Prerequisite: Students should have completed the Legal Land Descriptions and Basic Math or an equivalent course, or have practical hands-on experience in field survey and/or writing of land descriptions.

Course Objective: To hone the skills of the participants in order for them to be more professional and effective in completing work assignments and to give them a body of knowledge that will make the participants more competitive in seeking and/or meeting personal career goals.

To achieve these objectives, the focus will shift from long lengthy classroom lectures and is directed to the class participants working as a group, in team settings and/or individually as is necessary to complete the assignments.

These objectives will be accomplished through:

1. Short Review of Course I (Only a brief overview)

1. Township and Range Lines and their numbering system
2. Sections and lots and their numbering system
3. Aliquot parts of a section, the reading of descriptions and determination of acreage
4. Section corner monumentation
5. Affects of water and their terms

1. Hand Compass – Determination of Bearings

1. Determination of bearings by azimuth reading
2. Measurements and Equivalents

1. Legal Land Descriptions – The main part of the course

1. Map/plat requirements. A land description is only as good as the survey from which it was written
2. BIA guidance for writing land descriptions – March 10, 1955
3. The writing of sufficient land descriptions – emphasis is on consistency and uniformity

1. Aliquot part land descriptions
2. True Metes and Bounds
3. True Metes and Bounds description with an aliquot part
4. Quasi Metes and Bounds
5. Recorded Maps or Plats
6. Description by Reference
7. "Of" Descriptions

1. Survey Math – This aspect of the course introduces the participants to various geometric shapes, math and applications usable for completing day-to-day assignments. An airy and light hearted session will be presented to avoid frustration.