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Dearincoming Public Health major 

Are you enrolled in the classes you need? Send a VAC message to Public Health Advising if you have questions about your enrollments.

What's in this e-mail? 

PHUO Meeting (tomorrow) and fundraiser (Friday), Upcoming Events, Long Term Planning, Major change reminders

You are invited to join the Public Health Undergraduate Organization (PHUO) at their first General Body Meeting (GBM) tomorrow, Thursday, October 1st at 7 pm in Garren Auditorium (don't know where Garren is? Don't worry - find it on our website!). They'll be introducing the organization, its executive board, opportunities to earn credit on your Co-Curricular Record through getting involved in organization events, exciting ways to volunteer, and more. At the conclusion of the meeting, they'll be serving food from Taco Stand! 

On Friday, stop by YogurtWorld near the Price Center and receive 10% off and earn 20% back for the organization by showing the Instagram fundraiser post.

The BSPH has several workshops coming up, and has heard about some partner orgs offering workshops and events soon too! Please see below: 

Understanding Your Major for FA26 New Students - 10/05 (12-1:30 pm) or 10/13 (9:30-11 am) - PCYNH 245, registration required

UC Center Sacramento Information Session with AIP - 10/06 (3-4 pm) - Red Shoe Room, Price Center West, RSVP to uccsprogram@ucdavis.ucsd.edu

Health Sciences Education Presents: Puppies & Snacks - 10/07 (11:30 am - 1 pm), MET Courtyard (don't know where MET is? Don't worry - find it on our website!), no RSVP required

Biostatistics Graduate School Preparation with Dr. Brinda Rana - 10/13 (12:30-1:30 pm) - PCYNH 245, registration required

Study Abroad Opportunities in Public Health with Dr. Brinda Rana - 10/22 (12:30-1:30 pm) - PCYNH 245, registration required

Long Term Planning appointments resume next week! Make an appointment now (appointments are released weekly on Wednesdays midday; please be patient as we expect to have a very busy next few weeks with appointments).

We are also offering a VERY limited number of Graduation Check appointments for seniors. Help us test out our system before the official rollout by registering here.

As always, visit the BSPH Advising page for detailed information about making an appointment (released weekly on Wednesdays), a calendar including drop-in hours, and a link to submit forms. If you are a new student this year and have not already done so, please complete our Orientation modules, found on the New and Prospective Students tab, before making an appointment or coming to drop-in hours. No new students will be confirmed for an appointment until they have completed the Orientation modules.

New transfer students should plan to meet with an advisor for long-term planning by mid-November. New first year students should plan to meet with an advisor for long-term planning by mid-February.

New this year! We'll be offering in person walk-in degree checks (primarily for graduating seniors) starting Week 4, and we will have a new system for requesting updates to degree audits (more on that later).

For quick questions, we strongly encourage you to utilize the Virtual Advising Center. As a reminder, absolutely no e-mails to the advising team will be answered; you will be redirected to the VAC. Typical response time for VAC messages is 1-3 business days. Please remember that we do not typically work evenings or weekends, so if you send a message after hours on Friday you may not receive a response until Wednesday.

As you may be aware, several Public Health majors will be unavailable for students to declare starting in Fall 2026. We previously stated on our website and in e-mail that the extended deadline to switch into these majors would be today. However, due to delays with TSS implementation, the app is not yet available that would allow you to request this change. This ALSO affects Double Major declarations, as they will need to go through the new system.

Continuing Public Health students who entered UC San Diego in or before Fall 2025 and will graduate in or after Winter 2027 will have until Friday, October 30th at 11:59 pm to change their major to one of the unavailable majors. 

Please note that we currently do not know when the app used for major selection will go online, and that we are running into our own deadline to suspend these majors. There is a possibility that the app will still not be available by October 30th, and in that case we will not be able to extend the deadline any more.

We appreciate your patience and understanding as we all navigate this new system.

Looking for something to do? We compiled THREE PAGES of events for the quarter that may be of interest to you!  

It is TOO LONG to include the entire list here, but (some tentative) BSPH-affiliated event dates are below (more will likely be added), and you can download the entire list of campus events that we were able to find!