NASHUA – The Rivier Institute for Senior Education fall information session will be held 9-11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 22, in the Demoulas Room at Rivier University’s Education Center on Clement Street.

Seniors can choose from more than 60 five-week courses with two start dates. First-term courses run Sept. 8-Oct. 10 and second-term courses run Oct. 20-Nov 21.

There are no learning prerequisites, no tests and no credits earned. Membership is $130, and includes the use of the Muldoon Health and Fitness Center, Regina Library and Dion Dining Hall.

Members may participate in up to five courses each term. Topics include literature, history, music, art and dance, computer science, digital photography, religion, philosophy and spiritual enrichment, writing, world cultures, current events, genealogy, moderate exercise and water exercise, mah-jongg and bridge. Twenty-two of the courses for the fall are new.

The RISE program, tailored for “learning in retirement,” is in its 17th year. Individuals older than 55 may learn more about RISE, preview courses and register for the fall semester at the information session.

Course brochures are available online, at local libraries and senior centers, and at the RISE office, which is in Silvia Trottier Hall, Room 237. Brochures can be found at www.rivier.edu/rise and at www.facebook.com/RISE1997.

For more information, call 897-8623.