<p>I am going to be majoring in International Trade & Finance, but have enough credit already that I can double major or double minor without too much trouble (two majors would be 15.5 hours a semester, a major and two minors would be 17).</p>
<p>I have two options:
1) Major in a Spanish
2) Minor in Spanish and another language</p>
<p>I would like to end up working overseas some day. Will employers value strong knowledge of one language or good knowledge of two? My second language would probably be French, Portuguese, or Italian.</p>
<p>I also have the option to minor in Chinese, but I don't see the point. You can try to convince me otherwise, but in the time it would take me to gain moderate competency in Chinese I could master three European languages.</p>
<p>The end goal is fluency, so if you can minor in two and perhaps spend time abroad in both so you can speak both well, that would be great. But devoting yourself to one is the better option if you would have to compromise your knowledge of one to learn two.</p>
<p>Of course, now that I look, the ones you’re thinking of in addition to spanish are closely related, so go for the double minor if you’ll have a chance to immerse yourself at some point in college.</p>
<p>Of note–speaking a second language will not have huge benefit in being recruited at first; you should study the languages to enjoy and master them, not in hopes of a better payoff. The payoff will come, but I think it’ll more likely be in the form of an opportunity down the road.</p>