20. Community Access Program (CAP)

The Community Access Program (CAP) allows students and members of the general public to sample arts subjects without being enrolled in a formal degree. It offers an initial arts experience if you are considering further study in the Faculty of Arts. CAP is not available to students enrolled in a course at another institution who wish to credit arts subjects to their course. Students in this situation should enrol through (cross-institutional) Complementary Course arrangements. See Can I enrol in subjects at other universities?.

The CAP program makes individual subjects available for assessed or non-assessed study:

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.¹

While most arts subjects are available to CAP students, prerequisites apply for subjects beyond first year level.

Fees for CAP subjects are charged up front. Neither HECS-HELP nor AUSTUDY are available for CAP study.

Applications are available at the Faculty of Arts Student Service Centre. They may be lodged up until the commencement of the proposed semester of study.

All enquiries should be directed to the Faculty's CAP officer:

Room 115, Ground Floor, Old Arts Building
University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Tel: +61 3 8344 8844
Email: arts-cap@unimelb.edu.au
Web: http://www.arts.unimelb.edu.au/community/programs

20.1. Credit for Community Access Program subjects

Students who complete subjects through the Community Access Program and subsequently gain admission to the Bachelor of Arts, BA combined degrees or the Bachelor of Arts and Sciences may be eligible for credit:

Where the CAP subjects are used because previous Year 12 or tertiary studies were undertaken more than 10 years ago, credit will be granted for all arts subjects passed, up to the maximum credit allowable for the course.
Where the CAP subjects are used because academic performance within the last 10 years at Year 12 or in subsequent tertiary study was insufficient, (eg. an ENTER that did not meet the Clearly in Rank or a tertiary GPA that did not meet later-year entry requirements) or to demonstrate academic rehabilitation after suspension or termination within the last 10 years, credit will only be given where a grade of H2B or higher is achieved.
Where CAP subjects are used as the sole basis for admission (ie. for applicants without the usual entry requirements such as a Year 12 ENTER or equivalent), no credit will be granted.

Students with approval to undertake CAP subjects in addition to their degree studies may be granted credit for all arts subjects passed, unless the subjects were approved for CAP study as an over-enrolment only, see Taking extra subjects (over-enrolling).

1.	Studies in Chinese and Japanese language are not available through CAP on a non-assessed basis.

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20. Community Access Program (CAP)

20.1. Credit for Community Access Program subjects