<p>I am applying for sociology graduate programs. A few programs have foreign language requirements, but these are usually in the language specific to the population you are working with. I saw (and I think responded) to a post about German and French here, but I have never seen those requirements listed in any graduate school information I have read. If you plan to focus on theory, then yes that would be helpful. Also, the requirement isn’t for admissions, it is for your MA, and you only have to translate one written page with the help of a dictionary.</p>