Cannabis Operations & Plant-Based Wellness
Pursuing a career in Cannabis Operations & Plant-Based Wellness offers a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of a burgeoning industry that is revolutionizing healthcare and wellness.
What It's All About
Cannabis Operations is designed to provide students with extensive knowledge of cannabis fundamentals, as well as its uses and effects. You'll gain an understanding of cannabis regulations and advanced dispensary retail while learning to lawfully instruct others about cannabis and related product use.
Plant-Based Wellness focuses on best practices for customer service, legally compliant communication, and historical elements of integrating plants into wellness. Additionally, you'll become confident in regulatory compliance and remaining compliant in retail and frontline settings.
This program is 100% online, which offers students the flexibility to learn at their own pace and schedule, allowing them to balance studies with work, personal commitments, and other responsibilities.
What does a career in cannabis operations & plant-based wellness look like?
A career in Cannabis Operations & Plant-Based Wellness involves working in the rapidly growing cannabis industry, focusing on the cultivation, production, distribution, and sale of cannabis and plant-based wellness products. This industry encompasses both medical and recreational cannabis, as well as various wellness products derived from plants.
Professionals in this field may have roles such as cultivation manager, extraction technician, quality control specialist, dispensary manager, product development coordinator, or compliance officer. They work in compliance with legal and regulatory frameworks, ensuring product quality, safety, and adherence to industry standards. As the industry expands, there are opportunities for career growth, entrepreneurship, and specialization in specific areas such as product formulation, research and development, marketing, and retail operations.
Programs
Cannabis Operations and Plant-Based Wellness
Associate of Applied Science
The Cannabis Operations and Plant-Based Wellness A.A.S. focuses on the development of frontline skills needed for careers in the quickly expanding cannabis and other plant-based wellness retail industries. Students develop the competencies needed to interact with and lawfully instruct others about cannabis and other plant-based wellness, including how plant-based products can impact systems in the human body. Regulatory components of cannabis and other plant-based wellness retail operations including processes for establishing compliance protocols as well as practices for remaining compliant are emphasized. Instruction incorporates traditional use of cannabis and other plants for wellness.
Cannabis Operations
Certificate
The Cannabis Operations Certificate focuses on all frontline aspects and workforce needs of the rapidly expanding cannabis retail industry. Students gain an understanding of cannabis regulations and advanced dispensary retail while learning to interact with and lawfully instruct others about cannabis and related product use. Students also gain a strong foundational knowledge of the cannabis business environment and regulatory components of day-to-day operations including processes for establishing compliant protocols and practices for remaining compliant.
Cannabis Agriculture
Certificate
This certificate provides students with the essential knowledge and skills for successful and sustainable cannabis cultivation. Encompassing key concepts such as Integrated Pest Management (IPM), growing systems, and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), this program equips graduates with applied, industry-relevant skills. The certificate is designed to incorporate industry-accepted external licenses and certifications so graduates emerge with practical skills applicable to roles in cultivation management, quality assurance, and compliance, positioning them for immediate employment and success in the dynamic and rapidly growing cannabis agriculture sector. Within this program students gain insights into the cannabis plant life cycle, diverse cultivation techniques, and sustainable practices. Emphasis on Good Agricultural Practices promotes product quality and safety, compliance with industry standards, and effective record-keeping will be incorporated as well. The Cannabis Agriculture Certificate also naturally augments the department’s Indoor Agriculture and Controlled Environment Agriculture programs for students seeking more specialized cannabis-oriented careers.
Plant-Based Wellness
Certificate
The Plant-Based Wellness Certificate focuses on the development of skills needed for careers in the quickly growing plant-based wellness industry including retail and frontline services. Students develop the competencies needed to interact with and lawfully instruct others about plant-based wellness and how plants and plant-based products can impact systems in the human body. Historical elements of integrating plants into wellness, the foundational knowledge needed to pursue plant-based wellness careers, and regulatory compliance and established practices for remaining compliant are emphasized.