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structure, were eliminated or, when sufficiently
justifiables, grouped in optative disciplines. The
result of this “reengineering”, to use a “fashion”
word, is summarized in getting a curriculum light
and modern, that certainly will be provide to the
pupils an undergraduction compatible with the
professional market requirements, considering
vocations for research and scientific-technological
development too.
2. THE BASIC FORMATION
Like in every Engineering Courses, the Cartographic
Engineer formation follows an application cycle in
basic disciplines, that mark, in a first step, the
technical learning enrichment of the future
professionals in mathematics and physics sciences.
This cycle is very important, because is in its that
builds the scientifical and technological formation.
Little adjustments are necessary in basic cycle
today, in manner to oppose, in credit system, the
advance to professional formation, without complete
this nucleus of essencial disciplines. If we do not put
rigid pre-requisites and co-requisites for cycle basic
disciplines, the pupils will can arrive to advanced
cycles of professional formation without had coursed
essencial disciplines, with serious problems of
academic and professional formation.
Table 2 summarizes the disciplinary contents of
basic cycle. The complete hour-load of this nucleus
of disciplines totalizes 1.365 teach/hours, in which
are associated 91 credits.
3. THE GENERAL FORMATION
Basic cycle completes itself by a conjunct of general
formation disciplines, which purpose is an
humanistical, environmental and social culture. This
conjunct is composed by the following disciplines:
. Engineering in Society (I and Il)
. Introduction to Environmental Engineering
. Introduction to Economy
. Engineering Applied Administration
. Hygiene and Working Security
. Mathematic Complements to Cartography.
The complete hour load of this nucleus of disciplines
totalizes 315 teach/hours, in which are associated
17 credits.
4. THE GENERAL PROFESSIONAL FORMATION
The beginning of professional cycle is marked by
basic disciplines in Cartography and its correlated
fields, like Astronomy, Geodesy, Topography and
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Photogrammetriy. In this block of disciplines the
professional contact begins with computational
resources applied to processes of cartographic
production, through the disciplines Applied
Computation to Cartography, Graphic Computation
and Data Bank, in the management of Geographic
Information Systems. This block contains the
disciplines:
. Basic Cartography
. Basic Astronomy
. Basic Geodesy
. Basic Topography
. Basic Fotogrammetry
. Applied Hidrology
. Basic Drainage
. Applied Geography to Cartography
. Applied Geology to Cartography
. Applied Computation to Cartography (I and
Il)
. Foundations in Graphic Computation
. Data Bank.
The discipline "Applied Geography to Cartography"
is put in the 4" scholastic period with the purpose to
familiarize the student with the concepts of
geographic space and territory, creating a chain
between the nucleus of basic formation disciplines
and those of professional formation, preparing the
student to the necessary thinking in geographic
space, that exposes in cartographic constructions.
By the principle of professional beginning, we
propose the discipline "Basic Cartography" in this
same scholastic period.
The general professional disciplines totalize 750
teach/hours and 45 credits.
5. THE SPECIFICAL PROFESSIONAL
FORMATION
The disciplines that compose the specifical
professional formation have the cartographic
production like its basic preoccupation, in all its
dimension, carrying to construction and utilization of
the cartographic document. Two nucleus of
disciplines are distinguished: the first one is worried
to surveys, in special to positioning, and, the other
one is worried to mapping.
- Nucleus of positioning:
. Astronomic Phenomena and Timing
. Astronomic Surveys
. Topographic Surveys
. Geodesic Surveys
. Adjustment of Measurements
. Geodesic Calculus
. Phototriangulation
- Nucleus of mapping:
. Cartographic Drawing
. Cartographic Projections
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