<p>I'm an English major at GSU. I'm fine with most of the work (even though I'm dreading taking the British Literature requirement for Rhetcomp English degrees) but I'm not looking forward to having to take four (well, three now) semesters of a foreign language. I'm alright in Spanish, but I don't know how I'm going to get through it.</p>
<p>My question is it worth it? I'm also interested in Speech. That has only the standard Foreign Lang. requirement. A lot of the classes are a breeze and I can see myself taking 5-6 of them a semester. </p>
<p>Help?</p>
<p>Most of the non-major crap they make you take isn't worth taking, but you have to to get that shiny piece of paper at the end of the tunnel.</p>
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<p>Stick with the major that makes you happiest. You'll be sorry later that you switched to the easier one just to avoid the Foreign Language requirement.</p>
<p>If Speech is REALLY the one, then yes, by all means change majors.</p>
<p>There are always stumbling blocks in everyone's college path. For my D, a bio major, it was calc and organic chemistry. She considered switching to a psych major because the "requirements and classes are SO much easier". </p>
<p>Now that she's come out the other side, she's glad she didn't succumb to the easy way out. She does have a Psych minor, now though!</p>
<p>Leaning a foreign language is an important skill, but it can be very difficult for some people. Perhaps you're one of them. There are no real shortcuts...just some extra hard work. But think how proud of yourself you'll be when you finish those requirements!</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure most schools start everyone off in the first class, regardless of whether you've taken it in high school unless you use AP scores to opt out. I looked into taking German just as an elective and it looks like the first class is mostly basic how to introduce yourself, how to count sorts of things. So if you're already familiar with the language (you said you're alright in Spanish so I'm guessing you took it in high school), it'll just be a review and it'll make the next classes a lot easier because you've just reviewed.</p>
<p>I would't base my decision on what to major in on whether the required classes are easy or hard...I had to take a bunch of classes I wasn't interested in for my major and I had to take a public speaking class which I was dreading ever since I found out about it, but that's just the way it is. Some of the classes I took as electives because I thought they'd be easy and fun turned out to be difficult and some of the required classes I took that I didn't want to turned out to be ok.</p>
<p>if you're interested in graduate programs (yes, it's vital to think about them now) you will need proficiency in foreign languages particularly French and German in your case.
i don't see it as being a burden for you at all but more of something you need to enjoy doing.</p>
<p>"I'm pretty sure most schools start everyone off in the first class, regardless of whether you've taken it in high school unless you use AP scores to opt out."</p>
<p>Not true. In fact at my school you're REQUIRED to take a placement test if you've been exposed to the language before and can't start over without approval.</p>
<p>Go with the language; they're fun to learn. Especially German (play Simon Says, you'll see). You should be glad to be able to learn languages so easily. It not only widens your job outlook, but it also strengthens America's reputation as a society that isn't dumb! :)</p>