About the course

Our Master?s in Community Development and Youth Studies offers you the opportunity to develop greater professional insight and expertise, along with essential career-enhancing knowledge of leadership, management and research. The growing social and economic challenges to young people and adults in communities mean the need for highly trained, passionate and creative professionals in the areas of youth and community work have never been greater. The University of Bolton?s MA in Community Development and Youth Studies is designed to prepare future leaders for this sector, ready for a career changing lives by challenging discrimination and oppression through informal social inclusion.

　　This course aims to extend your already considerable professional skills and knowledge with specialist modules that deepen your understanding of areas such as equality and diversity, community learning, and global community development and sustainability. Our expert team will help you gain critical reflection, analysis and evaluation skills that support your ability to determine the impact of professional interventions on the community and young people.

　　Combining this knowledge with the principles and techniques of academic research and investigation will help develop your evidence-based practice and grow your skills in evaluating options and formulating creative solutions to complex problems. Studying leadership and management styles, theories and frameworks will support you to become more actively involved in the planning, delivery and transformation of services and interventions.

　　Overall, we aim to help you gain the professional and transferable skills to move forward in your career, empowering young people and adults in communities. Our students are drawn from a wide variety of backgrounds. Sharing the individual and unique educational insights and perspectives of your peers helps to enrich your learning experience. We promote research and critical enquiry, helping you learn to make sound, evidence-based independent judgements. Our excellent links with over 70 partners and external agencies mean we can offer a wide variety of perspectives and research opportunities, for instance, we work with youth and community centres, schools, alternative education projects, women's refuges and community projects, as well as housing, health, leisure and youth training schemes, resettlement projects, and detached, outreach and mentoring projects. When you successfully complete this course, you?ll be awarded an MA in Community Development and Youth Studies from the University of Bolton.

　　As a graduate of our MA in Community Development and Youth Studies, you?ll have the skills and knowledge needed to lead and manage complex work with young people, adults and community groups. The course is ideal if you?re already working in the sector and wish to extend your knowledge, move into a more senior role or plan to embark on a career working with people in communities. Scholarships - View all scholarships Internships

　　

Start dates and prices

Course fees are indicative and should be used as a guide. Speak to a counsellor to get an accurate price.

　　Duration: 1 Year(s)Fees: Not available

Intake	Location
Semester 2 (January), 2024	Bolton
Semester 1 (September), 2024	Bolton
Semester 1 (September), 2025	Bolton

　　

How to apply

Entry requirements for University of Bolton

Normally, you’ll have at least a lower second class (2.2) honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject.

　　You may be required to attend an interview and/or provide a portfolio of work.

　　IELTS (Academic) - 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in any band (or equivalent).

　　TOEFL (ibt) - an overall score of 80 for Postgraduate including 17 in Listening, 17 in Writing, 18 in Reading and 20 in Speaking.

　　

English language requirements

　　6.0

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