10 monthsProgramme duration
Programme overview
Main Subject
Linguistics
Degree
Other
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
Online
Why Lancaster?
We are home to the ESRC research Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science, delivering world-leading work in corpus-based language data science. We’ve developed major corpora such as the British National Corpus 2014 and the Trinity Lancaster Corpus and led innovations in digital analysis tools.
Our researchers are internationally recognised for their work in applying corpus approaches to the real world, from misinformation and social media discourse to education and public health communication as well as the development and evaluation of GenAI tools.
Our team are committed, passionate and expert teachers. You will find they are readily accessible to our students and quick to share their expert insights.
This Postgraduate Diploma puts all of this expertise within your reach, wherever you are in the world. You’ll receive regular personalised feedback and take part in interactive online teaching that keeps you engaged and supported.
Skills for the future There is a growing need for effective language data analysis in a large number of professions. Our Postgraduate Diploma equips you with skills to analyse large amounts of linguistic data (corpora) using cutting-edge computation technology.
Taking four modules over two years, you’ll gain a strong foundation in core corpus linguistic methods, including:
You’ll also explore how corpora are used in fields such as media analysis, healthcare communication, language teaching and human-machine interaction. Across all modules, the focus is on combining theory with practice, placing emphasis on the development of transferrable skills in language data analysis.
The knowledge and skills gained in this programme have wide-ranging applications and can be used to respond to both current and future societal, environmental and technological challenges such as advances in AI uses.
Flexible. Supportive. Inclusive This programme welcomes students from diverse academic and professional backgrounds, offering comprehensive linguistic training on-course. You don’t need prior experience in linguistics or programming - just curiosity and a desire to explore how language works.
The course provides the flexibility to study alongside your work and personal commitments from anywhere in the world. You’ll always feel supported, thanks to close interaction with your tutors, detailed feedback on your work, and opportunities to share experiences with other students.
The programme is designed for part-time study over two years or full-time study over one year. You will take four online modules including an optional module focused on your area of interest.
During your studies, you’ll receive regular personalised feedback and take part in interactive online teaching that keeps you engaged and supported. From online seminars to group discussions and collaborative activities, the experience is rich, flexible, and designed with your success in mind. The programme is delivered via Lancaster’s high-quality virtual learning site. You will have access to the University’s extensive online library resources and custom-made learning materials.
Programme options We offer a suite of postgraduate level awards in Corpus Linguistics:
This flexibility is valuable to those who are combining study with work or other responsibilities, or who are unsure about entering postgraduate level study.
On successful completion of the Certificate, you will be eligible to join the Diploma or Master’s programme, with recognition of modules already taken allowing you to join at a midway point and a reduced fee. Similarly, after successfully completing the Diploma, you can join the Master’s programme and take only the remaining modules. If you complete the Certificate or Diploma and wish to take a break from studies, you can return within a designated timeframe and ‘trade in’ your award to join the Diploma or Master’s with recognition of your prior learning and the credit which you earned.
Have you studied our MOOC? If you are currently studying Corpus linguistics and new technologies: data, language and society MOOC on the edX platform, or if you actively participated and completed the course within the last three years (the course ran previously on the FutureLearn platform) you are eligible to apply for our MOOC entry route for this programme. Through this route, the MOOC is recognised in place of the core module, Fundamentals of Corpus Linguistics, and there is a fee discount of £500 for the first year of study. Evidence of completion of the MOOC and achievement of the learning outcomes will be required.
- Choose a university with a global reputation for excellence in corpus linguistics, and one of the only universities worldwide to offer full qualifications in this area
- Learn from world-leading experts in the field of corpus linguistics and language data analysis
- Gain advanced skills in language data analysis sought after by employers across domains and industries
- Access Lancaster University’s extensive online resources and interact with peers and your tutors via our virtual learning site
- Join this programme from anywhere in the world, regardless of time zone
We are home to the ESRC research Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science, delivering world-leading work in corpus-based language data science. We’ve developed major corpora such as the British National Corpus 2014 and the Trinity Lancaster Corpus and led innovations in digital analysis tools.
Our researchers are internationally recognised for their work in applying corpus approaches to the real world, from misinformation and social media discourse to education and public health communication as well as the development and evaluation of GenAI tools.
Our team are committed, passionate and expert teachers. You will find they are readily accessible to our students and quick to share their expert insights.
This Postgraduate Diploma puts all of this expertise within your reach, wherever you are in the world. You’ll receive regular personalised feedback and take part in interactive online teaching that keeps you engaged and supported.
Skills for the future There is a growing need for effective language data analysis in a large number of professions. Our Postgraduate Diploma equips you with skills to analyse large amounts of linguistic data (corpora) using cutting-edge computation technology.
Taking four modules over two years, you’ll gain a strong foundation in core corpus linguistic methods, including:
- Concordance analysis
- Wordlists and n-gram analysis
- Keyword and collocation analysis
- Practical application in discourse analysis, language teaching, analysis of legal and political discourse, media, and others
You’ll also explore how corpora are used in fields such as media analysis, healthcare communication, language teaching and human-machine interaction. Across all modules, the focus is on combining theory with practice, placing emphasis on the development of transferrable skills in language data analysis.
