Overview
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.
Professional and Specialized Skills Training with Coursera
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.
Cannabis Education Programs
Educational institutions in New York State now offer cannabis-related majors, minors, micro-credentials, certificates, and various courses. Explore the exciting opportunities available at the following colleges and universities:
CUNY, SUNY, or Private School | School Name | Relevant Business Activity | Program Type | Program | Program Information |
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CUNY | Borough of Manhattan Community College | Agriculture | Certificate | Cannabis Cultivation Specialist | Information |
CUNY | Borough of Manhattan Community College | Product Manufacturing | Certificate | Cannabis Extraction & Product Development Specialist | Information |
CUNY | Borough of Manhattan Community College | Retail | Certificate | Cannabis Retail Specialist | Information |
CUNY | Borough of Manhattan Community College | Security | Certificate | Cannabis Security Solutions (No Cost) | Information |
CUNY | Kingsborough Community College | Agriculture | Certificate | Advanced Cultivation Technician | Information |
CUNY | Kingsborough Community College | Product Manufacturing | Certificate | Advanced Manufacturing Agent | Information |
CUNY | Kingsborough Community College | Retail | Certificate | Advanced Dispensary Associate | Information |
CUNY | Lehman Colllege | Business Management | Training | Cannabis Workforce & Development Training (Bronx Business Tech Incubator) | Information |
CUNY | Medgar Evers College | Agriculture; Product Manufacturing; Retail; Testing | Course(s) | Cannabis Coursework: Cultivation, Testing, Business, and Health | Information |
CUNY | Medgar Evers College | Agriculture; Product Manufacturing; Retail; Testing | Degree (Minor) | Introduction to the World of Cannabis | Information |
SUNY | Columbia-Greene Community College | Agriculture; Product Manufacturing | Microcredential | Cannabis Cultivation and Processing | Information |
SUNY | Columbia-Greene Community College | Retail | Microcredential | Cannabis Retail and Sales | Information |
SUNY | Dutchess Community College | Retail | Microcredential | Cannabis Retail Management | Information |
SUNY | Farmingdale State College | Agriculture; Product Manufacturing; Retail | Certificate | Cannabis Production and Management | Information |
SUNY | Finger Lakes Community College | Agriculture | Certificate (Horticulture) | Cannabis Electives in Horticulture | Information |
SUNY | Finger Lakes Community College | Agriculture | Degree (Associates) | Horticulture: Cannabis Biology and Cultivation Concentration | Information |
SUNY | Fulton-Montgomery Community College | Agriculture | Certificate | Cultivation Technician | Information |
SUNY | Fulton-Montgomery Community College | Agriculture; Ancillary | Microcredential | Cannabis Cultivation Policy and Procedures | Information |
SUNY | Fulton-Montgomery Community College | Product Manufacturing | Certificate | Quality Assurance Lab Technician (Cannabis or Dairy) | Information |
SUNY | Fulton-Montgomery Community College | Retail | Certificate | Dispensary Manager | Information |
SUNY | Niagara Community College | Agriculture | Certificate | Biology of Cannabis | Information |
SUNY | Niagara Community College | Agriculture | Certificate | Cannabis Pest Management | Information |
SUNY | Niagara Community College | Agriculture | Microcredential | Cannabis Cultivation | Information |
SUNY | Niagara Community College | Agriculture; Product Manufacturing; Business Management | Certificate | Horticulture - Cannabis Concentration | Information |
SUNY | Niagara Community College | Agriculture; Product Manufacturing; Business Management | Degree (Associates) | Horticulture - Cannabis Concentration | Information |
SUNY | Niagara Community College | Agriculture; Product Manufacturing; Business Management; Ancillary | Certificate | Culinary Cannabis & Edibles | Information |
SUNY | Niagara Community College | Business Management | Microcredential | Cannabis Business | Information |
SUNY | Niagara Community College | Product Manufacturing | Certificate | Cannabis Products and Technologies | Information |
SUNY | Niagara Community College | Product Manufacturing | Certificate | Culinary Cannabis Extracts | Information |
SUNY | Niagara Community College | Product Manufacturing | Microcredential | Cannabis Manufacturing/Processing | Information |
SUNY | Onondaga Community College | Agriculture | Certificate | Cannabis Cultivation Science | Information |
SUNY | Onondaga Community College | Product Manufacturing | Certificate | Cannabis Extractions | Information |
