Linguistics

Entry requirements

To study for this postgraduate diploma you must hold a bachelors degree from a UK university or another recognised degree-awarding body, or a qualification at an equivalent level.

Months of entry

October

Course content

This postgraduate diploma explores the fundamental roles language plays across diverse personal and professional settings. You’ll examine the core components of linguistic study, engaging with theoretical approaches to language and how its building blocks construct meaning. You’ll also gain experience applying different methodologies of analysis before choosing a specialist route. In the Applied Linguistics route, you’ll explore English language and linguistics in professional contexts, or in the Artificial Intelligence route, focus on the relationship between language use and evolving global technologies. This qualification enhances your expertise for communication-led careers and offers the option to progress to our MA in Linguistics.

Why choose this course

• Choose between specialising in applied linguistics or the use of artificial intelligence in linguistics.
• Improve your professional practice by engaging with contemporary issues, concepts and debates that enrich your knowledge.
• Become an independent and advanced scholar as you learn within and about your own context.

You can progress from this Postgraduate Diploma in Linguistics to our MA in Linguistics (F97).

Fees and funding

For more information about fees and funding, please visit The Open University website.