<p>It is not quite that bad. Note that UIUC does not actually have a Japanese major. The major is called East Asian languages and culture and requires a number of Asian history and cultural courses other than just the language. The general education course requirements for the two colleges will overlap except that LAS just requires a few more which can likely be met just by the courses in the East Asian major. Thus, the total additonal hours you are looking at adding is probably only about 40 to the 128 needed for ECE. Many who major in ECE do not finish in four years just because of its daunting course requirements for the engineering degree and adding a second major in LAS could easily add a year or even more.</p>