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.

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

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

The policy on academic eligibility can be found in 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).

• Additional E Grade
• Appeal of UASH Decision on Reinstatement
• Change of Grade
• Further Work
• Late Add
• Late Drop
• Overload (note Overload petitions go to [email protected])
• Reinstatement
• Underload

THE ABOVE FORMS ARE FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ONLY. GRADUATE STUDENT PETITION CAN BE FOUND ON THE GRADUATE STUDIES OFFICE'S WEBPAGE.

Below are the scheduled meeting times for 2025-26