Community Access Program (CAP)

Through the Community Access Program (CAP), The Department of Geomatics is able to offer study opportunities to anyone interested in the spatial sciences (GIS, GPS, remote sensing, web-mapping, land administration, visualisation, etc).

CAP provides an excellent opportunity if you:

• are curious about these new technologies;
• have wanted to study but have had to postpone it for one reason or another;
• want to advance your career;
• want to enhance your academic record; and
• want to explore an area of interest before making a commitment to more intensive study.

CAP students attend the same classes as degree students, at the Parkville campus, and enjoy borrowing rights at the University libraries. The assessed mode of CAP study (which applies to all these subjects) grades you on your studies and you receive an official transcript of results. Undertaking an assessed CAP subject means you are expected to attend all lectures, tutorials and practical classes, and complete all set assessment tasks, including relevant examinations.

Geomatics Subjects offered

Undergraduate Level

• Geomatics Science
• Information Science and Programming
• Computer Systems and Graphics
• Surveying 1
• Introduction to Surveying
• Introduction to GIS and Remote Sensing
• Geomatics for Engineers
• Land Law
• Computational Methods in Geomatics
• Spatial Databases
• Surveying 2
• Least Squares and Network Analysis
• Spatial Visualisation
• Spatial Analysis
• Imaging in the Geosciences
• Cadastral Surveying and Land Development
• GIS and Remote Sensing for Environmental Science
• Satellite Positioning and Geodesy
• Integrated Spatial Systems 1 and 2
• Application of GIS and Remote Sensing
• Land Administration
• Residential Subdivision Design
• Photogrammetry

Postgraduate Level

• Land Administration
• Spatial Analysis
• Fundamentals of Positioning Technologies
• Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems
• Advanced topics in Geographic Information Science
• Location Based Services (Masters)
• Investigation Project A
• Remote Sensing
• Spatial Visualisation
• Scripting and Programming in GIS
• Web-mapping and E-commerce (Masters)
• Management of Geographic Information Systems
• Developing Spatial Data Infrastructures
• Distributed Spatial Computing

Semester Dates

Semester 1, 2007: Monday 26 February - Sunday 27 May

Semester 2, 2007: Monday 23 July - Sunday 28 October

More dates here

Please note that while some subjects are available to all applicants, others have prerequisites for entry.

Further Information

For further information and application procedures please contact

Deborah Thomas
Email: d.thomas@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: 8344 6944

Or visit
University CAP web site - http://www.unimelb.edu.au/community/access/