Childhood and Youth Studies courses

About Child Studies MA in Kings College London

Our Child Studies MA is a multidisciplinary course designed to meet the needs of professionals and graduates working or intending to work with or on behalf of children and young people. The course is particularly suited to anyone in a child safeguarding role, including social workers, child and family lawyers, named or designated health practitioners, teachers, police officers and NGO staff.

Key benefits

• Internationally renowned speakers, clinicians and academics contribute to delivery of the MA Child Studies.
• We offer a multi-disciplinary approach to childhood issues and current policy developments.
• You will study modules based on contemporary issues in child protection and children’s rights.
• We provide opportunities for you to collaborate and share ideas and experiences with others from different disciplines.

Description

The Child Studies MA is a demanding course that concentrates on an academic and analytical approach to modern-day issues of childhood. The course features a range of modules that are highly relevant to those who are working or intending to work with vulnerable children. We welcome graduates from a variety of disciplines and professions including medicine, education, law, social care, psychology and sociology.

The course combines a range of required and optional modules to a value of between 180 and 190 credits. In addition to a required dissertation, you will take required modules covering Children’s Rights and Child Protection, and then choose from a wide range of relevant optional modules, such as Global Childhoods, Child Health & Development, and Psychology & Learning. 

Career prospects

Our graduates frequently progress to senior practitioner posts involving child-related work, as well as further study at PhD level. Child Studies MA graduates include the Head of the National FGM Centre, the founder of the first multi-disciplinary unit for young people at a London hospital and a pioneer in parent abuse. Graduates have gone on to work in a range of settings including local government and NGOs such as the British Red Cross.

Academic qualification equivalents

• A baccalaureate degree from a recognized degree granting institution

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS   :    6.5 overall with a minimum of 6.0 in each skill
• TOEFL :    92 overall with a minimum of 23 in writing and 20 in each of the other skills
• PTE      :    62 overall with a minimum of 59 in each communicative skill

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