Whatever your major is, you can be certain that understanding women's contributions to and influences on your field of study will deepen your understanding of it. Women's studies will help you to analyze the assumptions about what women can do and have done in a variety of historical and current contexts.
Gender issues affect the workplace.
The number of women who work is increasing, and women now comprise more than half of the work force. It is inevitable, then, that men as well as women will be confronted in the workplace, directly or indirectly, with the types of issues that women's studies courses examine.