Future or current engineers, interested in the surveying technology used in applications like cartography, may be interested in pursuing the study of geoinformatics. As a branch of engineering, geoinformatics can be focused on the technology, collection, preservation, and analysis of geography.

Earning a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree is an academic achievement upon completing a series of courses over the course of three or four years. The subjects that are studied in order to earn this degree vary widely under the disciplines of the liberal arts and sciences.