Last week, the University of Arizona announced that its Continuing and Professional Education program will join with the cannabis education company Green Flower to offer three new noncredit Cannabis Certificate Programs. The university claims the program will “help address workforce needs in the growing cannabis industry.”
The certificate programs are the Business of Cannabis, Cannabis Law and Policy, and Cannabis Healthcare and Medicine.
Each certificate includes three eight-week online courses, which participants can complete in approximately six months.
Green Flower works with a number of colleges and universities across the U.S., including the University of New Mexico, Syracuse University and University of California, Riverside.
In 2020, voters passed Proposition 207, which legalized recreational cannabis consumption for adults 21 and over. The cannabis industry has emerged already generated over $150 million in tax revenue this year.
The courses are delivered online in an asynchronous format, so participants don’t need to be online at a specific time to complete their work.
Registration is now open for the programs, and the first cohort starts March 7. The cost for each certificate is $2,950. A $500 registration discount is available for the first cohort.