<p>Do you already have a strong foundation in at least 1 foreign language?
If not, a “3 language major” may be biting off more than you can chew, especially in challenging languages like Chinese and Japanese. That is one reason you aren’t seeing it offered at many schools.</p>
<p>Are you more interested in linguistics (the scientific study of language structure and use) or in foreign civilizations (history, comparative literature, etc.)? In a liberal arts curriculum, language-related majors usually focus on one or the other. You may experience at least as much emphasis on theory (phonology/syntax/semantics, historiography, literary criticism, etc.) as there is on practice (developing language proficiency).</p>