Students enrolled at the University of Rhode Island may soon have the opportunity to participate in a new undergraduate certificate program in cannabis studies.
Under a proposal submitted last month by the university’s faculty senate office to the school’s president, David Dooley, the seven-week accelerated online program would consist of four three-credit courses, including a foundational course to “introduce the fundamentals needed to take the remaining courses in any order” and three remaining courses to “develop core competencies in natural product separation and analysis, safe product development and manufacturing, and the evaluation of the therapeutic potential of cannabis.”
“Throughout the certificate program, the students will be working on a pinnacle assignment synthesizing the concepts in each course together and culminating with a real-world experience of researching and designing, in concept, a cannabis product,” the proposal reads.
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