An anonymous questionnaire was administered to 593 (310 female, 283 male) freshmen entering the University of Maryland, College Park. Their responses were analyzed by analysis of variance, Scheffe post hoc tests and chi square, all at the .05 level. Results showed that women looked more favorably upon women's studies as an academic discipline than did men and showed more interest in taking women's studies courses. While both men and women seemed to accept the common belief that women's studies is not a good choice for a major (and indicate overwhelmingly that they would not major in this discipline), in general neither men nor women see women's studies as a passing fad. It is particularly important that the only thing that men and women agreed on in the study was some ambivalence about the practicality of a women's studies major in finding a job. This would seem to be a major issue with which women's studies programs must deal in this day of vocationally-oriented students, and a prime area for further research. (Author)