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The Cannabis Studies minor offers students pursuing a range of majors with a focused, multidisciplinary study of cannabis in its social context. The curriculum adopts a social justice framework: all courses include learning goals and lessons that engage with social justice theory and practice, emphasizing an interrogation of issues of social equity. 

Course Requirements 

The minor consists of 4 required core credits and 16 elective credits. The elective credits may be selected in any combination.  

Course Title Quarter Hours
Choose one of the following options:4
Option1:
CANNABIS AND SOCIETY I
and CANNABIS AND SOCIETY II
Option 2:
INTRODUCTION TO CANNABIS STUDIES
Electives:16
CANNABIS & 60S PSYCHEDELIC CULTURE
CANNABIS, RACE, AND JUSTICE
CANNABIS, MEDICINE, AND HEALTH
INDEPENDENT STUDY: CANNABIS STUDIES
TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES (*Communication, Cannabis and Culture only)
DRUGS AND SOCIETY
SPECIAL TOPICS (*Cannabis and the Law only)
COMMUNITY INTERNSHIP
PHYSIOLOGY AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF DRUG USE
CANNABIS STUDIES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY
MARKETING INTERNSHIP
CANNABIS BUSINESS-THE SOCIAL & ECONOMIC IMPACT & PRACTICE
SEMINAR IN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
ADVANCED TOPICS IN PUBLIC LAW (*The Politics of Drug Reform only)
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND RECOVERY
SOCIOLOGY OF DRUGS