About the Community Access Program
The Community Access Program (CAP) enables members of the public to undertake academic subjects outside a normal degree structure, offering access to tertiary study at the University of Melbourne for a diverse cross-section of the community. Each faculty across the University runs a Community Access Program, making a range of their respective subjects available to non-award course students on a fee per subject basis.
You may choose to study as an assessed or non-assessed student. Assessed CAP students undertake the same subject workload and assessment as award course students and receive a formal academic record of their study. Non-assessed CAP students attend lectures and follow subject reading programs.
If you are considering future degree study in the Faculty of Arts, CAP also provides a useful way to 'test the water' in one or more subject areas. While there is no guarantee of selection into degree or diploma courses via CAP, it is possible to use assessed CAP subjects as the basis of selection, either to demonstrate academic merit if previous results were not sufficient for selection, or, in the case of the BA, as a recognised equivalent to VCE. The Arts Faculty offers fee assistance through a bursary scheme to enable access for as many people as possible to study the humanities, languages, and social sciences.
For full details about CAP, including information about studying single subjects in other faculties and the rules and regulation what will apply to you as a CAP student, refer to the The University of Melbourne's Community Access Program website