Specialty Crops & Cannabis Production Certificate, Major #3094

This program is active beginning the spring 2022 semester

Program Description: The Specialty Crops and Cannabis Production Certificate provides foundational applied training to NY’s emerging cannabis industry; as well as NY’s specialty crop industry: fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture and nursery crops, including floriculture. Curriculum design ensures that students will have both a strong skillset for workforce readiness and potential transferability to associate or bachelor programs.

Career Opportunities: This certificate would provide students with the opportunity to secure entry-level positions in specialty crop and cannabis businesses. To list just a couple of examples, the employment opportunities for graduates are to be found in retail and wholesale nursery/greenhouse businesses and cannabis and food crop production firms.

Program Learning Outcomes: 

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be workforce-ready and will be able to:

• Explore and examine the necessary career orientation toward the fruit, vegetable, tree nut, dried fruit, horticulture, nursery, floriculture, and cannabis industries.

• Apply problem-solving skills in greenhouse, nursery, and field operations, and fruit, vegetable, tree nut, dried fruit, horticulture, nursery, floriculture, and cannabis production and processing.

• Employ plant science concepts and technologies to maximize efficiencies of product development in the fruit, vegetable, tree nut, dried fruit, horticulture, nursery, floriculture, and cannabis industries.

Graduation Credit Requirements: The certificate is 27 total credits and can be completed in two semesters.

Curriculum Requirements - 27 credits

Suggested Course Sequence