The Wilmette Institute offers courses to people of diverse backgrounds and ages interested in individual and collective transformation. Our courses aim both to enhance personal understanding and to strengthen involvement in community building.
Hone your writing and research skills
Engage in solution-based awareness of issues that matter to you most
Create presentations and contribute to discourse right where you are
Gain a global perspective
Explore sustainable social change from an integrated spiritual and scientific perspective.
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Discover new perspectives on the relationship between science and religion.
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Compose and create art that expresses your spiritual journey. Explore Bahá'í Administration, personal transformation, and community building.
View DepartmentIndependently investigate reality to discern fact from conjecture.
Analyze global issues through critical thinking.
Apply knowledge, spiritual and scientific insights and skills for the common good.
Examine the root causes of global issues from a Bahá'í perspective, and explore the prerequisites for building a just and peaceful society.
Apply consultation, action, study, and reflection to community-building through participatory social action and discourse.
Engage family, friends, and community in becoming change agents for their own spiritual and material well-being.
The Social Change final project was particularly impactful. I facilitated story circles exploring how practicing love supports transformation. The certificate program continues to inform my coaching, facilitation, and community presence.
The most impactful element was the teaching style, which allowed for unique freedom of expression through art, essays, community engagement, and music. It gave me the tools to express new ideas peacefully and share the human experience more deeply with my community and the world.
I’m greatly enjoying the course – not only for its incredibly engaging content, and my wonderful classmates, but for the coherent and intentional pedagogy which is challenging me to think about coherence between content and process. So happy I was able to join this semester!
Professor Emerita of Urban planning, University of Michigan
Director, Center for Peace and Global Governance (CPGG)
WI Associate Director, Faculty, Institute for Humane Education, NCCU adjunct Professor
Assistant Archivist, National Bahá’í Archives, US
The fee is typically $75 for a 6-9 week course. The fee for shorter courses is $50 or less. Senior citizens, Bahá’í pioneers, and full-time students are eligible for a 20% discount. In 2020, first-time Wilmette Institute students will get a 30% discount.
Follow the steps below to register for our extension courses
Browse the courses and choose one that’s open for registration.
Click the Register button and complete the registration form. Payment and tuition support options are detailed on the form.
That’s it! You will immediately receive a confirmation email with instructions on how to join the course. Browse our courses now.
Browse the courses and choose one that’s open for registration.
Click the Register button and complete the registration form. Payment and tuition support options are detailed on the form.
That’s it! You will immediately receive a confirmation email with instructions on how to join the course. Browse our courses now.
To apply for an interest-free installment payment plan, or for a needs based scholarship
complete this simple online application.
Study Groups are a great way to enrich your learning experience and also save you some money. A group can be as small as two people, or as large as ten.
