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What's in Today's E-mail: Drop-In Advising and General Enrollment Information • Trending Topics/PH 71 • Enrollment in Core Classes • Elective-Level Classes • Capstone and Honors Courses • Assisting Instructors in Classes • Special Studies Courses

Remember, Public Health can only assist you with enrollment questions regarding Public Health classes. Questions about any other class must be taken to the appropriate department or your college.

To see enrollment guidance for Public Health classes, visit our Enrollment page for Winter 2027. There are sections for each class, providing details including instructor, scheduled time, total number of seats available, and how the class counts for your major.

To see information regarding your major, please visit the Majors section of our website and navigate to the correct set of requirements for you. Remember, requirements are based on when you started at UC San Diego, not when you became a Public Health major.

ANY CLASSES TAKEN FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH MAJOR MUST BE TAKEN FOR A LETTER GRADE UNLESS THE CLASS CAN ONLY BE TAKEN P/NP. The only classes which can be taken for P/NP and used toward the Public Health major are: PH 88, PH 90, PH 98, PH 99, PH 195P, PH 198, PH 199, and AIP 197. All other classes must be taken for a Letter grade.

We do not have ANY appointment availability, including for Graduation Checks, for the next two weeks. This is to provide maximum Drop-In hours and availability on the Virtual Advising Center. The advising team is also providing outreach to community colleges at this time, so we have done the best we can to provide you with as many convenient times as possible. To find drop-in hours and locations (online or in person) please visit the Advising page of our website. As a reminder we cannot do any long-term planning during drop-in hours, but we can do graduation checks. 

If you have an issue with how a class is listed on your degree audit, please use the Degree Audit Update Form on our website.

We have received a number of questions regarding missing records for first-year students. We have received word that credit has been officially awarded, but students cannot see the credit reflected in TSS due to a technical display error. Unfortunately we do not have a timeline for this fix yet. If you are a first year student with missing records in TSS please don’t panic. Utilize TEA requests for classes requiring a prerequisite and be patient with the rest. Unfortunately the Public Health Advising Office can’t assist with these issues.

As a reminder, UC San Diego uses the two-pass system for enrollment/booking. Learn more about the two-pass system here.

Remember, if you experience any issues with TEA/TSS, you must contact TSS support at tss@ucsd.edu. 

For students entering UC San Diego in 2024 or 2025: Approval has been slow for course numbers between 70 and 85. However, as in previous quarters, ANY PH 91 course for Winter 2027 will count in place of Trending Topics. This will not show on your Degree Audit until it is manually updated by an advisor, but we will make the update automatically in the Winter quarter (you will not need to petition or request it).

For general BSPH majors entering UC San Diego in 2026: PH 91 (002): Health Promotion is equivalent to PH 71: Health Promotion and will count in its place for your major requirements. This will not show on your Degree Audit until it is manually updated by an advisor, but we will make the update automatically in the Winter quarter (you will not need to petition or request it).

As a reminder, PH 91 requires TEA authorization for all students, as it is a Topics class and we need to verify that you have not previously taken the same topic. See the Enrollment page for Winter 2027 for detailed information about how PH 91 counts for your major.

Core classes are generally available to students with more than 90 units completed who have completed the prerequisites (PH 40 is a prerequisite for all Core classes, and Statistics is a prerequisite for PH 101 and PH 102). Students with 45-90 units who have completed PH 40 may enroll in PH 110.

Students with less than 90 units may submit a TEA request to enroll in Core classes; these TEA requests are not reviewed until after second pass ends and authorization to enroll depends on availability.

We strongly discourage students from taking PH 101 and PH 102 in the same quarter, as both classes are very statistics-heavy and require a significant amount of time for problem sets/homework.

PH 102R is online except for the listed midterm and final, which are both in-person. PH 102R counts in place of PH 102 for every Public Health major.

Students intending to graduate in 2028 should plan to complete the following classes by the end of FA27: PH 45, PH 101, PH 102 or PH 102R, PH 110, and PH 120 or PH 120R.

We are teaching six elective-level courses this Winter, and six in the Spring. We encourage all students with more than 45 units completed who have taken PH 40 to consider enrolling in these courses (PH 155, PH 157, PH 158R, PH 161, PH 180, and PH 191). Visit the Enrollment in Winter 2027 page of our website for enrollment details and how each class counts toward your major. A description of each course was sent out to majors yesterday and will be featured on the BSPH Instagram page tomorrow.

PH 158R is online only. There is no in-person component for the class.

PH 191 requires TEA authorization for all students, as it is a Topics class and we need to verify that you have not previously taken the same topic.

For expected Spring offerings, see the Tentative Course Offerings tab of our website (updated today).

All declared Public Health majors with more than 90 units should have received a VAC message today with details about enrollment in PH 193 and PH 194. 

No students will be able to enroll in PH 193, PH 194, or PH 196AH during first pass. 

Please do not send e-mails or VAC messages, or submit TEA requests, regarding enrollment in PH 193, PH 194, or PH 196AH. 

For detailed instructions about enrollment in Capstone/Honors classes, see the Enrollment in Winter 2027 Courses page of our website.

Many Public Health courses are looking for students interested in assisting with Winter classes. If you have at least 90 units completed, a 3.0 GPA, and at least an A- in the class in which you’re interested in assisting, you may contact the listed instructor as a potential Pedagogy and Learning Apprentice (PLA) for the class. 

For more information please see the PLA page of our website.

Students wishing to participate in research and experiential learning opportunities (PH 98, PH 99, PH 198, and PH 199) must submit a TEA request. 

Important tips to remember: