I will post a few that I am aware of, starting with the University of Florida Geomatics Certificate. Yes it is only a certificate program but once you complete it UF will give you course credit towards a degree.
http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/gemcertificate/schedule.shtml
Geomatics Course Offerings:
SUR 3103 - Geomatics (3 credit hours) This course is required for the Certificate. Surveying distance, angle, elevation measurements, traverse computations, basic geodesy concepts, basic mapping concepts, basic GPS, field exercises under a local mentor. Needed skills/materials: algebra, trigonometry, access to surveyor equipment, access to local surveyor mentor, access to basic use of AutoCad, textbook.
SUR 3641 - Survey Computations (3 credit hours) This course is required for the Certificate. Coordinate geometry calculations, COGO, traversing, inversing, intersection, resection, area, coordinates, azimuth, bearing, curves, algebra review, trig review. Needed skills/materials: algebra, trigonometry, textbook.
SUR 4403 - Cadastral Principles (3 credit hours) The land title and ownership system of the U.S., deeds, title, legal principles, writing legal descriptions, sequence deeds, simultaneous deeds, basic public land survey system, survey reports, boundary principles, case studies. Needed skills/materials: report writing in English, textbook.
SUR 4430 - Surveying & Mapping Practice (3 Credit hours) Professional concepts, licensure, ethics, standards, conducting a boundary survey, field work, computations, mapping, technical proposals for surveying and mapping projects. SUR 4403 is a pre-requisite for this course. Needed skills/materials: boundary law, survey computations, AutoCad survey drafting, report writing in English.
SUR 4201 - Route Geometrics & Design (3 credit hours) Route baselines, stationing, Cartesian coordinates, horizontal alignments, horizontal curves, vertical alignments, vertical curves, cross sections, volumes, spirals, Geometric design standards, AASHTO Green Book, superelevation, design velocity, earthwork analysis, sight distance, vertical route design, horizontal route design, evaluating existing roads for safety. Needed skills/materials: survey computations, algebra, trigonometry, analytic geometry.
SUR 3322 - Visualization of Spatial Information (3 credit hours) Basic CAD techniques, templates, paper space, model space, land desktop, plotting, blocks, boundary survey, topographic survey.
SUR 3393 - GIS (3 credit hours) GIS concepts, surveying and mapping inputs in GIS development, comparison of GIS systems, applications in the natural and physical sciences, engineering, and planning.
That is 21 credits, more than enough for someone with a Civil Engineering degree to qualify under many states requirements. Only 15 credits are required for the UF Certificate.
5 of the courses were offered in the Fall of 2011. 2 are being repeated this Spring and a third course is being offered. The 7th course will be offered this summer.
I would say that is a good start.
Paul in PA
On Line Geomatics Courses, Penn State * Wilkes-Barre
Penn State Wilkes-Barre offers 7 online courses.
http://surveying.wb.psu.edu/psu-surv/academic.htm#Web Courses
The Penn State Surveying Engineering program offers two certificate programs in surveying. They are Measurement Analysis and Least Squares and Geodesy and GPS. The course content for each certificate program is
Measurement Analysis and Least Squares Adjustments
SUR 241 - Surveying Measurement Analysis
SUR 341 - Adjustment Computations
SUR 441 - Data Analysis and Project Design
Geodesy and GPS
SUR 351 - Geodetic Models
SUR 441 - Data Analysis and Project Design
SUR 455 - Precise Positioning Systems
On-line Courses
To enroll in a course listed below, you must be enrolled as a Penn State student, and register for the classes. Except where noted, the prerequisites for the classes are college level calculus (MATH 140 & 141), statistics (STAT 401), and computer programming (CMPSC 201). The surveying Internet courses and their next offering times are:
SUR 241 - Surveying Measurement Analysis: Fall only - Access to surveying equipment required. Calculus required and statistics recommended
SUR 262 - Coordinates Systems in Map Projections: Spring only - Algebra required
SUR 341 - Adjustment Computations: Fall only - Access to a program language required (C, Pascal, Fortran, or Basic) SUR 241 required
SUR 351 - Geodetic Models: Fall only - Calculus required
SUR 441 - Data Analysis and Project Design: Spring only (Prerequisite: SUR 341 and STAT 401)
SUR 455 - Precise Positioning Systems: Spring only (Prerequisite SUR 351 and SUR 441 concurrent)
Paul in PA
On Line Geomatics Courses, University of Alaska
One course this Spring.
Geomatics Computer Fundamentals, 1 Credit
Part of the course is learning RPN (Reverse Polish Notation). I love it already
"Use of computational devices with applications in Geomatics. The basics of Reverse Polish Notation and keystroke programming will be covered. Use of Excel and MATLAB to solve geomatics problems will be emphasized."
So far all three are ABET accredited.
Paul in PA
On Line Geomatics Courses, St. Cloud University
St. Cloud University offered the following Surveying courses online this Spring. Note some required some campus visits.
