South Dakota State University
 


SDSU's College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences offers students unrivaled opportunities for personal and professional development. In fact, we believe that what you learn outside the classroom is a critically important, powerful (and fun) part of your educational experience.

Student life in Ag-Bio includes:

More than 25 Ag-Bio student organizations
From Biology Club to Collegiate 4-H, and from Agronomy Club to Wildlife Society, Ag-Bio students are involved. There's a club for every major, honor societies, special interest groups, an Ag-Bio student council, and the world's largest student-run livestock exposition, Little International.

For a complete listing and linked club directory, click on Student Handbook on the left column

Opportunities to travel internationally
Ag-Bio students have traveled to Australia, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Mexico, Canada, Bolivia, China, Korea, France, England, and the Netherlands in recent years. Plans are in the works for study tours to Jamaica, Poland, and Africa.

For more information about study abroad, click here.

Undergraduate research programs
Ag-Bio students become involved in the excitement of edge discovery by working with faculty mentors and graduate students on research projects. Examples of such experiences can be found by clicking here.

For more information, contact your academic advisor of department head.

Competitive judging teams
Whether you're specialty is rodeo, livestock, meats, crops, flowers, rangeland or dairy foods, you will find exciting possibilities to develop your skills, compete and travel the nation with these dedicated student teams. A complete competing of these teams are taken place. To view a partial listing of our competitive judging teams click here.

For more information, contact the team coach of interest.