These GIS graduates' job responsibilities may include: conducting a wide range of analysis (including site selection, drainage design, traffic planning, impact analysis, site monitoring, property assessment and facilities management); tracking customer sales; and analyzing crime patterns.

GIS technicians may hold responsibilities for routing delivery trucks; displaying soil types; finding the best location for an expanding business; helping an organization develop planning models; and evaluating possible future scenarios such as studying easement alternatives for widening a road or evaluating the economic impact of new zoning on a community.

As a graduate of the program, you may hold career positions with titles such as geographic information systems specialist, global positioning specialist or logistics specialist.

• Perform an accurate GPS survey;
• Demonstrate top Computer-Aided Drafting skills;
• Use computer mapping and databases in multiple applications;
• Incorporate imagery and data into a graphically oriented database system; and
• Interpret maps and aerial photo characteristics.

In addition to holding a degree from TSTC, graduates can gain extra credibility in the job market by holding industry certifications. Upon completing the GIS program, graduates are eligible for data logger certification by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.