Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee

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.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Please see below for temporary changes to procedures for petitions.

Processing Procedure Notes for All Petitions. Due to the registrar's office working remotely, petitions can be submitted with electronic signatures or followed with emails of approval from faculty and advisors. All petitions must be submitted to regis@caltech.edu. If you have questions about the new processes, please email the registrar's office for assistance.

UASH is composed of a chair and 8 professors elected by the Caltech faculty, 5 students (3 voting, 2 alternate) selected by the Academics and Research Committee (ARC), the Registrar, and the non-voting Undergraduate Deans. The current members of UASH are:

The UASH Handbook for Students (PDF) provides students with information about how to prepare petitions for submission to UASH.

The policy on academic eligibility can be found on page 197 of the Catalog. To assist students in navigating their eligibility and options, we have created a flowchart.

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), but must submit it to the registrar's office in person.

• Additional E Grade
• Appeal of UASH Decision on Reinstatement
• Change of Grade
• Further Work
• Late Add
• Late Drop
• Overload
• Reinstatement
• Underload

UASH meets to be held on Zoom. Below are the scheduled meeting times for 2020-21.