Evolution of geomatics curriculum : adding new knowledge without lengthening studies
Roy, Francis
Science is based of accumulation of knowledge. New discoveries, original questionings and technological progress all contribute to the continuous renewal of scientific-base disciplines. As such, geomatics is also behaving in an accumulative way, even more that it is constituted by many disciplines such as geodesy, photogrammetry, topography, mapping, GIS, remote sensing, land law, cadastre, This scientificc characteristic places a constant burden on the shoulders of those in charge of geomatics programs: adding new contents without lengthening the duration of studies. The challenge is to educate future professionals, keen to address and resolve tomorrowws problems. Thus, geomatics programs must regularly go through revision processes to keep in touch with social, environmental and economical challenges of the 21st century. This situation is even more important that geomatics is highly concerned with current issues as climate change, disaster risks management, environmental protection, sustainable development, access to land, information enabled society, land use planning, But there is a critical condition to do so: geomatics programs must integrate new contents, without unduly extending in length. This is easy to write, but hard to achieve because the adjustment of curriculum is not an easy task.
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