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As a graduate of TROY’s surveying and geomatics sciences program, you’ll have opportunities to work as a surveyor with some of the most modern and precise satellite navigation systems and measurement devices. You’ll also gain a knowledge and understanding of legal issues ranging from boundary location to land development and environmental regulation.

TROY surveying and geomatics sciences graduates play key roles in the design and construction of the nation’s buildings, roads, bridges, tunnels, water-supply systems and utilities. Depending on your area of expertise, you may find yourself designing and building computer systems for purposes such as land management, resource management, utility organization, traffic control and urban planning. Working as a surveyor, you can also help less developed countries to change their land ownership systems to promote economic growth and democracy. In fact, many surveyors also work toward environmental protection and efficient utilization of the earth’s resources.

TROY is home to the only Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited surveying and geomatics sciences program in the state of Alabama. In fact, the program, itself, is one of the few in the South eastern United States. When preparing to enroll, make sure you check out the program’s many foundation scholarships available specifically for surveying and geomatics sciences students.

While pursing your degree with TROY, you will have opportunities to connect with professionals working in the field. This will allow you to gain insight into the careers that resonate with you. During the summers, you’ll also have the option to gain real-world experience by enrolling in the program’s summer co-op courses.

Program focus

Troy University’s surveying and geomatics sciences program is focused on fundamental theories as well as hands-on practices, which will give you exposure to traditional equipment and modern geomatics technologies including both hardware and software.

As part of TROY’s commitment to education excellence, you will be exposed to a diverse range of surveying equipment including robotic total stations and laser equipped total stations as well as GPS equipment. You will also be trained in TROY’s geomatics computer lab, which is equipped with the latest computer aided drawing (CAD), photogrammetry, land surveying software, GIS software, drone and scanning software.

With a surveying and geomatics sciences program degree from TROY, you can also specialize in the following areas:

• Construction surveying
• Geodesy and GPS
• Geographic information systems
• Hydrology
• Land development
• Land law and boundary retracement
• Land surveying
• Photogrammetry and remote sensing

Program Objectives

• Graduates will be prepared to obtain quality entry-level positions within the Surveying and Geomatics profession.
• Employers will be pleased with the quality and performance of graduates.
• Graduates are well prepared for the licensure process of examinations and experience.
• Graduates will hold wide-ranging positions within the diverse disciplines of the Surveying and Geomatics fields.
• Graduates have grown and advanced into managerial/ownership/leadership positions within the Surveying and Geomatics fields.

Geomatics students begin with the fundamentals of measurement science offered in GEM 2220 Basics of Surveying and continue with GEM 3330 Advanced Measurement Analysis. Students learn how to make survey measurements and how to compute products desired by clients from these measurements. Class time is spent developing the concepts of what it means to be precise and what it means to be accurate as these concepts relate to measurement theory.