Postgraduate Diploma in Linguistics at The Open University

The Postgraduate Diploma explores the roles language plays in personal and professional settings, covering the core components of linguistic study and theoretical approaches to language, with applied methodology.

Duration: 2 years part-time (60 credits a year, about 19 study hours a week).  |  Intake: October 2027 (next start shown on page)  |  Study mode: part-time distance learning  |  Location: Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

120 credits from Core concepts in linguistics (L804), Applying linguistics in society (L805) and Language, society and artificial intelligence (L806), with a choice of two specialist routes. Can progress to the MA in Linguistics (F97).

Career pathways

Skills are valued by employers in fields overlapping with linguistics, applied linguistics and artificial intelligence, such as education; knowledge applies to areas including translation, teaching and communication. The degree does not qualify for teacher registration in any country.

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