Best language for an International Relations/ Econ major??

ucbalumnus
Thu, 22 Jun 2017 20:06:48 +0000

It also depends on what regions of the world you may be interested in. For example, Mandarin Chinese and Arabic are useful in some parts of the world, but are probably among the most difficult languages to learn for someone who initially knows English and/or Spanish.

If you do choose a difficult (for someone who initially knows English and/or Spanish) language, you want to start as soon as you can, since it will take more semesters of instruction to get to a usable level of proficiency.

German, French, and Russian do happen to be the three languages most commonly suggested for those going into math research (math PhD programs may require a reading knowledge of at least one of them).