Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee
Responsibilities
The Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee (UASH) is responsible for awarding some academic honors (the Green, Froehlich, Housner and Undergraduate Senior Thesis prizes) and for consulting on other campus-wide honors. In addition, UASH ensures that a consistent set of standards and rules is applied in academic matters involving undergraduates.
Members
UASH is composed of a chair and 8 professors elected by the Caltech faculty, 5 students (2 voting, 3 alternate) selected by the Academics and Research Committee (ARC), the Registrar, and the non-voting Undergraduate Deans. The current members of UASH are:
Faculty / Staff | Students | ||
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Warren C. Brown, Chair | Turner Bumbary | ||
Geoffrey Blake | Lily Coffin | ||
Adam Blank | Rachael Kim** | ||
Mitchell Guttman | |||
Nicholas Hutzler | |||
Jennifer Jahner | |||
Ryan B. Patterson | |||
Sergio Pellegrino | |||
Keith Schwab | |||
Sean Cutting* | |||
Lesley Nye * | |||
Christy Salinas * | * ex officio member | ||
Kristin Weyman * | ** alternate |
Handbook for Students
The UASH Handbook for Students provides students with information about how to prepare petitions for submission to UASH.
Academic Eligibility
Petition Forms
Forms to submit to UASH are available from the Deans' or Registrar's office or here in PDF format. If you download a form, you may complete it electronically (using the freely available Adobe Acrobat Reader).
Meeting Dates
Below are the scheduled meeting times for 2023-24
Term / Date | Meeting Type | Petitions Due |
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Summer Term 2023 | ||
9:00am Wednesday, Aug 2 | First Meeting Before Fall Term | Wednesday, July 26 at 1:00 pm |
Fall Term 2023 | ||
1:00pm Thursday, Sept 21 | First Meeting of Term | Monday, Sept 18 at 1:00pm |
1:00pm Friday, Sept 22 | Appeals Meeting | Friday, September 22 at 11:30am |
9:00am Tuesday, Nov 28 | Drop Day meeting if needed | Friday, Nov 24 at 1:00pm |
Winter Term 2024 | ||
9:00am Thursday, Jan 4 | First Meeting of Term | Friday December 29 at 1:00pm |
9:00am Friday, Jan 5 | Appeals Meeting | Thursday, Jan 4 at 1:00pm |
9:00am Tuesday, Feb 27 | Drop Day meeting if needed | Thursday, Feb 22 at 1:00pm |
Spring Term 2024 | ||
9:00am Tuesday, Apr 2 | First Meeting of Term | Thursday, Mar 28 at 1:00pm |
9:00am Friday, Apr 5 | Appeals Meeting | Thursday, Apr 4 at 1:00pm |
9:00am Wednesday, May 29 | Drop Day meeting if needed | Friday, May 24 at 1:00pm |
9:00am Wednesday, Jun 26 | Last Meeting of Spring | Monday, Jun 24 at 1:00pm |
Summer Term 2024 | ||
9:00am Wednesday, Aug 7 | First Meeting Before Fall Term | Wednesday, Jul 31 at 1:00pm |