Deliver hope where it’s needed most. Montclair State University’s Online Master of Arts in Child Advocacy and Policy gives you the skills to step into advanced advocacy roles with confidence and competence. Designed to be completed fully online to fit your schedule and goals, this 33-credit program blends psychology, social work, and law to teach you how systems affect vulnerable children and families and how you can make them better.
The online master’s degree offers advanced coursework focused on family empowerment, forensic interviewing, child abuse and neglect, child welfare policy, applied advocacy, and more. When you graduate, you’ll bring not just compassion but concrete skills to your chosen field, and will be ready to lead change wherever you go: child welfare agencies, juvenile justice systems, nonprofits, advocacy groups and beyond.
This is a two year, year-round program. Courses are offered three terms per year (fall, spring and summer). There are two 7-week sessions per term and one course per session, meaning students take two courses per academic term excluding the last term.
NOTE: Students who start with the online Graduate Certificate in Child Advocacy and Policy can carry credits directly into the MA if a 3.0 GPA is maintained.
The advantage of a master’s in Child Advocacy and Policy
Trained professionals committed to the well-being of children are in high demand. However, many individuals working in this capacity do not have specialized training in the complex dynamics of child abuse and neglect and in the legal demands affecting children and families. To effectively advocate in these areas, it is necessary to be culturally informed and have an understanding of the child serving systems with a multidisciplinary lens.
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