevations.
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It only looks like child's play: Draft blueprints and create scale models of buildings to learn about structural principles, building design, and engineering.
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Learn about structural principles, building design, and engineering while mastering the technical skills of the architectural profession. You'll become skilled in CAD software and other building-science related technologies. You'll design buildings, study architectural history, and complete 12-weeks of summer work experience before graduating.

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Develop the technical know-how, computer skills, and field competency of the surveying and mapping professions. You'll learn to operate electronic field measuring equipment. You'll create and plot computer maps, and become skilled in using CAD and GIS technology. Before graduating, you'll have taken the first exam toward liscensure.

Do you wonder how a map is made or how a house or road is constructed?  Are you someone who enjoys building things and realizes that education and training beyond high school is becoming a necessity?  If so, you may be an excellent candidate for the two year Civil Technology Program.

Civil Technology is a dynamic educational opportunity offering skill-based learning through class instruction, extensive laboratory experience, fieldwork as well as portfolio opportunities. 

The cornerstone of the education experience is instruction in computer-aided-design (CAD) and parametric modeling using the Thompson School's state-of-the-art CAD labs.  Students in surveying use the latest GPS and surveying equipment and students studying geographical information systems (GIS) use the new GIS instructional lab.  Additional coursework covers building science, construction contracting, materials, soils, and methodologies of professional practice in the concentration specialties. 

Admissions Requirements:  Applicants to the CT program must present at least two years of satisfactory work in college preparatory mathematics.

Welcome!

The Civil Technology program prepares students for careers in the fields of architectural technology, construction management and surveying and mapping.  You'll learn the technology and science necessary to develop and firm foundation in these fields, then you'll take that knowledge into the field and lab to test it.  From the first semester, you'll have access to state-of-the-art mapping and surveying gear, advanced CAD, GIS, and 3-D modeling software and you'll have the opportunity to build and troubleshoot computers and networks.

Putnam Hall will become your home away from home.  You'll spend a lot of time in the Civil Tech classrooms, the IT loft and the Thompson School's state-of-the-art CAD lab.  But you'll also spend a significant amount of time in the field and community, using UNH's vast campus as a practice ground for surveying and mapping, site planning and visiting architecturally rich sites, engineering firms, and construction projects in the local area.

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