Melbourne Polytechnic Courses & Fees

Our MSF40118 Certificate IV in Interior Design will help you turn your individual style into an exciting and creative career. Styling a space is more important than ever in this Instagram age and the interior design industry is growing rapidly. Job opportunities in interior design have almost doubled since 2014. If you have an eye for detail and a taste for trends, you could use this qualification to establish your own interior design business or provide design consulting for high-end commercial and domestic clients. Learn the core principles and techniques needed to start your career in interior design, including how to research and use CAD design, analyse and apply colour, visual design practice and media techniques. You'll be taught by our qualified and experienced design teachers, who have consulted with a variety of excellent industry contacts and affiliations, including the Design Institute of Australia and a range of retailers, designers and decorators, ensuring that everything you learn is timeless or on trend. Melbourne Polytechnic provides their interior design students with real world experience before they graduate, including the opportunity for internships with HBA and Associates, student-run stalls at the Melbourne Home Show, the annual Livestyling interior design competition and ongoing opportunities for interior design consultancies with the public.

Opting for a Bachelor of Education (Early Years) is a good decision in Australia, considering its excellent future prospects. This bachelors program revolves around several aspects including Education and spans 4 Years. Successful graduates can pursue careers as Day Care Worker, Kindergarten Assistant, Educator, Kindergarten Program Worker, Education Assistant, Childcare Centre Room Leader, Childcare Centre Coordinator, Kindergarten Teacher, Primary School Teacher, Primary School Assistant, Kindergarten Co-Educator after the completion of their course. At the same time, they have to fulfill the criteria for admissions.

Melbourne Polytechnic's Diploma of Photography and Photo Imaging is a qualification recognised as one of the best in the industry. This course will develop your photographic eye, teach you new photographic techniques and push the boundaries of your creative practice. Our course will refine your skills and teach you how to market yourself within this $1 billion industry. The Diploma of Photography and Photo Imaging refines skills in the photographic disciplines and covers image capture, advanced studio and location lighting, digital image enhancement, web design and advanced-level printing. You'll learn from friendly industry professionals, who will guide and support throughout your studies. We provide a variety of opportunities for you to become involved in the photographic industry and within multidisciplinary collaboration with other students in Melbourne Polytechnic's extensive creative arts network. Our reputation for excellence is acknowledged by industry. Melbourne Polytechnic photography students are frequently shortlisted and awarded honours, including the Australian Institute of Professional Photography Student Photographer of the Year and then National Photographic Portrait Prize.

The diploma offers hands-on experience and practical skills taught by industry experts. You can't protect the environment from a classroom alone, so you'll be conducting field work in natural bush close to our Epping campus, Northern Lodge and Yan Yean training facilities and on specialised field trips to beautiful locations around Victoria. Melbourne Polytechnic collaborates with key organisations including Darebin Parklands, Whittlesea City Council, Parks Victoria and Landcare to develop projects focused on real world issues to provide you with unique experience before you've even entered the workplace. You might even meet some vulnerable or endangered species - like the adorable brush-tailed phascogale!

If you're interested in creating educational programs to aid the learning and development of young children, Melbourne Polytechnic's Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care will provide the skills you need. Australia's early childhood education and care sector is growing and expected to continue expanding over the next five years. Early childhood educators are in demand, so it's a great time to pursue a career with excellent job prospects and the opportunity to undertake meaningful, rewarding work. This is an industry where you can make a positive impact on the lives of children and grow a great career at the same time. Melbourne Polytechnic's Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care provides the skills and knowledge to plan and operate educational programs for children based upon their skills and interests. This will follow the National Quality Framework which includes the Early Years Learning Framework. You will learn the best practice and compliance skills that underpin the National Quality Standards. You will learn in Melbourne Polytechnic's dedicated Early Childhood facilities, working with industry-based instructors that share their professional insights. You'll get out of the classroom and into practical learning.

The Certificate IV in Music Industry (Sound Production) is designed as a hands-on course and students will learn at an industry standard. Train in Melbourne Polytechnic's purpose-built, fully-equipped sound studios and real Melbourne performance venues. You'll work with analogue studio equipment and digital audio workstations (DAWs) like Abelton and Pro Tools to prepare a professional portfolio of work to support your entry into the music industry. This course focuses on collaboration and entrepreneurship, with creative integrated projects fostering connections between students and networking for your future career. All of your teachers are active musicians with years of musical experience to help you amplify your musical skill set. Melbourne Polytechnic's musical alumni include the founding members of ARIA-award winning band Augie March, Stonefield and rock and roll DJ icon Stan Rofe.

