A Name for My Major?

kyala asks: "I am finishing up a seven-year BS in a degree program that I designed but can't come up with a name for. Going through my school's interdisciplinary studies department, I designed a degree that combines physics, botany, and computer programming. The degree is great and I love what I study. The only problem is that I need to come up with a title for it and am stumped. So, of course, I'm turning to slashdot for suggestions. Not only will you be repaid in karma, but I'll give royalties on any spontaneous donations made at commencement out of sheer delight at the name of my degree. Some details: I pretty much have carte blanche, so, besides unimaginative profanities, don't inhibit yourself. Of course, ideally, I'm going for accuracy. Barring that, obscurity will do. Some of the candidates so far: 'Techno-Botanical Inevitabilities', 'Quantum Astrobiology', 'Heuristic Ontologies', 'The Degree Formerly Known as Everything', 'Inevitable Prolificity'. One guy even suggested I forego words and try an interpretive dance."

Comments

I've got one!

[avalys]

Kinetobotanical Programming and Algorithms.

A BS in BS

[madstork2000]

5 years ago I graduated with a very similiar unnamed BS degree. I was in the honors college, at my university and it encouraged individual exploration. I took advantage so that I could get out of school in 4 years, without ever having a real major. Hence when people ask what I graduated in I say a BS in BS.

In reality I studied CS, Small Business Administration and a smattering of philosophy and political science.

Basically, I couldn't make up my mind, but since I came up with a reasonable "plan" to present to my advisor, they ok'd it and I got through with minimum expense.

-MS2k

if you really want a good name...

[pizza_milkshake]

igf you really want to impress people with your weird degree, come up with a TLA for it, like "CPS" or "BCX". The kind of people that you're trying to impress will be embarassed that they don't know that the acronym stands for. If they do inquire, you can just make up whatever name sounds best for the position you're looking for.

Can't help unless you explain

[willis]

Great. Combo major. Fantastic.

Why don't you tell us what you studied/did your thesis paper on? Instead of having us try to figure out every possible thread that links the three, give us the thread and perhaps we can come up with a name for it.

re: resumes
You should probably quote the name of your thesis in your resume, and also have a brief "courses included" section that mentions the higher-level courses you feel particularly represent the different facets of your education.