What you will learn
- Cannabis plant and industry history
- The difference between marijuana and hemp
- Cannabis breeding, cultivation, and harvesting techniques
- Post-harvest cannabis processing and extraction methods
- U.S. regulations, testing, and compliance in farming, processing, and making consumer-facing products in the cannabis industry
- Professions in the cannabis industry
Courses in this program
DoaneX's Cannabis Science and Industries: Seeds to Needs Professional Certificate
- General Overview of Cannabis and the Industry’s Outlook and Professions
- Cannabis Cultivation and Processing
- Cannabis Compliance, Testing, and Research
- Job Outlook
Meet your instructors from Doane University (DoaneX)
Experts from DoaneX committed to teaching online learning
Program endorsements
AgriScience Labs is Colorado's leading cannabis testing facility to assure public health and protect consumers. AgriScience Labs fully supports the Cannabis Science and Industries certificate program at Doane University because of the increasing demand of a qualified workforce in the cannabis industry due to the recent legalization of hemp. The certificate program provides the necessary foundations and credentials to enter this vastly growing industry.
Precision Plant Molecules, a hemp extraction and refinement company in Denver, Colorado, looks for talented professionals who are well versed in cannabis science, have an in depth understanding of hemp processing, and understand the economic and global impacts of the hemp industry as it relates to wellness and health. The Cannabis Science and Industries certificate program covers critical aspects of cultivation, breeding, genetics, processing, and provides the necessary competencies to enter the cannabis industry.