Is this a feasible double major?

Dancingmom518
Sun, 16 Dec 2018 16:42:25 +0000

Your interests sound very much like my daughter’s. She is a HS junior in her third year of Latin, first year of (modern) Chinese, and fourth year of French. She also has a strong interest in history. If you are inclined towards language study, I wouldn’t worry too much about learning the Greek alphabet because there are a limited number of letters, but the Chinese characters can be daunting - there are so many! Chinese pronunciation can also be very difficult for English speakers. And Latin grammar is a doozy.

However, if you are interested in these topics you should certainly pursue those interests. You have plenty of time to settle on a major, so I would keep an open mind. Majoring in both would be a challenge, I would think, because of the need to develop a working knowledge of three difficult languages and the heavy reading load. Good luck!