<p>My son placed into the third semester French. He says he doesn’t want to take any French at USC. He wants to start a new language (Japanese, Chinese, etc.). I think it will be easier for him to take the third semester French, P/Not Pass to fulfill the Viterbi Computer Science requirement than to start a new foreign language. Of course, it is his choice. But, aren’t the Near East foreign languages very hard for non-natives? I heard that Chinese is fabulous to know, but is an extremely difficult language to learn for non-natives. Any thoughts?</p>