GEOGRAPHY
GEOG 316 Geographic Information Systems, 3 credits
Requires 1 on campus visit (Date and Times TBD). 4 proctored exams; approximately 4 homework assignments; 4 labs
GEOG 336 Control and Geodetic Surveying, 3 credits
4 proctored exams; approximately 8 assignments
GEOG 435 Boundary Law, 3 credits
TBA
GEOG 439 Surveying Seminar, 3 credits
Requires one on campus meeting for final oral presentation. Approximately 10 proctored online quizzes; technical paper
GEOG 455 Urban Site Development, 3 credits
Requires 1-2 on campus visits (Dates and Times TBD). Approximately 4 proctored online quizzes; homework; 2 labs
Link to online courses:
http://www.stcloudstate.edu/continuingstudies/distance/registration/Spring20112SCSUOnlineCourses.asp
Link to Saint Cloud University Surveying program (ABET):
http://bulletin.stcloudstate.edu/ugb/programs/geog.asp
Paul in PA
The Above 4 Are ABET And Have On Line Geomatics Courses
I only posted because I thought there was some board interest in online Geomatics courses.
The above are from my list of ABET programs but I cannot certify that my list is complete. I received an email from a board participant about Middle Georgia College which has online Geomatics courses.
http://www.mgc.edu/academics/natural-science-math/surveying.cfm
Middle Georgia College is on my list of Geomatics programs links which I have not gone through searching for online content. It is not easy since 2 of my 4 above did not have front door links to online learning on their surveying program site, instead I had to search the college website for online learning and then search the course availability. You will note for some that I only found current semester offerings.
Paul in PA
The Above 4 Are ABET And Have On Line Geomatics Courses
> ...I received an email from a board participant about Middle Georgia College which has online Geomatics courses.
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>> http://www.mgc.edu/academics/natural-science-math/surveying.cfm
Middle Georgia does offer the 2 year degree completely online. They are in the process of developing a 4 year degree that will also be available online. My step-father is a professor at Southern Polytechnic State University. They have an ABET accredited BS Surveying and Mapping degree and attempted some online classes a few years ago. He taught one or two of them and said that he never had one student pass the online class. From what I understand, they don't offer any surveying classes online anymore.
The programs that are available online use a "sponsor" to help students complete the lab portion of these classes. The sponsor is required to be a licensed professional that provides equipment and assistance to the student. He signs off on the field notes and any other required deliverable. I don't know how well this works because I took the classes that have labs at Southern Poly on campus so I don't have any experience with the "online" labs.
On Line "Pass/Fail" Rate For Geomatics Courses
Sounds like a worthwhile topic for ABET, ACSM or NCEES research.
ABET does not consider the format of the teaching, only the results.
Metropolitan State College Denver, formerly ABET but status of the program has changed, University of Wyoming and Great Basin have extensive outreach programs. Online live, online taped at different times, video courses and the original text and snail mail all require a different teacher and student mindset.
One must also separate the failure to pass from the failure to complete. Many forces change students lives and a "live" in person course includes contacts that can hold you while there is less to bind you to a computer. Once you get in that car to go to you have removed yourself from the distractions. But online at home and your children/mother etc. cannot understand your failure to attend to their crisis since you are just watching TV to them.
Online live especially during the day is harder to keep at than online live plus online after the fact.
I took a business law course through a local community college, the lectures were taped in the past and broadcast on the local PBS station but the classes were live in person. Since they were at a late hour most students taped them as I did and I believe there were 2 broadcasts of the same lecture each week.
To succeed an online course needs an experienced online coordinator not neccessarily just the person expert in the content.
I did not include those ABET programs that remote video classrooms at satellite campuses, NJIT at Mount Laurel and New Mexico State among others.
Great Basin has used a mentored system for quite some time.
Online will continue to grow and hopefully more ABET programs pick up at least some online courses or accept online courses from others as a routine matter of the Planned Program.
Paul in PA
On Line "Pass/Fail" Rate For Geomatics Courses
I am enrolled at Great Basin. They do have a variety of delivery methods. I particularly enjoy the "LiveNet" mixed with the streaming video lectures. LiveNet is a scheduled time each week where the students and the professor log in and communicate directly, sort of like "Skype". The lectures are posted on the class webpage for you to watch at your convenience.
East Tennessee State University
East Tennessee State University also offers their BS Surveying and Mapping Science "mostly online". Their program is also ABET accredited. They offer 3 different concentration sequences: Cadastral/Design, GIS/Photo Surveying and Surveying Business.
DavidALee ? East Tennessee State University Online ?
Any hint to where they hide the link to online programs? As I said above it is not always self evident.
Paul in PA
DavidALee ? East Tennessee State University Online ?
I don't see it anywhere on their site. I spoke with Jerry Taylor at ETSU last weekend about transferring there. They still have 3 or 4 classes that aren't offered online (mostly in other departments like Geography) hence the "mostly online". They also use the "sponsor" for the lab portions of their classes.
DavidALee ? East Tennessee State University Online ?
Try these links for alittle more information:
ETSU Online:
http://www.etsu.edu/academicaffairs/elearning/ats/online/
To look up classes:
https://selfserv.etsu.edu/pls/PROD/bwckschd.p_disp_dyn_sched
On Line Geomatics Courses, NJIT
New Jersey Institute of Technology has one e-learning course in the Spring 2012 semester.
SET 404, Adjustment Computations II (4 credits.
Being taught by Joshua Greenfeld, I take it he is teaching from Israel.
Paul in PA
On Line Geomatics Courses, NJIT
> New Jersey Institute of Technology has one e-learning course in the Spring 2012 semester.
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> SET 404, Adjustment Computations II (4 credits.
> Being taught by Joshua Greenfeld, I take it he is teaching from Israel.
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> Paul in PA
I think it's pre-recorded, I remember he was trying to work out the kinks when he first started.
Ralph
