Land Tenure and Cadastral Systems

3 credits · Graduate Programs

Land tenure, cadastral systems, real property law, methods of acquiring rights in land, boundary concepts, cadastral survey computations, land registration systems, entity relationship models of land tenure systems, case law of boundary systems. History of cadastral systems, land administration, fiscal and juridical cadastres, dominion land systems, land registration in Alberta, special types of surveys relating to Canada Lands, structure of professional surveying bodies in Canada. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MEng (course-based) program and consent of the Graduate Program Director.