In the last five years, the Cannabis Education opportunity has become massive

• 400+% increase in Legalization
• 33 States + DC = Medical
• 11 States + DC = Recreational
• Full Legalization – over half the U.S. population

Job sectors impacted

Why Green CulturED

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Our programs serve the job opportunities of the industry

The Healthcare & Medicine Certificate advances the knowledge and practice of cannabis medicine for health care providers and allied health professionals by improving their understanding of cannabis’s medical properties. Course 1 provides a general introduction to the cannabis plant and its use and across history and cultures. Course 2 provides a baseline understanding of cannabis’s medical properties, human physiology and the metabolic pathways for cannabis, the ethics and law for cannabis healthcare practitioners, partnering with integrated medical centers, and client care. Course 3 is a deeper dive into Cannabinoid physiology and pharmacology; the final three modules conform to clinical education models for both human and animal medicine: learners are immersed in specialized disease states and their respective cannabis medical interventions. Learners create a case study and healthcare business portfolio that includes a medical leaflet.

The Law & Policy Certificate is cross-disciplinary, grounding learners in the cannabis industry’s rapidly changing legal landscape and offering the opportunity to deep dive into law as it pertains to a specific sector in the cannabis industry. Course 1 provides a general introduction to the cannabis plant and its use and across history and cultures. In Course 2, learners begin with a review of the general history and current practices in Statutory and Administrative Law at the local, state and federal levels. We then explore legal practices concerning Professional Responsibility, Licensing, Corporate Policy, Banking, Accounting, Tax, and Insurance, examining case studies for each area of focus. Course 3 introduces learners to Intellectual Property, Advertising and Packaging, Environmental Law, Real Estate Law, Ethics, Investment Law, Industrial Hemp, International Trade, Labor and Employment, and Dispute Resolution. Learners self-select for a disciplinary focus in agricultural, entrepreneurial, or healthcare law and cannabis, and write a policy statement and case study in that specialized area.

The Agriculture & Cultivation Certificate prepares learners to actively engage in the complex process of cannabis plant production, management, and cultivation. This program is specially designed to provide both novice and experienced growers with insight regarding every aspect of the cultivation process from seed to sale. Learners explore cannabis botany, the growth cycle, environment management, sustainability challenges, cultivation, property rights, and how to succeed in the cannabis agricultural sector. Learners elect to specialize in the indoor or outdoor grow track. The course of study includes immersive and experiential learning opportunities to work hands-on with hemp or dioecious plants and visit agricultural settings to observe best practices with a range of industry experts, and culminates in a portfolio project that learners can use to apply their learning in a cannabis agricultural setting.

The Business & Enterprise Certificate explores the lifecycle of the cannabis industry from seed to sale. Drawing on the talent and experience of industry leaders in Cannabis Business and Enterprise, learners will be able to anticipate and adapt to trends in cannabis product innovation, behavioral economics, financial strategy, marketing, and challenges with sustainability. Course 1 provides a general introduction to the cannabis plant and its use and across history and cultures. In Course 2, business fundamentals of cultivation, processing and extraction, manufacturing, lab setup and protocols, distribution, retail and delivery, and licensing are addressed. Course 3 introduces challenges with real estate, regulatory compliance, marketing, sales, accounting and finance, human resources, and innovation and investment. The course of study is designed to be experiential and immersive, and involves the review and development of case studies, field work, internship or externship opportunities, and a final portfolio project grounded in a self-selected specialization in HR, sales, marketing, and finance.

Our programs are designed for educators and students

Green CulturED’s ethical imperative is to supply expert education that can be applied in a real-world setting, so we embrace design thinking methods that promote theory-to-practice learning. Design Thinking is an evidence-based learning framework in which our learners move from the more concrete to the more abstract, and from the more empirical to the more innovative. This curricular framework helps learners to reduce cognitive load; to retain information through spacing and interleaving; to master lateral and vertical thinking; and to focus on holistic, trans competent skills that will prepare them for actionable careers in the cannabis industry.

We use best practices in Universal Design, Experiential and Adaptive Learning, and Inclusion & Diversity (TILT) to build content for a broad spectrum of teaching and learning styles. Our curriculum is developed by a team of instructional design and interactive technology experts, and is rigorously reviewed and refreshed at least twice annually. Importantly, our framework undergirds and reinforces the general tools needed for academic success in any discipline, including time management, good research and note-taking skills, analytical thinking, working in teams, and leveraging digital and analog technologies.

Before creating content, we review the current policies published by the WASC and NECHE accreditation agencies. Our certificate programs are also individually checked against accreditation standards for continuing education in their fields (the American Bar Association’s Continuing Legal Education sector, Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs, and American Society for Horticultural Science).

We follow the same procedure that most research universities’ Academic Senates use for vetting new course and program proposals: Knowledge content is co-created by subject matter experts and learning theorists; and curricular content is co-designed with the subject matter experts, learning theorists, and a team of instructional designers, instructional technologists, and media producers to develop the learning outcomes, multimodal resources, rubrics, and formative and summative assessments around the knowledge content. Our materials are frequently compared against syllabi, resources, and assessment materials from courses being offered in sibling disciplines at top public and private universities; this ensures that our courses accommodate a broad spectrum of learners, and that they meet the rigor and standards expected at the most highly respected institutions of learning in our country.Partnering With Green CulturED