Contemporary Practice with Children and Young People MA

Programme at a Glance Year 1

If taken full time, the 3 fixed modules and 3 of the 4 options plus the dissertation are all studied in one year. (Part-time study year given in brackets)

Three fixed modules (year 1 if part-time) 

• Theorising Childhood and Adolescence
• Childhood in Law and Welfare
• Safeguarding Children

Year 2

Three modules chosen from four options (year 2 if part time) 

• Designing and planning a research project
• Global perspectives on Children’s Participation
• Social Pedagogy: Theory and Practice
• Social Policy and Practice (work-based learning)

PLUS (year 2 or 3 if part time)

• Master’s Dissertation