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. Students can choose one internship course as part of the electives, either CSS 395, MKT 393 or any 4 credit departmental internship that focuses on cannabis with approval of the director.
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose one of the following options: | 4 | |
| Option1: | ||
| CANNABIS AND SOCIETY I and CANNABIS AND SOCIETY II | ||
| Option 2: | ||
| CAN 260 | INTRODUCTION TO CANNABIS STUDIES | 4 |
| Electives: | 16 | |
| CAN 210 | PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY | 4 |
| or HST 210 | PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY | |
| CAN 240 | COMMUNITY-CENTRIC DISPENSARY MANAGEMENT | 4 |
| CAN 265 | CANNABIS & 60S PSYCHEDELIC CULTURE | 4 |
| CAN 300 | CANNABIS, RACE, AND JUSTICE | 4 |
| CAN 330 | CANNABIS, MEDICINE, AND HEALTH | 4 |
| CAN 390 | INDEPENDENT STUDY: CANNABIS STUDIES | 1-4 |
| CMNS 307 | TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES (*Communication, Cannabis and Culture only) | 4 |
| CRIM 337 | DRUGS AND SOCIETY | 4 |
| CRIM 390 | SPECIAL TOPICS (*Cannabis and the Law only) | 4 |
| CSS 395 | COMMUNITY INTERNSHIP | 4 |
| HLTH 343 | CANNABIS STUDIES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE | 4 |
| MKT 393 | MARKETING INTERNSHIP | 4 |
| MKT 420 | CANNABIS BUSINESS-THE SOCIAL & ECONOMIC IMPACT & PRACTICE | 4 |
| NEU 310 | SEMINAR IN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY | 4 |
| PSC 369 | ADVANCED TOPICS IN PUBLIC LAW (*The Politics of Drug Reform only) | 4 |
| PSY 363 | SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND RECOVERY | 4 |
| SOC 307 | SOCIOLOGY OF DRUGS | 4 |