<p>I am currently trying to figure out my freshman course load here at Cornell University. As a student in CAS, I will eventually have to take a foreign language. But there is also a closely related major in the engineering school that I am very interested in, which would not require a foreign language. Of course this is not the most important factor in choosing a major, but I would like to know what your views are on the neccesity of learning a foreign language (it would be German) in life. </p>
<p>Other option would be to take this over the summer back at home. Would Cornell accept transfer credit from say, Minnesota State University - Mankato? </p>
<p>One other thing I heard is that for students who want a graduate degree (PhD or MS/MA) in a "liberal art" study such as physics really need to know another language. Is this true? Thanks for all the help. I schedule classes tomorrow! (They can always be changed though. I will talk to people here too.)</p>