The aim of the course is to provide theoretical and practical cartographical knowledge and skills, relevant to the needs of the industry and society at large.
Type: Undergraduate Diploma
Duration: Full time 3 years
Compulsory Subjects
First Year Subjects:
- Surveying
- Mathematics
- Drawing
- Communication skills
- Geography
- Civil engineering
- Survey drawing
- Computer skills
- Photogrammetry
- Physics
Second Year Subjects:
- Mapping
Third Year Subjects:
- Cartography
- Mathematics
- Photogrammetry
- Map projections
- Legal principles
- Statistics
- Cartographic techniques
- Computer applications
- Geographic information systems
- Cadastral surveying
- Adjustment of errors
- Hydrography
Careers: Cartographer.
Source: www.cput.ac.za