Has anyone else take this course or have it offered in their area?
The main goal of the program is education for us and then for us to use it in the community. Hence, it's part of our extension services.
It's 50 hours of class (actually 54) and 50 hours of volunteer work the first year. After that, the update hours and volunteer hours are greatly reduced.
We have 30+ people in the class and are enjoying interesting professional speakers on every topic from plant anatomy to herbs, veggies, itc. Some people are already gardeners, one is a naturalist, some are new to gardening, one is a certified herbalist, some work with community gardens, ...the list goes on.
It's a great group of people. I'm enjoying it immensely!
My daughter calls it my nerd class, but who is she to talk? She's all excited about adding two more raised beds to her garden! Guess she absorbed all my "nerdery" while growing up!
There's some tail feathers. 
She was in the process of trying to talk me into attending meetings and taking classes when NJ underwent some budget changes and Master Gardeners program and activities were went though a review process or something. Anyway, she tells me she's back in action teaching a beekeeping class. I think it might be something I might want to try when I have more of free time I can spend on my own. Too many obligations right now to think of it.