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The Dairy Science Department offers graduate programs in Biological Sciences leading to a Master of Science or Doctor of Philosophy degree with specialization in Dairy Science, or a Master of Science or Doctor of Philosophy degree with a major in Animal Science. The Dairy Science area offers opportunities in Dairy Manufacturing and Dairy Production.
The department is equipped with excellent laboratories; a dairy processing
plant which manufactures fluid milk, cheese, butter, ice cream, and other products;
and a modern dairy production research and training facility where a herd of
300 Holstein and Brown Swiss dairy cattle is maintained for teaching and research.
Metabolism and surgical facilities in the Animal Science Complex, and specialized
laboratory equipment in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Veterinary Science, Nutrition,
Food Science and Hospitality Departments, and the Northern Plains Biostress
laboratories, are also available. Graduate students accepted into the program
will have opportunities to utilize these facilities to develop basic and/or
applied research programs in dairy product processing and development, microbiology,
chemistry, food safety, dairy cattle nutrition, management, and metabolism,
while interacting with well qualified faculty.
The SDSU Dairy Science Department, is an active part of the Midwest
Dairy Foods
Research Center, which is partially supported
by
Dairy Management, Inc. and Midwest Dairy Association. This provides graduate
students in the dairy manufacturing area a unique opportunity to be involved
with current issues and research needs of the dairy industry.
Links for Program description and application forms are listed below. Prospective students interested in Dairy Production have the option of applying for M.S. Animal Sciences (Nutrition specialization) or Ph. D. in Animal Science. They may also apply for M.S. or Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (Dairy Science specialization). In either case the application is made to the Dairy Science department. Prospective M.S. or Ph.D. Dairy Manufacturing students must apply to the Dairy Science specialization under the Biological Science option. This application is also made to the Dairy Science department.
Dairy Science graduate program description
Biological Sciences graduate program description
Admission Information and Application Materials
Financial Aid
Qualified applicants may be eligible for financial aid in the form of departmental
research assistantships (up to $16,735 per year for M.S. and $20,173 for
Ph.D.). Graduate assistants pay one-third the resident tuition per credit,
or approximately $600 per semester for tuition and fees.
S. K. Anand, Ph.D. Assistant Professor. Dairy Microbiology and food safety.
R. J. Baer, Ph.D. Professor. Composition. Analysis and sensory evaluation of dairy products, and dairy chemistry.
A. N. Hassan, Ph.D. Associate Professor. Fermented milk, cheese, dairy product microstructure, and exopolysaccharides.
A. R. Hippen, Ph.D. Professor. Carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, and dairy farm management.
K. F. Kalscheur, Ph.D. Associate Professor. Nutrient metabolism and utilization in dairy cattle.
L.. E. Metzger, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Alfred Chair in Dairy Education. Cheese technology, dairy product processing.
V.
V. Mistry, Ph.D. Professor and Department Head. Membrane processing
and cheese technology, dairy chemistry, and processing.
D.
J. Schingoethe, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor. Protein and energy nutrition,
and metabolism in dairy cattle.
South Dakota
State University / Dairy Science Department
Dairy Microbiology Rm 109 / Phone: 605-688-4116
College
of Agricultural and Biological Sciences