Students come to the program from many diverse backgrounds. Many come from the surveying practicing community, while others have transferred into geomatics from other campus departments, such as geography, forestry, geology, computer science or engineering. An increasing number of high school students are choosing studies in geographic information sciences.
Student activities give further learning opportunities.
Our outstanding student chapter carries on the learning process through community service projects, trips to state and national meetings, social events, regular meetings, and invited speakers. Students develop managerial and leadership abilities through these activities. Established in 1973 to serve the land surveying profession, the program has grown to cover a broad range of disciplines in the geographic information sciences and the mapping profession. Geomatics is a term that encompasses this broad range of disciplines. Surveying and mapping technologies have under gone dramatic transformation during the past few decades.