Program Curriculum
Introduction to Cannabis Extractions
This course introduces the core concepts of traditional and modern cannabis extraction methods and how they are applied at scale.
Basic Laboratory Operations
This course covers the defining characteristic of a scientific laboratory—control— and its application to cannabis extraction.
Principles of Manufacturing
This course explores concepts of manufacturing that can be applied in a cannabis extraction operation to increase safety and profitability.
Carbon Dioxide Extractions
This course explores these key extraction method differences and variables and the different types of products that result.
Solventless Extractions
This course introduces the two solventless extraction methods used in the commercial cannabis industry—ice water extraction and rosin pressing—and the types of products created with them.
Ethanol Extractions
This course examines the safe operation of ethanol extraction systems and the wide range of products that can be produced.
Products, Methods of Ingestion & Dosing
This course covers traditional and modern cannabis extraction products, the wide variety of end products that can be made from them, and how these different methods of ingestion and dosage influence the effects consumers experience.
Light Hydrocarbon Extractions
This course examines the operation of light hydrocarbon extraction systems and the wide range of products that can be produced with this method through variations of the extraction and post-processing techniques.
Safety & Risk Mitigation for Management
This course, based on US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, covers the basics of managing staff and facility hygiene policies with a goal of stopping the spread of sickness and illness.
Cannabis History & Policies
This course introduces the history of the cannabis plant and its reemergence into legal marketplaces.
US Cannabis Laws
This course examines the tension between federal and state laws to provide a better understanding of the industry today.
Advocacy
This course walks students through the process effective advocates use, and provides students with techniques, strategies, and best practices they can adopt to achieve their goals, and contextualizes current federal policy and the impacts of how it could change.