“Meet our Majors” Student Profiles
Oxy provides endless opportunities to explore your academic interests. You may even discover a passion for an area of study you never considered.Student Life at Oxy
A vibrant, close-knit liberal arts college experience in the heart of Los Angeles. That’s something you won’t find anywhere else.Our Faculty
At the heart of the Oxy academic experience is our faculty: engaged scholars, committed teachers and dedicated mentors.
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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.
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Uniting vintage museum collections with cutting-edge DNA technology, we seek to understand how evolution has shaped biodiversity and how organisms cope with environmental change today.
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members of the Class of 2025
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admit rate, Class of 2025
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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
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
Alumni
Sam Sharp was drawn to Occidental for its diversity and the political energy he experienced on campus. It was the origin of a passion for equity and justice work that continues today.
Sam Sharp ’96
Politics, Biology | Class of 1996
Student
Critical Theory & Social Justice major Natalia Guerra has explored social justice dimensions in the Netherlands and Chiapas, Mexico, making the most of Oxy’s opportunities to learn about the world in an active, global context.
Natalia Guerra
Critical Theory & Social Justice | Class of 2020
Faculty
Director of Instrumental Activities Chris Kim brings a love of teaching and a wealth of experience in innovative programming, community engagement, and international collaborations.
Chris Kim
Music
Student
When Radha Arora began her college search, she knew she wanted to stay in California and study economics at a liberal arts college. But what brought her to Oxy was something less tangible.
Radha Arora
Economics | Class of 2023
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After becoming a guerrilla filmmaker during his three semesters at Oxy, Cooper Raiff '19 has turned a film festival win into a burgeoning career as a sought-after actor/writer/director.
The latest @oxyarts exhibit is on view now! Check out Encoding Futures: Critical Imaginaries of AI this weekend and envision speculative futures engineered for just outcomes. https://t.co/gNuJgjBxVM
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