Students of our Diploma of Music Industry (Music Production) will analyse the works of other musicians and explore writing and producing their own music and sound designs. Acquire skills in sound synthesis, composition and arrangement, along with recording, mixing and live sound. You will work in state-of-the-art recording and live-performance facilities that use both analogue and digital technologies. Melbourne Polytechnic's sound studios are equipped with Pro Tools and Ableton Live. This industry-standard software will allow you to produce electronic music and sounds for commercial release, live performance, theatre, film and television. Melbourne Polytechnic is an Avid Training Provider, giving you the opportunity to become a Pro Tools Certified Operator

Opting for a Bachelor of Songwriting and Music Production is a good decision in Australia, considering its excellent future prospects. This bachelors program revolves around several aspects including Creative Arts, Design And Communication and spans 3 Years. Successful graduates can pursue careers as Self-employment as a songwriter, composer, sound artist, record producer, audio engineer, musical performer, performance artist, artist manager, video clip maker after the completion of their course. At the same time, they have to fulfill the criteria for admissions.

Turn your passion for theatre and fashion into a costume-making career. Our Diploma of Live Production and Technical Services CUA50415 (Costume for Performance) is a hands-on course that prepares you for employment in costume designing and costume making. Home to over 50 theatres, the city of Melbourne and its inner suburbs is the perfect place to turn your imaginative designs into visual expressions on stage.

Sustain your green thumb with the Diploma of Horticulture. Working within a specialised field, you'll be drawn into an abundance of opportunities and knowledge of the ever-growing field of flora and fauna. You'll learn everything you need in order to be part of a $2.15 billion industry, applying knowledge of plant sustainability and maintaining our environment for future generations. You'll be trained in practical skills by an array of experienced trade professionals in our industry-replicated working environments. Melbourne Polytechnic is equipped with purpose-built horticulture workshops, featuring state-of-the-art and industry-based teachers who will teach the fundamentals of plant health and design, from flora and fauna, to nuts, fruits and vegetables. Melbourne Polytechnic's extensive industry connections and partnership with the Nursery and Garden Industry of Victoria, will allow you to apply your horticultural skills at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, combining your qualification with invaluable experience for unique credibility.

Work creatively and develop performance skills in voice, acting, movement and improvisation with Melbourne Polytechnic's Diploma of Theatre Arts. From script-writing to performing, this hands-on diploma will allow you to push the boundaries of your own creativity as a performance artist. The course will teach you a balance of performance, technical, marketing, theatre event and festival production skills. Home to over 50 theatres, the city of Melbourne and its inner suburbs are the perfect base for your theatrical exploration. Learn how to stage your own plays and present them to a live audience. Our Diploma of Theatre Arts is taught at our Prahan campus, home to Melbourne Polytechnic's lively artistic community. We encourage you to take advantage of our many rehearsal and performance spaces, including the David Williamson Theatre. This is our 120-seat theatre with an industry-standard lighting and sound equipment, flying systems, a set and prop construction area and stage storage spaces. Melbourne Polytechnic has enduring connections with theatre companies such as Arts Centre Melbourne, La Mama, The Carlton Courthouse, Red Stitch Theatre Company and Impro Melbourne. During the course, you may even be invited to work on shows in the Melbourne Comedy Festival or the Fringe Festival.

Our Certificate IV in Visual Arts will help you build upon foundational artistic techniques and refine your artistic practice. You'll advance your skills in drawing, illustration, printmaking, painting, design and digital imaging and photography. This broad range of media and processes will help you find your artistic strengths, and is supported by units in art history and professional practice. Our Visual Arts program offers fully-equipped specialist studios, computer labs and dedicated classrooms for each artistic technique. You will have the opportunity to exhibit your work in on-campus art galleries. You'll be taught by experienced, working artists with specialist knowledge. As part of your course, you will be involved in exhibitions, industry forums and workshops with professionals from across the arts industry. We maintain industry partnerships, including curators, gallery directors and arts business professionals, to prepare you for a career in the visual arts.

The Illustration stream of the Diploma of Visual Arts CUA51115 includes advanced training in traditional studio techniques such as; drawing, illustration and digital imaging, applied history and theory, and business and professional practice skills. You'll learn to critically analyse information with opportunities to expand on complex ideas for your own work. We offer specialist studios, dedicated classrooms for each subject area, and gallery spaces to ensure that you are supported in your creative endeavours. You'll also have many opportunities throughout the year to grow your professional networks through industry forums, guest speakers and workshops, as well as your industry-sponsored graduate exhibition.

