Geospatial Technology (4760)

After earning your associate degree in geospatial technology, you can work as a:

• Cartographic technician
• Geographic information technician, analyst, and specialist
• Specialist in another position related to the acquisition, use and processing of geographic and time-based data

Do you have these characteristics?

• Analytical thinking
• Problem solving
• Strong computer, geography and math skills
• Effective communicator who excels in team settings
• Ability to work well with cross-functional teams

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Innovatively YOURS, our professors will prepare you for this rapidly evolving field. Our experienced faculty will teach you to use geographical information systems (GIS) and remote sensing software, and help you develop your skills to form conclusions.  Coursework in this program is aligned with the Geospatial Technology Competency Model (GTCM) developed by the United States Department of Labor and the GeoTech Center.

The industry is requiring technicians to hold skills in:

• Application programming and development
• Data acquisition
• Data management
• Interpretation
• Integration
• Representation
• Spatial analysis
• Visualization

As you complete our program, you will:

• Apply geospatial technology skillsets to analyze spatial questions, patterns, trends, distributions and flow spatially and over time
• Evaluate, generate, manage, acquire and process geospatial information
• Query, summarize and analyze spatial and non-spatial data
• Develop geospatial data, maps and applications using GIS and remote sensing software to describe, visualize and analyze geographic questions
• Design, manage and implement geospatial projects

After completing our program and receiving your associate degree, you will be ready to enter the workforce where the acquisition, use and processing of geographic and time-based data is used.

• View summaries of every course at HACC by browsing our class schedules database.

• Review our program guide (pdf) to view a list of required courses, recommended course sequencing and program competencies.

Affordably YOURS, our two-year degree program is a transfer program. We designed our programs to be flexible enough to transfer to a wide variety of four-year colleges and universities with no loss of credit. If your intended transfer school participates in Pennsylvania’s statewide college credit transfer system, you will be able to begin at the junior level. Our programs also transfer well to schools outside of the statewide system. However, each individual college has its own unique program. We encourage you to select a four-year school as soon as possible. This will allow you to learn the transfer college’s program requirements so you can take the proper classes at HACC.

As a HACC geospatial technology student, your transfer option is:

The complete program is available entirely through asynchronous instruction.

Yes! Through the HACC Foundation, there are scholarships available. Please visit hacc.edu/scholarships for details and deadlines.

You can enroll in classes for the spring, summer and fall, and apply anytime by submitting your application online. When you apply, please include program code 4760 to ensure you apply to the correct program.

Future students, we are excited to connect with you and answer your questions. Please choose the option that works best for you to meet with us.

Current HACC students, please contact our Advising Department with any questions.