A new bachelor degree curriculum at East Tennessee State University

East Tennessee State University (ETSU) offers a unique Bachelor of Science degree in Surveying and Mapping Science that covers a wide range of topics within geomatics. The ETSU Surveying and Mapping Science (SAMS) program's location allows the university to serve not only the State of Tennessee, but also more than seven of the nearby states through a reciprocal tuition agreement. This program existed as a concentration in Engineering Technology since the 1960s and as a SAMS program since 1987. The program has been accredited through the Applied Science Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ASAC) of ABET since 1994. Recently, three new professional sequences within the SAMS curriculum have been developed, including Surveying/Cadastral, GIS/Photogrammetry, and Surveying Business. Every student in the program must take core courses that can lead to professional licensure, and there are specific classes for each sequence. Taking the new and emerging disciplines and technologies into consideration, the new curriculum has been designed to meet a challenging workplace. By doing so, SAMS program graduates are expected to have a much broader background to meet the requirements of an ever expanding job market. This paper discusses the new curriculum of the SAMS program at ETSU.