Child Studies

Postgraduate

In London

£ 8,100 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    1 Year

  • Start date

    Different dates available

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.

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Location

Start date

London
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Start date

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About this course

The MA Child Studies is delivered by internationally renowned speakers, clinicians and academics.
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.

Our graduates frequently progress to senior practitioner posts involving child-related work, as well as further study at PhD level. Recent graduate destinations have included Anna Freud Centre, Barnardo’s, St Christopher’s residential child care services and local authority children’s services.

You will normally be required to have a 2:1 honours degree in a subject relevant to work with children and/or substantial professional experience in a relevant field.

In order to meet the academic entry requirements for this programme you should have a minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree with a final mark of at least 60% or above in the UK marking scheme. If you are still studying you should be achieving an average of at least 60% or above in the UK marking scheme.

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Subjects

  • Children’s Rights
  • Child Protection
  • Child health
  • Development
  • Global Childhoods
  • Research methods
  • Internship Module
  • Psychology
  • Social Context
  • Context of Education

Course programme

Structure

Courses are divided into modules. You will take modules totalling 180-190 credits.

If you are studying full-time, you will complete the course in one year, from September to September. If you are studying part-time, your course will be delivered over two years, and you will normally study the four taught modules in Year 1, and research methods training and the dissertation in Year 2. There is some flexibility and you may prefer to study three taught modules in Year 1 and the remaining modules in Year 2.

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on this course page for updates.

Required Modules

You are required to take the following modules:

  • Children’s Rights (30 credits)
  • Child Protection (30 credits)
  • Dissertation (60 credits)
Optional Modules

In addition, you are required to select modules totalling 60-70 credits from a wide range of optional modules that may typically include:

  • Child Health & Development (30 credits)
  • Global Childhoods (30 credits)
  • Research Methods (30 credits)
  • Internship Module (30 credits)
  • You may take up to 30-40 credits of relevant option modules from another course, subject to approval from the Programme Director.

Your 60-70 optional module credits may include one ‘Education’ module from the following list of typical modules:

  • Psychology & Learning (30 credits)
  • The Social Context of Education (30 credits)

Assessment

This course is assessed by a combination of essays, reports, presentations, research proposals and case studies. Your assessment methods will be determined by your choice of optional modules. The dissertation is an extended piece of writing of 16,000 words.

Additional information

Full time overseas fees: £16,500 per year (2019/20)

Child Studies

£ 8,100 VAT inc.