Noncredit Programs

Search available Education Abroad/Away non-credit travel programs based on one or more criteria.

The Institute for Learning in Retirement at Miami University promotes opportunities for individuals 50 and older to enrich their lives as they explore areas within science, the arts, society, technology, literature, languages, business, economics, and other subjects of interest. In addition, opportunities are presented to become acquainted with community needs and to link individual talents and interests to those needs.

Miami offers non-credit online career and professional development programs through our partnership with ed2go, a national leader in accessible online education.

For over 40 years, CraftSummer has been providing the best in hands-on art education. In a time when education is often reduced to detached, remote and packaged experiences, CraftSummer classes provide an exciting, experiential-based learning opportunity. CraftSummer is a chance to meet with others who have the same interests, but who have different approaches in specific techniques and forms of expression.

OMA was founded by Dr. Elizabeth “Like” Lokon in 2007 and is grounded in person-centered care principles. It is headquartered at Scripps Gerontology Center, an Ohio Center of Excellence at Miami University. People with dementia (artists) are paired with volunteers (students, families, caregivers) who are trained to rely on imagination instead of memory and focus on remaining strengths instead of lost skills. OMA enables people with dementia to assume new roles as artists and teachers and leave a legacy of beautiful artwork. OMA has been widely replicated.

The Youth Writing Camp provides young writers with exciting, active, and cooperative experiences that will enhance and improve their writing skills while sparking their creativity. The week-long camp is facilitated by OWP trained classroom teachers and local authors.