Faculty of Arts

Single Subject Study (Community Access Program)


You can study a single subject under the guidance of world-class academics at one of Australia's oldest faculties as part of The University of Melbourne's Community Access Program (CAP), even if you have not completed previous studies.

The Faculty of Arts is committed to enhancing the intellectual and cultural life of the community through continuing education. Arts study encourages original and informed opinions and enables the development of valuable skills in research, analysis and communication across an extensive range of subjects at both beginner and advanced levels.

Single subject study via CAP can be the start of studies towards professional development, part of your pursuit for personal enrichment or a pathway to undergraduate or graduate study.


Arts education is open and inclusive. The majority of first-year subjects have no prerequisites, and many open the door to higher-level study.

 

Learn What You Really Want To Know

Select from hundreds of subjects at the Faculty of Arts. Search our online Course and Subject Handbook to find a subject that suits you.

Some of the popular Arts subjects are:


Many graduate subjects are also available; prerequisites are often required for these subjects and permission from the subject coordinators.

Graduate subjects can be accessed via the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

 

Pathways

CAP may be used to gain entry into The University of Melbourne's Bachelor of Arts. The completed subjects can be used to demonstrate academic ability.

 

Community Access Program Assessment and Credit

If you enrol in Community Access Program as an 'assessed' student, you complete the same academic workload (essays, assignments, exams etc ...) as students who are taking the subject as part of a Bachelor degree. Upon completion of the subject, you will be entitled to an academic transcript. 'Non-assessed' students attend lectures and follow a course-specific reading program, but do not complete assessment or receive an official transcript.

If you undertake subjects for assessment through Community Access Program and subsequently gain admission to a degree at the University, you may be eligible to apply for credit for the subjects you have successfully completed.

Students undertaking Community Access Program subjects to gain admission to the Bachelor of Arts degree are required to complete a minimum of 50 points, and should note that selection is based on academic merit. If a Community Access Program student is successfully admitted to the Bachelor of Arts, credit needs to be applied for at the time of enrolment. Please read the Applying for Credit information for detailed information about the granting of credit.

 

How and When To Apply for Community Access Program

For general information about Community Access Program, please visit the University of Melbourne Community Access Program web page. All applicants are advised to refer to this site before applying as it contains important information about Community Access Program, including important dates and program rules.

 

How To Apply

Please see the How To Apply web page on the Community website.

 

When To Apply

You are advised to lodge your application as early as possible. However, late applications may be considered up until the commencement of semester.

Please be aware that late applications could affect your studies because access to online learning resources is only available to enrolled students and the processing of your Community Access Program applications can take several days.

 

Fees

Fees for individual subjects are determined by the discipline of the subject, the number of credit points the subject is worth and whether you choose to enrol as an assessed or non-assessed student. For fee information see the Community Access Program Fee Places (CAP) (200kb pdf) under the Subject and Fees for 2012 section of the Subject EFTSL & Census Date website.

 

Professional Applications

If you intend undertaking subjects in the Faculty of Arts for professional development purposes and your employer has agreed to sponsor your enrolment, please refer to Employer sponsored single subject enrolments (90kb pdf) in the Faculty of Arts. Some of the graduate Community Access Program subject areas include:

 

More Information

For further information about Community Access Program study in the Faculty of Arts please contact the Arts Student Centre.

 

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