Child and Family Studies
| Specialisation of: | Education and Child Studies |
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| Degree: | Master of Science in Education and Child Studies |
| Mode of Study: | Full-time, part-time |
| Duration: | 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time |
| Start date: | September, February |
| Language of instruction: | Dutch; English if international students attend classes |
| Location: | Leiden |
| Croho/isat code: | 60396 |
This master’s specialisation focuses on the development of children within their families and in day-care centres. This is a topic of great social importance. All kinds of minor and major problems can occur in child-rearing which Child and Family Studies experts can help prevent or resolve.
Career
Once you have completed a Master’s programme in Child and Family Studies, you can identify and help resolve problems occurring in children’s development on the basis of research results. As a specialist in the field of children’s development within families and day-care facilities you are qualified for positions in:
- child health centres
- centres for support in child-rearing
- adoption organisations
- day-care centres
You will possess the skills required to translate scientific knowledge into evidence-based solutions for problems occurring in the daily practice of child-rearing in families and day-care centres.
