Areas of Study | Occidental College

When you study the liberal arts in Los Angeles, your opportunities for academic exploration are endless.

Choosing majors and minors at Oxy

Occidental’s undergraduate programs include 45 majors, minors and other programs across the arts, humanities and sciences. There are also countless opportunities for independent research, internships, and other hands-on experiential learning. Don’t want to limit yourself to one area? You won’t have to—interdisciplinary majors, self-designed courses of study and majors with multiple emphases let you make your academic journey at Oxy uniquely your own. Interested in law or the health professions? We also offer pre-law and pre-health advising as well as a pre-engineering pathway.

What do our students say?

If you want to hear from our students about our various programs, check out these Meet Our Majors profiles.

American Studies Major, Minor

Art & Art History Major, Minor

Asian Studies Major, Minor

Biochemistry Major

Biology Major, Minor

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Black Studies Major, Minor

Chemistry Major, Minor

Chinese Studies Major, Minor

Classical Studies Minor

Cognitive Science Major, Minor

College Writing Program

Comparative Studies in Literature & Culture Major, Minor

Computer Science Major, Minor

Critical Theory & Social Justice Major, Minor

Diplomacy & World Affairs Major

Economics Major, Minor

Education Minor

English Major, Minor

Environmental Science Concentration

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Food Studies Minor

French Studies Major, Minor

Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies Minor

Geology Major, Minor

German Studies Minor

Group Language Major

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History Major, Minor

Interdisciplinary Writing Minor

Japanese Studies Major, Minor

Kinesiology Major, Minor

Latino/a & Latin American Studies Major, Minor

Linguistics Minor

Marine Biology Concentration

Mathematics Major, Minor

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Media Arts & Culture Major, Minor

Music Major, Minor

Neuroscience Minor

Philosophy Major, Minor

Physics Major, Minor

Politics Major, Minor

Psychology Major

Public Health Minor

Religious Studies Major, Minor

Russian Studies Minor

Sociology Major, Minor

Spanish Studies Major, Minor

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Theater & Performance Studies Major, Minor

Urban & Environmental Policy Major, Minor