Changing the title of one's honors thesis....

[neuropsych76]

I know this is a sort of random question, but as most of us here do tons of research I thought it would be a good audience to ask

So, for my honors thesis I had title A. Title A was okay, and I used it when I submitted to a few conferences for poster and paper presentations. I've been getting help with another faculty member who suggested I change the name of my thesis to title B which sounds a lot better. If I get around to publishing, I would certainly use title B. Additionally, this all happened when I had to submit a final title to put on my honors medallion (which i get at graduation and is what my thesis will always be known as) and I used title B.

This all happened during the craziness of the end of the semester and grad school apps so I never thought about the ramifications. Is this going to be a problem? Essentially, I'm presenting my thesis at conferences as one name, but it will be on my CV (and if I publish) as another. I really hope this isn't a huge problem but I feel like it could be...

Thanks for any insight!

[DrPepper-olic]

Perhaps the natural sciences are different, but I don't think there would be a problem in my field. I changed the name of my undergrad thesis, and, when working on my MA, developed two chapters into their own research papers. In my SoPs, I just talked about my overall research and mentioned the papers that had come from it. After you've done all the research for a thesis, you undoubtedly know more than just what you've written. Give yourself credit for it.

[fuzzylogician]

I don't think there's be any problem with that. I've had occasion to change the names of papers between the abstract and paper form, and definitely between presenting at one venue and another (even though the content didn't change that much).

[Gravity]

I changed the titles of both my Honors Thesis and M.A. Thesis for different things (ie conference poster vs. public lecture vs. the thesis itself). No one thought it was a problem. In fact, the only comment I got about the title change (of my M.A. thesis) for a conference presentation was that it looked and sounded a lot better.

[neuropsych76]

Thank you all for the helpful and relieving replies!!

So, is it okay if I put two different titles on my CV? Like name of honors thesis is title B but under presentations I have title A for the same work?

[Gravity]

Thank you all for the helpful and relieving replies!!

So, is it okay if I put two different titles on my CV? Like name of honors thesis is title B but under presentations I have title A for the same work?

Yes. That is how my CV is set up - it shouldn't be confusing for anyone reading it. They'll see that the thesis and the presentation are on the same topic, so likely related.