The Master of Science in Child Rights and Childhood Studies at Africa University is a postgraduate programme in the Department of Public Law. Students study child rights in the African context, advocacy, public policy and child rights, and children and agency in Africa. The programme also includes child rights situation analysis and programming, plus modules on child rights and psychosocial support and parenting skills and child rights. It also covers sociology and conceptions of childhood in Africa and research methods.
Learning is delivered online from the Harare Campus. The programme duration is 1.6 year(s). The structure includes course modules with credits, plus a research dissertation (NPLG504) and an internship (NTIN300). Students complete a dissertation worth 72 credits and an internship worth 12 credits as part of the programme structure.
Modules
- NHCR511 Child Rights in the African Context
- NHCR521 Child Rights & Psychosocial Support
- NHCR522 Parenting Skills & Child Rights
- NHCR512 Sociology and Conceptions of Childhood in Africa
- NTRM501 Research Methods
- NTIN300 Internship
- NPLG504 Dissertation
- HCR512 Advocacy, Public Policy and Child Rights
- HCR513 Children and Agency in Africa
- HCR514 Child Rights Situation Analysis and Programming