The creative arts industry continues to grow in Australia, offering a broad range of opportunities for visual artists.This course is designed to prepare students to make a smooth transition into a professional practice, working in an industry-related role or in a freelance capacity. It will help you apply your current skills and knowledge to the development of a self-directed project/product such as a solo exhibition, industry portfolio or published work. As a student in our Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts, you will have access to your own studio on campus, as well as mentors who will provide critical and constructive feedback, technical advice and assistance with the design and development of your individual work. This course focuses on building your employability options, current industry knowledge, ability to realise project goals and establish an ongoing practice. We build upon the skills you attained at Diploma level, and our past graduates have produced targeted folios (to approach industry clients), secured publishing deals, established unique online stores, attended international trade fairs and created substantial bodies of work for exhibition. You will be involved in exhibitions, industry forums and workshops that provide opportunities to extend the audience for your work and develop connections with industry.

Melbourne Polytechnic's Diploma of Auslan is an advanced language course, combining all of the skills you've learned throughout our unique Auslan pathway. As you advance your skills, you'll develop further skills and understanding of social and educational conditions for the Australian Deaf community. Melbourne Polytechnic has a long history within the disability sector, and as Victoria's sole provider of this accredited pathway to learning Auslan, you will have opportunities to participate in Deaf community-based activities and events with our industry partners. This will include an Immersion Program with Expressions Australia which will give your real-world experience that will increase your employability before you even graduate.

Developing the specialist skills you need for music performance, Melbourne Polytechnic's Diploma of Music Industry will help you take charge of your music career. Melbourne is Australia's music capital and is home to over 500 music venues. It's a vibrant city with a bounty of music-related career opportunities. If you have any music performance experience and a fundamental knowledge of theory and music notation, you will be well-suited to strengthening your musical talents with this course Students of our Diploma of Music Industry (Performance stream) will receive intense one-on-one tuition on their principal musical instrument with industry-experienced teachers. Melbourne Polytechnic's extensive facilities include Mac computer labs equipped with high-end music software, theatre spaces with excellent sound and lighting and skilled student operators that support your every performance. You will also have access to a variety of rehearsal rooms, which are set up with drum kits, piano, PAs and amplifiers. You'll have opportunities to perform regularly, collaborate with other students, play in some of Melbourne's leading venues and make vital industry contacts.

This qualification will expand and enrich your screen and media skills through hands-on learning. You'll be taught by film and television industry professionals in world-class production and studio facilities, including 4K-capable computer labs and editing suites, sound recording booths, industry-standard camera and lighting equipment and a state-of-the-art TV studio. You'll work with Melbourne Polytechnic's industry professionals on major drama and documentary projects that are broadcast on community TV and our own online platform. Learn all aspects of single camera production, including audio, videography and post-production skills, including broadcast workflows, and enter the industry with a set of skills in high demand. Our Screen and Media programs have an excellent reputation within the industry, and Melbourne Polytechnic teachers frequently connect students with employment opportunities with major TV networks, production houses and media agencies.

This course offers you a hands-on practical foundation for all stages of television and digital film production. You will learn about the process from story development through to scriptwriting, pre-production, production and post-production. Learning by doing, you will have the opportunity to work on multi-cam TV studio-based shows and a range of single camera productions, either documentary or drama. This is a great opportunity to collaborate with other creative, passionate students in the creation of TV shows and short films. During the year, you will be able to create a comprehensive portfolio of work and a professional resume that will be an asset for employment when you're finished and certainly impressive to those employing you.

Melbourne Polytechnic's Diploma of Graphic Design has been developed to help you build strong practical skills and a theoretical foundation in design. Build skills in analysing design problems and developing solutions. You will learn about contemporary and traditional graphic design processes for both print and digital platforms. You'll cover 2D and 3D design, colour theory, concept development, design process and theory, digital imaging and computer graphics, drawing and illustration, professional typesetting and type design, information graphics, packaging and publication design, pre-press and web design basics. Learn from practising professionals, ensuring that the knowledge you gain is up-to-date and relevant to the industry. Melbourne Polytechnic has a huge range of facilities and software, including Adobe Creative Cloud, Mac labs, Epson printers and scanners and life-drawing facilities. Our Diploma of Graphic Design is the perfect pathway into our Bachelor of Illustration - the only specialist Illustration degree in Australia.

Working within modern, light-filled, industry-standard workshops, Melbourne Polytechnic's jewellery teachers have advanced knowledge in both traditional and contemporary design and techniques. In order to prepare you for the job marketplace, this course will also introduce and instruct you in the fields of design development, production jewellery, small business set-up and exhibition planning and design. This course culminates in a graduate exhibition giving students the opportunity to showcase their work to family, friends, and industry specialists. Melbourne Polytechnic has an excellent reputation for jewellery and object design, with students winning a number of industry-recognised and prestigious awards including the JAA Australasian Jewellery Awards, WorldSkills competition, Nationwide Jewellers' Apprentice of the Year, Design Institute of Australia's Graduate of the Year and even the Lord Coconut Melbourne Cufflink Prize.