Last year, the University of Connecticut debuted a first-of-its-kind undergraduate course on the horticulture of cannabis. Now the university has made the course available online as other U.S. schools grow increasingly interested in educating students about the burgeoning industry.
"Very few universities — or no other universities — are teaching at this point, online or in the classroom, any course on growing cannabis," UConn plant science professor Gerald Berkowitz told Cheddar. "There's a tremendous amount of really good horticulture that isn't being covered in any class, up until this one."
Berkowitz taught the first iteration of the course on UConn's campus and oversees the administration of, but does not instruct, the online version available this summer.
Through UConn's class, students learn about the science of growing cannabis plants.