With the U.S. cannabis market worth an estimated $38.5 billion — and growing — this summer Pennsylvania Institute of Technology is launching its first four-year degree program in cannabis business studies.
"We offer an extensive curriculum in all aspects of the cannabis industry focusing strongly on the ancillary businesses that are so vital and needed in the adult-use and medical marijuana industry," said Lou Giannotti, a registered pharmacist. He is the cannabis studies program director at PIT.
"Our four-year degree provides our students with expanded business course instruction and key internship experiences to achieve their career goals," Giannotti said. "They can emerge as leaders in the cannabis industry."
Very few institutions across the nation offer cannabis business bachelor's degrees. PIT has designed its bachelor of science cannabis business degree program to prepare students for leadership roles in the ever-evolving cannabis industry while gaining specialized business, legal and scientific expertise in this swiftly evolving, ever-budding field.
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