MELBOURNE AI LEARNING DECISION
Provider source recheck: 29 October 2026. No admission or enrolment guaranteed.

One thing I want to understand or do:

Why I need it, and whether I need a formal qualification:

Evidence of my current skills, including gaps:

Course/session name and official URL:

Student category and entry requirements confirmed by:

Weekly study, scheduled attendance and travel I can sustain:

Duration, start date, deadline and date checked:

Tuition amount, currency, fee period and eligibility basis:

Extra equipment/software/service/travel costs:

Assessment, feedback, accessibility and catch-up arrangements:

Permitted small project or learning record I will produce:

How I will test/explain it and what it will not demonstrate:

Unanswered question and who can answer it:

Decision: proceed, ask for clarification, choose a foundation step or defer:

FICTIONAL COMPLETED EXAMPLE — Rina
Goal: understand document-answering evaluation; no formal qualification currently needed.
Skills: can edit a simple script; has not studied ML.
Candidate: RMIT Generative AI, https://shortcourses.rmit.edu.au/products/fs-generative-ai-air116u
Prerequisites: intermediate Python, ML/LLM knowledge and prompting; readiness unconfirmed.
Available effort: four hours/week for eight weeks  = 32 hours. Advertised requirement 48–64 hours; gap 16–32 hours.
Fee: A$1000 including GST at the 29 October check; extra costs/support unknown.
Intake: dates to be announced, not a booked place.
Decision: ask provider about prerequisites; choose a foundation exercise or defer. No course completion, attendance or job outcome claimed.

Provider checks: MBS two days, 25–26 November A$3500; RMIT: 8 weeks, 6–8 hours/week, A$1,000, dates to be announced; VU: 2027 CSP guide A$4,940/semester excluding materials and SSAF, starts 15 February, closes 7 February; Holmesglen indicative A$15,810 full fee / A$8,823 subsidised, plus A$85 per semester, intake unconfirmed. Verify the personal fee basis and all dates with the provider.