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Minors

Make Your Degree Your Own

Explore your interests beyond your major through hands-on study in dairy science, meat processing or rangeland management. Build practical skills, expand your knowledge and discover new ways to put your Cal Poly education to work.

Dairy industries

Explore dairy from animal to product through a focus in dairy husbandry or dairy foods. Build hands-on knowledge of cattle health, nutrition and management or dairy processing, food quality and safety while adding valuable industry expertise to your degree.

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Meat Science and Processing

Build practical knowledge of the science and technology behind safe, high-quality meat products through hands-on learning from harvest to finished product. Build skills in processing, food safety, quality and product development while preparing for opportunities across the food industry.

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A student in a chef's coat and apron cuts into student-made sausage.

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Explore how livestock, wildlife, plants, soils and water interact across working landscapes. Through hands-on study of grazing and rangeland management, you’ll build skills to balance productive agriculture with healthy habitats and natural resource conservation.

Research Rangeland Ecology and Management

A student on horseback talks with a student in a gator during a cattle drive at the Escuela Ranch.

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