The knowledge and skills gained in this programme have wide-ranging applications and can be used to respond to both current and future societal, environmental and technological challenges such as advances in AI uses.
Flexible. Supportive. Inclusive This programme welcomes students from diverse academic and professional backgrounds, offering comprehensive linguistic training on-course. You don’t need prior experience in linguistics or programming - just curiosity and a desire to explore how language works.
The course provides the flexibility to study alongside your work and personal commitments from anywhere in the world. You’ll always feel supported, thanks to close interaction with your tutors, detailed feedback on your work, and opportunities to share experiences with other students.
The programme is designed for part-time study over two years or full-time study over one year. You will take four online modules including an optional module focused on your area of interest.
During your studies, you’ll receive regular personalised feedback and take part in interactive online teaching that keeps you engaged and supported. From online seminars to group discussions and collaborative activities, the experience is rich, flexible, and designed with your success in mind. The programme is delivered via Lancaster’s high-quality virtual learning site. You will have access to the University’s extensive online library resources and custom-made learning materials.
Programme options We offer a suite of postgraduate level awards in Corpus Linguistics:
- Postgraduate Certificate in Corpus Linguistics (Online) – 2 modules
- Postgraduate Diploma in Corpus Linguistics (Online) – 4 modules
- Master’s in Corpus Linguistics (Online) - 4 modules plus dissertation
This flexibility is valuable to those who are combining study with work or other responsibilities, or who are unsure about entering postgraduate level study.
On successful completion of the Certificate, you will be eligible to join the Diploma or Master’s programme, with recognition of modules already taken allowing you to join at a midway point and a reduced fee. Similarly, after successfully completing the Diploma, you can join the Master’s programme and take only the remaining modules. If you complete the Certificate or Diploma and wish to take a break from studies, you can return within a designated timeframe and ‘trade in’ your award to join the Diploma or Master’s with recognition of your prior learning and the credit which you earned.
Have you studied our MOOC? If you are currently studying Corpus linguistics and new technologies: data, language and society MOOC on the edX platform, or if you actively participated and completed the course within the last three years (the course ran previously on the FutureLearn platform) you are eligible to apply for our MOOC entry route for this programme. Through this route, the MOOC is recognised in place of the core module, Fundamentals of Corpus Linguistics, and there is a fee discount of £500 for the first year of study. Evidence of completion of the MOOC and achievement of the learning outcomes will be required.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Linguistics
Degree
Other
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
Online
Why Lancaster?
We are home to the ESRC research Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science, delivering world-leading work in corpus-based language data science. We’ve developed major corpora such as the British National Corpus 2014 and the Trinity Lancaster Corpus and led innovations in digital analysis tools.
Our researchers are internationally recognised for their work in applying corpus approaches to the real world, from misinformation and social media discourse to education and public health communication as well as the development and evaluation of GenAI tools.
Our team are committed, passionate and expert teachers. You will find they are readily accessible to our students and quick to share their expert insights.
This Postgraduate Diploma puts all of this expertise within your reach, wherever you are in the world. You’ll receive regular personalised feedback and take part in interactive online teaching that keeps you engaged and supported.
Skills for the future There is a growing need for effective language data analysis in a large number of professions. Our Postgraduate Diploma equips you with skills to analyse large amounts of linguistic data (corpora) using cutting-edge computation technology.
Taking four modules over two years, you’ll gain a strong foundation in core corpus linguistic methods, including:
You’ll also explore how corpora are used in fields such as media analysis, healthcare communication, language teaching and human-machine interaction. Across all modules, the focus is on combining theory with practice, placing emphasis on the development of transferrable skills in language data analysis.
The knowledge and skills gained in this programme have wide-ranging applications and can be used to respond to both current and future societal, environmental and technological challenges such as advances in AI uses.
Flexible. Supportive. Inclusive This programme welcomes students from diverse academic and professional backgrounds, offering comprehensive linguistic training on-course. You don’t need prior experience in linguistics or programming - just curiosity and a desire to explore how language works.
The course provides the flexibility to study alongside your work and personal commitments from anywhere in the world. You’ll always feel supported, thanks to close interaction with your tutors, detailed feedback on your work, and opportunities to share experiences with other students.
The programme is designed for part-time study over two years or full-time study over one year. You will take four online modules including an optional module focused on your area of interest.
During your studies, you’ll receive regular personalised feedback and take part in interactive online teaching that keeps you engaged and supported. From online seminars to group discussions and collaborative activities, the experience is rich, flexible, and designed with your success in mind. The programme is delivered via Lancaster’s high-quality virtual learning site. You will have access to the University’s extensive online library resources and custom-made learning materials.
Programme options We offer a suite of postgraduate level awards in Corpus Linguistics:
This flexibility is valuable to those who are combining study with work or other responsibilities, or who are unsure about entering postgraduate level study.
On successful completion of the Certificate, you will be eligible to join the Diploma or Master’s programme, with recognition of modules already taken allowing you to join at a midway point and a reduced fee. Similarly, after successfully completing the Diploma, you can join the Master’s programme and take only the remaining modules. If you complete the Certificate or Diploma and wish to take a break from studies, you can return within a designated timeframe and ‘trade in’ your award to join the Diploma or Master’s with recognition of your prior learning and the credit which you earned.
