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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only reason I was "NO" on the double major was the specificity of getting a double major.

It doesn't seem like a thing that will get anyone hired, so why not just take the classes you want and skip the idea that it could be an additional line on your diploma?

I'm not saying Spanish is bad. Or any language! It's that you could skip those couple annoying 'do this to get the double major just take classes that are enjoyable and lock down your primary major and breathe easier.[/quote]

I agree with this. Stated slightly differently, your son should take whatever Spanish classes he wants and enjoys but not stress about officially taking enough to “double major.”  If that amounts to a second major, great, if not, the classes have still been enriching and who knows where they may benefit him in the future. My older kid will graduate one class short of a second major in Spanish and I advised him the same way. Beyond satisfying university distributiom requirements and his primary major requirements, I wanted him to be able to take the classes he wants and not feel like he needed to cram Spanish into all of his remaining open class slots, but to still feel free to take as much Spanish as he wants (he, too, enjoys the classes and studied for a semester in Chile).

To those who asked, upper level collegiate Spanish classes will not be language focused - they will include literature, poetry, history, politics, etc. [/quote]

A double major does carry weight because a student is not dabbling in a field. Sure it’s fine to get advanced language training and stop there but I’d be more impressed if students take advanced literature and other related courses and demonstrate depth and breadth  in their studies.[/quote]

We aren’t disagreeing (I don’t think). As I said, my kid will be one class short of a Spanish major so he has taken advanced literature, history and culture classes within the major - I see value in all of those classes. I didn’t see the need to tell him to push to fit in one extra class at the expense of another unrelated class he wanted to take just to officially declare a second major, that’s the point I was making to OP. [/quote]

Yea well that’s a stupid point.  I would’ve advised my kid to fit in an extra class.  [/quote]

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