<p>Obviously this thread is irrelevant to reality. Although I lurk about academia in Princeton’s Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department (where I am getting my A.B.) we have great relationships with faculty from many other departments: geosciences, chemistry, aerospace engineering, mathematics, molecular biology, and civil engineering. One of my best classes (Astrobiology: Life in the Universe) was taught by six very good professors in everything from astrophysics to chemistry, to geology and genetics. I think the OP needs to step out of the box and look at what people actually do with their degrees, rather than the assumed “prestige” of their majors. Some of the best research occurs when work is done between fields. </p>
<p>Take a look at what Profs. Martin Wikelski (Ecology) and Jeremy Kasdin (Aerospace Engineering) have done:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S15/22/14A65/index.xml[/url]”>http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S15/22/14A65/index.xml</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://engineering.princeton.edu/news/satellite[/url]”>http://engineering.princeton.edu/news/satellite</a></p>