SUNY | Onondaga Community College | Retail | Certificate | Cannabis Dispensary Training | Information |
SUNY | SUNY Adirondack | Business Management | Microcredential | Cannabis Business and Entrepreneurship | Information |
SUNY | SUNY Adirondack | Agriculture, Product Manufacturing | Microcredential | Cannabis & Hemp Cultivation | Information |
SUNY | SUNY Canton | Ancillary | Course | Cannabis Law | Information |
SUNY | SUNY Canton | Business Management | Course | Cannabusiness Management | Information |
SUNY | SUNY Clinton Community College | Agriculture | Certificate | Cannabis Cultivation Specialist | Information |
SUNY | SUNY Clinton Community College | Product Manufacturing | Certificate | Cannabis Extraction and Product Development Specialist | Information |
SUNY | SUNY Clinton Community College | Retail | Certificate | Cannabis Retail Specialist | Information |
SUNY | SUNY Cobleskill | Agriculture; Product Manufacturing | Degree (Minor) | Cannabis Science | Information |
SUNY | SUNY Empire State University | Ancillary | Course | Understanding Medical Marijuana: Multidisciplinary Perspectives | Information |
SUNY | SUNY Erie | Business Management | Microcredential | Cannnabis Science | Information |
SUNY | SUNY Erie | Product Manufacturing | Degree (Associates) | Biotechnological Science - Cannabis Concentration | Information |
SUNY | SUNY Morrisville | Agriculture | Certificate | Specialty Crop and Cannabis Production | Information |
SUNY | SUNY Morrisville | Agriculture; Product Manufacturing; Business Management | Degree (Minor) | Cannabis Industry Minor | Information |
SUNY | SUNY Orange | Agriculture | Course | Horticultural Cannabis | Information |
SUNY | SUNY Schenectady Community College | Product Manufacturing | Microcredential | Culinary Cannabis Microcredential | Information |
SUNY | SUNY Schenectady Community College | Ancillary | Course | The Cultural History of Cannabis in the U.S. | Information |
SUNY | SUNY Schenectady Community College | Agriculture | Course | Cannabis Cultivation at Home | Information |
Private | Cornell College of Agriculture & Life Sciences | Agriculture; Product Manufacturing; Retail; Testing | Degree (Masters) | Cannabis & Hemp Sciences Master of Professional Studies | Information |
Private | Cornell University | Agriculture | Certificate | Hemp Cultivation | Information |
Private | Cornell University | Ancillary | Course | Cannabis: Biology, Society, and Industry | Information |
Private | Elmira College | Agriculture | Certificate | Cannabis Cultivation Specialist | Information |
Private | Elmira College | Product Manufacturing; Retail | Certificate | Cannabis Extraction & Product Development Specialist | Information |
Private | Elmira College | Retail | Certificate | Cannabis Retail Specialist | Information |
Private | Excelsior College | Business Management; Ancillary | Certificate (Graduate level) | Graduate Certificate: Cannabis Control | Information |
Private | LIM College | Business Management | Degree (Masters) | Master the Business Side of Cannabis | Information |
Private | LIM College | Business Management; Ancillary | Degree (Bachelor) | Business of Cannabis | Information |
Private | Mercy University | Agriculture | Certificate | Cannabis Agriculture & Horticulture | Information |
Private | Mercy University | Business Management | Certificate | The Business of Cannabis | Information |
Private | Mercy University | Business Management; Ancillary | Certificate | Cannabis Compliance & Risk Management | Information |
Private | Mercy University | Retail; Ancillary | Certificate | Cannabis Healthcare & Medicine | Information |
Private | Mercy University | Product Manufacturing | Certificate | Cannabis Product Development & Design | Information |
Private | New York University | Business Management | Certificate | Business of Cannabis | Information |
Private | Syracuse University | Agriculture | Certificate | Cannabis Agriculture & Horticulture | Information |
Private | Syracuse University | Business Management | Certificate | The Business of Cannabis | Information |
Private | Syracuse University | Business Management; Ancillary | Certificate | Cannabis Studies Certificate | Information |
Private | Syracuse University | Product Manufacturing | Certificate | Cannabis Compliance & Risk Management | Information |
Private | Syracuse University | Business Management; Ancillary | Certificate | Cannabis Compliance & Risk Management | Information |
Private | Syracuse University | Business Management; Ancillary | Degree (Minor) | Cannabis Studies Minor | Information |
Private | Syracuse University | Retail; Ancillary | Certificate | Cannabis Healthcare & Medicine | Information |