<p>Well, I agree with your assesment that future careers might have to have certain things acomplished, and that might include your major. I don't agree that women's studies, or asian studies, or Middle Eastern studies is too narrow- actually, I think at time's they're too broad. But really, they're manifestations of concentrations within disciplines (MES could be accomplished in a history department with a good middle eastern strength, for instance). Women's studies programs tend to have students take classes from many different departments. I don't advise people to go into these subjects unless they are interested in them, of course, and one reason they should not study them is, at times, the major isn't as rigorous as alternatives (for NES, History might require more). Here, to graduate as a women's studies majors, you have to do a thesis (it adds validity to the major, I guess), although you do have to do that as a history major (but not certain history-like majors.)</p>