Course summary
The Postgraduate Diploma in Linguistics explores the fundamental roles language plays across diverse personal and professional settings. You’ll start by examining the core components underpinning linguistic study, engaging with various theoretical approaches to language and exploring how its building blocks are employed to construct meaning. You’ll also gain experience in applying different methodologies for language analysis before choosing one of two specialist routes. In the Applied Linguistics route, you’ll explore the English language and linguistics in relation to a variety of professional contexts or focus on the intricate relationship between language usage and rapidly evolving global technologies with the Artificial Intelligence route. On completion, you can use your diploma as a pathway to the MA in Linguistics. Key features of 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.
Modules
You’ll choose one of two specialisms: 1. Linguistics (Applied) You'll study: – Core concepts in linguistics – Applying linguistics in society 2. Linguistics (Artificial Intelligence) You'll study: – Core concepts in linguistics – Language, society, and artificial intelligence
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.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
As fees for individual modules can vary, the total cost you pay for your qualification is dependent on the modules you choose to study.
Provider information
Open University
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Milton Keynes
MK7 6BJ