Second Language Major or Double Minor for IB?

Sleepy_Sentry
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:30:50 +0000

I am going to be majoring in International Trade & Finance, but have enough credit already that I can double major or double minor without too much trouble (two majors would be 15.5 hours a semester, a major and two minors would be 17).

I have two options:

1. Major in a Spanish

2. Minor in Spanish and another language

I would like to end up working overseas some day. Will employers value strong knowledge of one language or good knowledge of two? My second language would probably be French, Portuguese, or Italian.

I also have the option to minor in Chinese, but I don’t see the point. You can try to convince me otherwise, but in the time it would take me to gain moderate competency in Chinese I could master three European languages.