Explore Occidental: Fall Preview Day
Prospective students and families: get an inside look at life at Oxy during Explore Occidental on Nov. 12!Experiential Learning
Oxy faculty and students continually seek ways to link theory to practice, and to provide real-world applications to the ideas discussed in class.Career Exploration at Oxy
Whatever you dream about doing—working in business, the nonprofit world, medicine or law—your four years at Oxy will serve as a springboard to success.
Liberal Arts in Los Angeles
Drawing on the cultural and intellectual resources of a global city,
Occidental provides a springboard for putting theory into practice and ideas into action.
Explore Your Passions
Oxy’s remarkable faculty of scholars, teachers and mentors are at the heart of the intellectual experience. An Oxy liberal arts education transcends boundaries, and with more than 40 majors and programs, academic rigor comes in many forms.
Academic Spotlight
From homework help to career advising to research projects, Oxy connects you to a variety of opportunities to help you grow and excel academically.
45%
domestic students of color
9:1
student:faculty ratio
25%
student-athletes at Oxy
Discover Occidental
A vibrant, small liberal arts college experience in the heart of Los Angeles, one of the most stimulating and creative cities in the world. That’s something you won’t find anywhere else.
The Oxy Community
Whether in the lab, classroom, field or community, our faculty, students and alumni define the strengths and uniqueness of Oxy in everything that they do.
Student
Noa Richard, an Obama Scholar, was awarded a Humanity in Action Fellowship to study the history of human rights with a group of students and alumni over the summer (this year’s program will proceed in a virtual format).
Noa Richard
Comparative Studies in Literature & Culture, Critical Theory & Social Justice | Class of 2022
Alumni
Morgan Bennett-Smith is currently a master’s student at the Red Sea Research Center, and his studies of coral reef ecology and how reef organisms adapt have taken him (and his camera) all over the world.
Morgan Bennett-Smith ’17
Marine Biology | Class of 2017
Faculty
Meet Jason Wong of economics, whose research focuses on the impact of aviation connectivity on regional economies and innovation, climate change impacts on aviation, and electricity infrastructure in rural India.
Jason Wong
Economics
Alumni
Armed with a briefcase full of challenges facing the nation’s largest higher education system, Lande Ajose brings new energy to Sacramento.
Lande Ajose ’87
Diplomacy & World Affairs | Class of 1987
Student
Elena Daniel, a premed student, is inspired by the connections between public health and kinesiology. This is reflected by her urban internships and ongoing faculty-mentored research projects at Oxy.
Elena Daniel
Kinesiology, Public Health, Biology | Class of 2020
Faculty
Meet Robert Sanchez of philosophy, who specializes in Mexican/Latinx/Latin American philosophy, as well as existentialism. He also has interests in the philosophy of race, the philosophy of food and the history of philosophy.
Robert Sanchez
Philosophy
What’s Happening at Oxy
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UCLA / Charles R. Drew School of Medicine - Virtual Info Session
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Congrats to Assistant Professor Viviana MacManus '03 for winning Honorable Mention for the 2021 Gloria Anzaldúa Book Prize. Her book, "Disruptive Archives," tells the stories of women who lived through the Dirty Wars in Mexico and Argentina.
Join President Elam as he welcomes Broderick Johnson (@gobluebrod), chair of the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance Advisory Council and current EVP, Digital Equity for Comcast Corporation, for the next event in the Barack Obama Scholars Program Speaker Series....
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