<p>In college, I want to major in math for sure, but I would also like to learn Chinese and brush up on my Korean. Is it preferrable to major in the languages as well? How much more time would that take? Thanks.</p>
<p>You can take a language without majoring/minoring in it, so it's really not necessary. Adding a major or minor takes away from other electives you can take. On the other hand, if a school requires 4-5 courses in Asian languages to get a minor, you might as well get the minor.</p>
<p>Yes, one can be fluent with taking classes and not fulfilling the formal requirements to get the second major or the minor. If you happen to be taking enough classes to be within one or two more of getting the formal recognition, sure, why not do it. To go about taking many requirements that don't interest you as much as taking other courses doesn't seem to make sense, unless there is some great benefit to having the formal recognition of the major/minor. The more classes you take in the language, the more likely it is that you will be better with the language, but it might be even more beneficial for you to study in China, using Chinese all the time. You should decide your plans based on your college and its policies about major, minoring, and studying abroad.</p>
<p>In your case, I would think that the easiest route to take would be that of simply taking foreign language classes. Don't worry about officially minoring in Chinese or double-majoring in Korean/Math. The two subjects are on the opposite ends of the academic spectrum, so to speak; therefore, your classes will not "overlap" as if you were majoring in Biology/Chemistry or English/History, etc. Just take courses in areas you enjoy or that intrigue you, and learn for the joy of it.</p>
<p>___equilibrium does have a point about overlap, although some people don't mind the lack of overlap, or the lack of classes which one can take "for fun," and actually, the different fields may come as a benefit if you want to study mathematics in Korea or China, for instance.</p>