Certificate in Child & Youth Studies

The programme aims at offering basic knowledge and skills to become child and youth workers capable of dealing with contemporary issues of welfare, development, entrepreneurship, and advocacy.

Upon completion of the programme students:
1. Are able to apply relevant skills in ministering to youth in diverse situations according to the specific cultural context.
2. Mobilise youth to collaborative action in addressing challenges posed by society or their cultural context.
3. Foster the capacities of youth to make value-based life choices.

Areas of Specialization

a) Specialization of Child and Youth Welfare and Development

Child and Youth Welfare and Development specialization helps develop professionals capable of orienting and accompanying children and youth in the process of developing their potentialities and placing them at the service of their own cultural, social, economic, and political enhancement.

b) Specialization of Child and Youth Rights and Advocacy

The specialization in Child and Youth Rights and Advocacy seeks to form a professional capable of making children and youth play a central and proactive role in promoting human rights that can benefit everyone in society through advocacy.