UC Merced Extension is launching a series of courses geared toward anyone who is interested in making some legal green in the Valley’s budding cannabis industry. The courses are being conducted in collaboration with Ventura-based cannabis education company Greenflower, and include three online, 9-week classes.
Extension programs like UC Merced’s offer classes to individuals without having to apply for admission to a formal university degree program. In other words, you need not be a UC Merced student to apply.
The certificates offered by UC Merced Extension include: 1). Retail Specialist, 2). Cultivation Specialist and 3). Extraction and Product Development Specialist. Admission for each course is $750, and classes begin Dec. 2.
UC Merced follows other California schools in California State University East Bay and UC Riverside to adapt this program.
