Cannabis Education

Educational programs can help you get the job you are looking for and earn more, and many cannabis employers will provide on-the-job training if you have the right mindset.

Coursera is an online course provider that works with universities and organizations to offer courses, certifications, and degrees. Available for free to New Yorkers who are unemployed, underemployed, or dislocated workers, Coursera provides the following courses that may help you pursue a career in the cannabis field:

Professional skills courses:

• Skill: Digital/computer literacy and Excel
  • Introduction to Computers and Office Productivity Software
  • Getting started with Google Workspace
  • Everyday Excel Community College 
• Skill: Problem-solving/critical thinking
  • Effective Problem-Solving and Decision-Making
  • Mindware: Critical Thinking for the Information Age
• Skill: Self-motivation
  • Essentials of Entrepreneurship: Thinking & Action
  • Finding Purpose and Meaning In Life: Living for What Matters Most
• Skill: Attention to detail
  • Initiating and Planning Projects
  • Budgeting and Scheduling Projects
• Skill: Time management
  • Work Smarter, Not Harder: Time Management for Personal & Professional Productivity
• Skill: Leadership
  • Foundations of Everyday Leadership or Self Awareness and the Effective Leader

Specialized skills courses:

• Skill: Sales Training
  • Sales Training for High Performing Teams (4 courses)
  • Sales Operations/Management (5 courses)
  • Sales Training: Building Your Sales Career
• Skill: Customer Service Training
  • Customer Service Fundamentals
  • Technical Support Fundamentals
• Skill: Entrepreneurship
  • Essentials of Entrepreneurship: Thinking & Action
  • Fundamentals of Operations
  • Marketing: Customer Needs and Wants
  • Budgeting and Scheduling Projects
  • Accounting: Principles of Financial Accounting
  • Developing An Entrepreneurial Mindset: First Step Towards Success
  • The Search for Great Ideas: Harnessing creativity to empower innovation.
  • Planning: Principled, Proposing, Proofing, and Practicing to a Success Plan
     

To sign up for a no-cost Coursera account, visit our Online Learning with Coursera page.

Educational institutions in New York State now offer cannabis-related majors, minors, micro-credentials, and various courses. Explore the exciting opportunities available at the following colleges and universities:

CUNY

• Bronx Community College - AAS Degree in Horticulture (tangential to cannabis/hemp): 
  http://www.bcc.cuny.edu/academics/academic-departments/biological-sciences-department/degree-certificate-programs-courses/horticulture/
• Lehman College - 3-course Certificate of Professional Learning – Science of Cannabis: 
  https://www.lehman.edu/academics/continuing-education/science-of-cannabis.php
• Medger Evers CUNY - Cannabis Minor: https://www.mecgrow.com/

SUNY

• Columbia-Greene Community College  - Cannabis Microcredential Programs: https://www.columbiagreene.edu/academics-programs-cannabis-microcredential/
• Dutchess Community College – Cannabis Retail Management Microcredential: https://www.sunydutchess.edu/academics/programs/business/cannabis-retail-management-microcredential.html
• Farmingdale State College - Cannabis Production and Management Certificate: https://www.farmingdale.edu/curriculum/cert-cannabis.shtml
• Finger Lakes Community College - Horticulture: Cannabis Biology and Cultivation Track AAS: https://www.flcc.edu/academics/horticulture/cannabis/schedule.cfm
• Fulton-Montgomery Community College - Certificate and Microcredential Program Offerings:
  Cultivation Technician & Dispensary Manager Certifications: https://www.fmcc.edu/academics/programs/individual-studies-programs/
  Introduction to Cannabis Cultivation Policy and Procedures Microcredentials: https://www.fmcc.edu/academics/programs/micro-credentials-badges/ 
• Niagara Community College - Horticulture AAS and certificate programs: https://www.niagaracc.suny.edu/programs/cannabis/
• Onondaga Community College - CannabisHub at OCC: Non-credit Workforce Certificate Programs in Cannabis Cultivation Science, Cannabis Dispensary Training, and Cannabis Extractions: https://www.sunyocc.edu/cannabishub-occ
• SUNY Canton – Courses:
  Business Studies – CannaBusiness Management: https://www.canton.edu/course_descriptions/business.html
  Legal Studies - Cannabis Law: https://www.canton.edu/course_descriptions/legal.html
• SUNY Clinton Community College - Advanced Manufacturing Agent Certificate, Advanced Dispensary Associate Certificate, and Advanced Cultivation Technician Certificate: https://clinton.cannabisstudiesonline.com/
• SUNY Empire State College – Course:
  Health Administration Undergraduate Program Course - Understanding Medical Marijuana: Multidisciplinary Perspectives: https://catalog.esc.edu/undergraduate/courses/hlad/
• SUNY Erie - Degree and Microcredential Offerings:
  Associate Degree in Applied Science in Biotechnological Science, Cannabis Concentration: https://www.ecc.edu/academics/biotechnological-science-degree.html
  Cannabis Science Microcredential: https://www.ecc.edu/academics/cannabis-science.html
• SUNY Morrisville - Minor and Certificate Program Offerings:
  Cannabis Industry Minor: https://www.morrisville.edu/cannabis
  Specialty Crops & Cannabis Production Certificate Program: https://www.morrisville.edu/program/specialty-crops-cannabis-production-certificate
• SUNY Orange – Course:
  Horticultural Cannabis: https://catalog.sunyorange.edu/current/courses/hrt.html
• SUNY Cobleskill - Horticulture, Associate in Applied Science (AAS) or Plant Science, Bachelor of Technology (BT) (tangential to cannabis/hemp): https://www.cobleskill.edu/academics/schools/agriculture-and-natural-resources/plant-science/Plant-Science.aspx

OTHER/PRIVATE:

• Cornell University - Class: Cannabis Biology, Society and Industry: https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/FA19/class/PLSCI/4190
• Elmira College - Specialist Certificates in Cannabis Cultivation, Retail Specialist, and Extraction & Product Development: https://cannabiseducation.elmira.edu/
• Excelsior College – Graduate Certificate: Cannabis Control: https://www.excelsior.edu/program/graduate-certificate-in-cannabis-control/  
• LIM College - Bachelors of Business Administration Degree: https://www.limcollege.edu/academics/degrees/business-cannabis-bba

• LIM College – MPS (Master of Professional Studies) Degree: https://www.limcollege.edu/academics/degrees/business-cannabis-mps

• Mercy College – 4 Track Cannabis Certification Programs: https://cannabiseducation.certifi.mercy.edu/
• Syracuse University - Certificate program: The Business of Cannabis, Cannabis Law and Policy, Cannabis Healthcare and Medicine, and Cannabis Agriculture and Horticulture (Open to SUNY ESF Students): https://cannabisprograms.parttime.syr.edu