UF Geomatics - Plant City Campus

Welcome

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You have reached the home of the Geomatics Program at the Plant City Campus. Our program reaches out to regional students, offering a Bachelor of Science degree in Geomatics from the University of Florida right here in the community. If you are a prospective student, we encourage you to look around at the many opportunities that are available. This degree program leads to diverse and well-paying professional career opportunities, and there are a number of scholarships and other programs available to get you there. Please feel free to contact the program to schedule an advising appointment and explore your options. Go Gators!

- Message from Dr. Abd-Elrahman, Assistant Professor

Undergraduate Scholarships are available now for undergraduates in 2008-2009! Please contact Dr. Amr Abd-Elrahman for more information.


Career Potential

    Invest in your education and reach a lifelong professional career with rewarding and challenging opportunities.

  • Our program consistently sees 100% job placement for graduating classes.
  • Highly competitive salaries, with starting salaries around $50k
  • The private sector varies from small-town firms to top-5 national engineering firms, with internships available at all levels.
  • Public sector positions are found on the city, county, state, and federal level.
  • Geomatics offers the rare opportunity to work both inside and outside, depending on your preference.
  • More than half of graduates own or partner in a company within 5 years and two-thirds manage or supervise a department in surveying and mapping.

To learn more about the profession please consider watching a short VIDEO produced by the Florida Surveying and Mapping Society. You may need to download “Real Player if you don’t already have it on your computer.

News

  • The Fall 2008 semester is here. Catch up with the Newsletter and help us get the word out to prospective students by printing it out and distributing it!
  • The program is offering three courses this spring, two of which are for undergraduates:

    SUR3103 "Geomatics"
    SUR3641 "Survey Computations"
    SUR3393 "Geographic Info Systems"
    SUR4201 "Route Geometrics Design" 
  • In Research news, we have received funding for a project to use Web 2.0 technology to map IFAS research projects. 

Areas of Study

  • Professional Surveying
  • Photogrammetry
  • Remote Sensing
  • Cartography
  • Cadastral Science
  • Geodesy
  • Global Positioning System (GPS)
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Geographic Information Science (GISc)
  • Forestry and Precision Agriculture
  • Integrated Land Studies
  • Land Development
  • Environmental Assessment

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