<p>From what I’ve heard you can start what you want. The languages that they want people to learn the most aren’t commonly taught in most high schools, like Arabic, Chinese and Russian. (I’m really glad that my school DID have Chinese). Right now, if you’re in one of the Humanities majors, there’s a language requirement, but you can make it a minor with additional courses. The cool thing is that with the “harder” languages, i.e., Chinese, Arabic, and Russian, I believe you only have to take two additional courses above the requirement to make it a minor. For the other languages, I think it’s four additional classes. But yeah, from what I’ve been hearing you can start fresh with anything. Previous education would just help you personally.</p>