Linguistics (C29) PgCert is a postgraduate degree at Open University, based in Milton Keynes, taught distance learning over 8 months.
About this course
If you’re interested in the roles that language plays in society across various personal and professional contexts, this postgraduate certificate in linguistics is for you. You will start with the foundational aspects of linguistic study, diving into different approaches to language and discovering how its essential elements combine to create meaning. You'll also experiment with various methods of language analysis. On completion, you can use your certificate as a pathway to the Postgraduate Diploma in Linguistics and MA in Linguistics.
Key feature of this course
- Improve your professional practice by engaging with contemporary issues, concepts and debates that enrich your knowledge.
- Apply what you learn to the real world as you reflect on how academic approaches to linguistic analysis can solve real-world problems.
- Develop scholarly independence as you learn within and about your own context.
Career Prospects
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Course Details
- Qualification
- Postgraduate Certificate - PgCert
- Study Mode
- Distance learning
- Duration
- 8 Months
- Start Date
- 2025
- Academic Year
- 2025
- Campus / Location
- Milton Keynes
- Scheme
- Postgraduate
- Subjects
- English language
2025-entry data — 2026 offers may differ