Evergreen Valley College offers the only Surveying and Geomatics program in the South Bay area.  The program trains students with the necessary skills to become a land surveyor. It provides students with the formal theoretical and laboratory course work necessary to prepare for the Land Surveyors-In-Training Examination and the Professional Land Surveyors Examination. It also provides coursework for those planning to transfer to a four-year Surveying or Geomatics Engineering program. The program provides students with three options: an Associate in Science degree, an Associate in Arts degree and a Certificate of Achievement. A grade of “C” or better in each major course and major elective course is required for this degree.

Program Learning Outcomes 

• Create engineering graphics and surveying maps.
• Design and conduct surveys using various tools including GPS and GIS.
• Incorporate maps, the subdivision map act, and the land surveying act to produce standard and legal surveys.
• Use the California coordinate system and boundary control and legal principles in surveys.

Major Requirements

Major Electives

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