Welcome to the booming business of legal cannabis trade — there’s more to it than you think.
Cannabis Entrepreneurship collides the worlds of science, business, economics and entrepreneurship together to evaluate the rapidly growing and evolving landscape of the cannabis industry.
This rigorous Bachelor of Science (B.S.) spans the entire process of building a business within the cannabis industry. GPA requirements in high school sciences are considered in the application approval for this program; the program requires a GPA of 2.75 or higher. You’ll start with the foundations of entrepreneurship to learn how to create and launch your own business or work with an established company. From there, you’ll explore the process of developing your own non-psychoactive cannabis product (best known as CBD) from seed to distribution.*
There has long been a demand for a serious business program that explores the flourishing cannabis industry, and JWU has delivered. In North America, investments in this industry are expected to grow from $10 billion to $80 billion in the next decade, which could equal tens of thousands of new job opportunities each year.
We’re here to prepare today’s students to be leaders in the industries of tomorrow — are you ready to join us?
*Cannabis is a Schedule I drug according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. The Cannabis Entrepreneurship program will not include any handling of or direct contact with any illegal products or derivatives. The discussions and practice will be hypothetical, as with many of the other current JWU course offerings. Plants, such as tomatoes, hemp, coleus, etc., that share common characteristics of the psychoactive cannabis species, will be used in hypothetical modeling.
Sample Cannabis Entrepreneurship Courses
- Cannabis Law & Policy
- Plant Cultivation I and II
- General Biology - Organismal
- Foundations in Chemistry
- The Applications of Plants and Fungi
- Forming & Launching New Ventures
- Growth and Sustainability for Small Business
Explore the full JWU Catalog course listing:
In addition to classes, free elective credit can be applied to a number of options such as Directed Experiential Education (DEE), internship, minor or study abroad. You are encouraged to contact an advisor before scheduling free elective credits.
This program is available in Providence, with a program start in Fall 2021. Contact Admissions for more info.
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