Have you studied our MOOC? If you are currently studying Corpus linguistics and new technologies: data, language and society MOOC on the edX platform, or if you actively participated and completed the course within the last three years (the course ran previously on the FutureLearn platform) you are eligible to apply for our MOOC entry route for this programme. Through this route, the MOOC is recognised in place of the core module, Fundamentals of Corpus Linguistics, and there is a fee discount of £500 for the first year of study. Evidence of completion of the MOOC and achievement of the learning outcomes will be required.
- Choose a university with a global reputation for excellence in corpus linguistics, and one of the only universities worldwide to offer full qualifications in this area
- Learn from world-leading experts in the field of corpus linguistics and language data analysis
- Gain advanced skills in language data analysis sought after by employers across domains and industries
- Access Lancaster University’s extensive online resources and interact with peers and your tutors via our virtual learning site
- Join this programme from anywhere in the world, regardless of time zone
We are home to the ESRC research Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science, delivering world-leading work in corpus-based language data science. We’ve developed major corpora such as the British National Corpus 2014 and the Trinity Lancaster Corpus and led innovations in digital analysis tools.
Our researchers are internationally recognised for their work in applying corpus approaches to the real world, from misinformation and social media discourse to education and public health communication as well as the development and evaluation of GenAI tools.
Our team are committed, passionate and expert teachers. You will find they are readily accessible to our students and quick to share their expert insights.
This Postgraduate Diploma puts all of this expertise within your reach, wherever you are in the world. You’ll receive regular personalised feedback and take part in interactive online teaching that keeps you engaged and supported.
Skills for the future There is a growing need for effective language data analysis in a large number of professions. Our Postgraduate Diploma equips you with skills to analyse large amounts of linguistic data (corpora) using cutting-edge computation technology.
Taking four modules over two years, you’ll gain a strong foundation in core corpus linguistic methods, including:
- Concordance analysis
- Wordlists and n-gram analysis
- Keyword and collocation analysis
- Practical application in discourse analysis, language teaching, analysis of legal and political discourse, media, and others
You’ll also explore how corpora are used in fields such as media analysis, healthcare communication, language teaching and human-machine interaction. Across all modules, the focus is on combining theory with practice, placing emphasis on the development of transferrable skills in language data analysis.
The knowledge and skills gained in this programme have wide-ranging applications and can be used to respond to both current and future societal, environmental and technological challenges such as advances in AI uses.
Flexible. Supportive. Inclusive This programme welcomes students from diverse academic and professional backgrounds, offering comprehensive linguistic training on-course. You don’t need prior experience in linguistics or programming - just curiosity and a desire to explore how language works.
The course provides the flexibility to study alongside your work and personal commitments from anywhere in the world. You’ll always feel supported, thanks to close interaction with your tutors, detailed feedback on your work, and opportunities to share experiences with other students.
The programme is designed for part-time study over two years or full-time study over one year. You will take four online modules including an optional module focused on your area of interest.
During your studies, you’ll receive regular personalised feedback and take part in interactive online teaching that keeps you engaged and supported. From online seminars to group discussions and collaborative activities, the experience is rich, flexible, and designed with your success in mind. The programme is delivered via Lancaster’s high-quality virtual learning site. You will have access to the University’s extensive online library resources and custom-made learning materials.
Programme options We offer a suite of postgraduate level awards in Corpus Linguistics:
- Postgraduate Certificate in Corpus Linguistics (Online) – 2 modules
- Postgraduate Diploma in Corpus Linguistics (Online) – 4 modules
- Master’s in Corpus Linguistics (Online) - 4 modules plus dissertation
This flexibility is valuable to those who are combining study with work or other responsibilities, or who are unsure about entering postgraduate level study.
On successful completion of the Certificate, you will be eligible to join the Diploma or Master’s programme, with recognition of modules already taken allowing you to join at a midway point and a reduced fee. Similarly, after successfully completing the Diploma, you can join the Master’s programme and take only the remaining modules. If you complete the Certificate or Diploma and wish to take a break from studies, you can return within a designated timeframe and ‘trade in’ your award to join the Diploma or Master’s with recognition of your prior learning and the credit which you earned.
Have you studied our MOOC? If you are currently studying Corpus linguistics and new technologies: data, language and society MOOC on the edX platform, or if you actively participated and completed the course within the last three years (the course ran previously on the FutureLearn platform) you are eligible to apply for our MOOC entry route for this programme. Through this route, the MOOC is recognised in place of the core module, Fundamentals of Corpus Linguistics, and there is a fee discount of £500 for the first year of study. Evidence of completion of the MOOC and achievement of the learning outcomes will be required.
Admission Requirements
2:2 Hons degree (UK or equivalent) in a related subject is normally required. We will also consider applications where you have a degree in other subjects and/or extensive relevant experience. In these cases, you should clearly demonstrate how your experience and skills have prepared you for postgraduate study.
Please see our website for more details.
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