Cannabis at SUNY Adirondack

Start a career in Cannabis Business or Cultivation in New York state and be at the forefront of a new and growing industry. With a microcredential from SUNY Adirondack in Cannabis Business and Entrepreneurship or Cannabis & Hemp Cultivation, you will have the tools you need to succeed in the cannabis industry. We prepare students for jobs in the fast-growing cannabis industry, which the New York State Department of Health estimates will grow between $1.7 and $3.5 billion annually. According to the Rockefeller Institute of Government, a $1.7 billion industry could generate an economic output of $4.1 billion and 30,700 jobs, and attract hundreds of millions of dollars in capital investment. 

Students will learn about key elements of owning a small business with an emphasis on finance, marketing, accounting and logistics in the Cannabis Business and Entrepreneurship microcredential. If interest leans toward the growing side of cannabis, one can learn about growing and harvesting hemp, as well as cannabis policy, regulations and marketing in the Cannabis & Hemp Cultivation microcredential. 

Those who enroll in one or both microcredential(s) will be eligible for completion stipend through funding from our SUNY cannabis grant while funding is available.

Spring 2024 course schedule

Class Course number Day and meeting times
Cannabis & Hemp: Introduction
to Sustainable Cultivation		 AGR 124   
5-7:50 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Jan. 22-May 9
The Business of Cannabis & Hemp BUS 122 Online March 18-May 3
Marketing New York’s Ag Products BUS 123 Online Jan. 22-Mar 8
Cannabis: A Journey through History, Society & Policy ECO 121  Online March 18-May 3

 

 

 

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Microcredentials

This microcredential creates career and business management pathways that can support small-business owners or future business owners in the emerging cannabis industry, incorporating best practices into existing and new courses that prepare students for careers in the new cannabis industry and related ancillary industries.

Required courses are:

  • BUS 122 The Business of Cannabis and Hemp
  • BUS 123 Marketing New York’s Agricultural Products
  • BUS 165 Principles of Entrepreneurship
  • ECO 121 Cannabis: A Journey Through History, Society and Policy

This microcredential:

  • Comprises 12 credits;
  • Is able to be completed in two semesters;
  • Costs $222 per credit, plus textbooks and college fees

These credits are stackable to a degree:

This microcredential will prepare students for employment in the cannabis and hemp industry with hands-on training in growing and harvesting hemp, as well as courses dedicated to cannabis policy, regulations and marketing. With an emphasis on sustainable horticulture practices and the latest scientific research, this program will provide students with the basics of growing, harvesting and light processing of hemp.

Required courses are:

  • AGR 124 Cannabis & Hemp: Introduction to Sustainable Cultivation
  • AGR 125 Cannabis & Hemp: Harvesting & Introduction to Processing
  • BUS 123 Marketing New York’s Agricultural Products
  • ECO 121 Cannabis: A Journey Through History, Society and Policy

This microcredential:

  • Comprises 12 credits;
  • Is able to be completed in two semesters;
  • Costs $222 per credit, plus textbooks and college fees

These credits are stackable to a degree: