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Academic Advising

Muir College Academic Advisors help you make decisions, plan classes, meet campus deadlines, navigate campus policies, and connect to support services. We guide you to understand options and make informed choices to be an active participant in your education. We're part of a network including specialized advisors for your major or minor, career services, international students, and athletes.

Fall Enrollment Will Use the Triton Student System (TSS)

The launch of UC San Diego's new student information system, the Triton Student System (TSS), marks one of the largest technology upgrades in the university's history.

This new system is designed to modernize how students access academic, financial and personal information by bringing together many of the tools and processes you rely on throughout your academic journey. As with any major transition, there will be a period of adjustment to the new system.

We know you may have questions and we ask for your patience as our staff also learn a new system. We will respond during working hours as soon as we are able. Sending your question to multiple places will slow down response times. If you have a technical problem with TSS, please report the issue to tss@ucsd.edu.

The first tutorial for students on how to prepare for booking classes is now available online. 

Other tutorials are scheduled to be posted over time on the Student Tools: Help and Resources page over the next few weeks.

Degree Audit Access

  • Continuing students: You can use your degree audit in MyTritonLink through the end of Summer which will show all classes through Summer Sessions 2026. Any classes you book for the Fall 2026 quarter will not appear on your degree audit until the TSS version is available in mid-August.

  • New incoming students:  View the degree audit example for what a UCSD degree audit looks like. Your transfer coursework will be posted in the coming months as admissions processes your documents. Once the coursework is posted, you will see it in your academic history in the Triton Student System (TSS).  Use your college and department advising websites and resources and contact advisors in the Virtual Advising Center as needed.

Summer Session 2026 Classes and Fall 2026 Enrollment

If you are enrolled in courses this summer that are prerequisites for Fall Quarter classes, TSS will not "see" those courses until after your grades are final and moved from the current student information system to TSS. You will need to use the Triton Enrollment Authorization (TEA) tool on TSS to request approval to enroll in the class based on your summer enrollments. This should be a one-time issue for Fall  2026, and is a result of the transition to TSS. 

How to Meet With a Muir Academic Advisor

Our calendar lists when we have drop ins (in person and remote) and appointments available.

The Virtual Advising Center

Leave a based message at any time, and advisors will respond to you during work hours (Monday Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm) in up to 3 work days. Go to http://vac.ucsd.edu and choose the “Ask a Question” tab from the drop down menu.  We close the VAC during holidays and over the winter break. 

Use the virtual advising center for:

  • Simple, direct questions.
  • Information, procedures, or policies. 

Drop in Advising

Drop ins are brief meetings (15 minutes or less) to discuss planning classes, dealing with a difficult situation, or discussing requirements, regulations, decisions, or navigating the campus bureaucracy.

To visit drop in hours, go to https://vac.ucsd.edu and choose “Meet with an Advisor” then choose “John Muir College” from the drop down, and scroll down the page for information on logging in to drop in advising. 

Appointments

Appointments are up to 30 minutes long and best for long term plans, talking about how to connect your academics to your career goals, and going over your degree audit in depth. To schedule an appointment, go to http://vac.ucsd.edu and choose “Talk tan Advisor” from the menu on that page. Choose “John Muir College” from the drop down, and scroll down the bottom of the page and click on “Schedule an Appointment.” You can schedule appointments up to 2 weeks in the future with one of our Academic Advisors or a Senior Academic Advisor.

There are weeks where appointments are not available. During welcome week in the fall, week 1, week 2, and during first pass enrollment, we only offer drop ins. Other weeks we have appointments on a first come first served basis. Appointments are available in person or via zoom.