Impact of College of Agriculture Courses on Graduating Seniors Awareness And Interest in International Agriculture

Colleges of agriculture have the responsibility to help increase their studentsʹ awareness and interest in international agriculture through course offerings, curricula and academic environment. The LSU College of Agriculture conducted a workshop series to help administrators and faculty increase the content of international agriculture in the Collegeʹs curricula and courses.This paper presents findings of a survey of graduating seniors which assessed the impacts of this workshop series and selected student characteristics on student perceptions of the international aspects of the Collegeʹs courses and curricula. The workshop series did not significantly affect graduating senior evaluations.