International Child Studies MA at Kings College London

Our International Child Studies MA is a multidisciplinary course designed to promote a rigorous academic approach to contemporary issues in childhood, underpinned by a children’s rights framework. By taking a sociological perspective we encourage you to examine children’s experiences, the ways in which childhood is socially and culturally constructed, and to reflect on international policy and practice.

Key benefits

• Multidisciplinary approach.
• Covers latest developments in issues that affect childhood globally.
• Taught by a wide range of external expert speakers, as well as our own staff, from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds.
• Opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences with students from different disciplines.

Description

Our multidisciplinary course encourages you to take a rigorous academic and analytical approach to contemporary issues in childhood. These issues are relevant for anyone working or intending to work with, or on behalf of, vulnerable children. We apply sociological perspectives on multiple constructed childhoods to a comparative study of global childhoods. This complements our teaching on relevant law and policy, child development, and contemporary issues such as poverty, HIV, child trafficking and child protection. This course is particularly appropriate if you work in the statutory or voluntary sector overseas or aspire to work in these sectors. 

Career prospects

In addition to progressing to PhD study, our graduates are using the skills and knowledge they developed over this course in organisations such as UNICEF, World Vision, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Children and Families Across Borders and DG ECHO (the Humanitarian Aid arm of the EU).