<p>I have always been a lover of politics and public policy, and so when I decided that I would attend UT in the fall of 09, I decided that I would declare myself a Government major. </p>
<p>However, I have always been very passionate about learning different languages, and I would really want to learn to speak at least 1 other language during my tenure at UT. Is there any major that teaches multiple languages? maybe linguistics? </p>
<p>Any answers would help.</p>
<p>Dutch, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are popular languages at UT. (At least, people TALK about taking them. I don’t know the numbers of people who actually register.)
[Department</a> of Germanic Studies](<a href=“http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/germanic/languages/]Department”>http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/germanic/languages/)
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<p>You could always just double major in government and a foreign language of your choice…</p>
<p>yeah…I thought about that, but I feel like I’m a little too limited by that. I figure that maybe I can do a double major in Government and Arabic and maybe study abroad in Italy or something and then I’d know 4 languages. (I know spanish already btw)</p>
<p>UT has a terrific Arabic program.</p>
<p>i would recommend taking french/italian/portuguese since you already know spanish…</p>
<p>how well do you know spanish? taking upper level spanish wouldnt hurt either</p>
<p>Linguistics is NOT studying multiple languages–it is the scientifuc study of language. You can graduate with a linguistics degree having taken only 2 English classes and 4 semesters of one foreign language, which is the same as any other major in the UT College of Liberal Arts.</p>
<p>There are no majors which require multiple langauges. However, all majors require 4 semesters of foreign language, and most require minors. Foreign languages make good minors.</p>
<p>A heads up about the government department–it is HUGE, the largest at UT. There are 2200 declared government majors, and your intro classes will be huge. Some instructors are great and some really aren’t. It doesn’t hurt to explore majors before settling on one, so keep that in mind.</p>
<p>theloneranger is wrong about the amount required. Not all majors require four semesters of foreign language. It varies by college, and sometimes by major. Four semesters is correct for most, but even within a college it can vary. For example, for most within natural science you need four, but for math with the actuarial science option, you only need three. McCombs you only need to do two semesters if you don’t have sufficient credit coming in.</p>