<p>If you want to do a double major in Environmental Engineering + French, check out engineering schools that have an international engineering program. See my post in this thread:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/1201485-should-i-consider-different-major-if-i-want-work-abroad.html”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/1201485-should-i-consider-different-major-if-i-want-work-abroad.html</a></p>
<p>It can be difficult to combine another major with engineering due to the structure of many engineering majors which might not permit enough nontechnical electives apart from your gen ed requirements. </p>
<p>A minor in Russian or Arabic might not be worth it imo since it might not lead to a sufficient level of proficiency unless you were able to do a year abroad in Russia or an Arabic-speaking country, This might be difficult to do while still completing your required engineering courses.</p>
<p>Arabic could have some use if you did business or consulting in an Arabic-speaking country, though spoken Arabic dialects differ across various regions of the Middle East. Russian also could be useful for business and consulting, and there is a Russian scientific literature in some fields that hasn’t been translated.</p>
<p>If you have any interest in Africa, your French will be useful. There might be opportunities in environmental engineering/environmental health in Africa. You could consider a second major in African Studies… </p>
<p>You should check out the Language Flagship Program, which is designed to bring students to a high level of proficiency in certain critical languages. You combine this program with a major in another field, though I’m not sure how easy this could be done with an engineering major. <a href=“http://www.thelanguageflagship.org/content/language”>http://www.thelanguageflagship.org/content/language</a></p>