Skip to main content
2019-2020 Catalog
Print this page
Select a Catalog
2016-2017 Catalog
2017-2018 Catalog
2018-2019 Catalog
2019-2020 Catalog
2020-2021 Catalog
2021-2022 Catalog
2022-2023 Catalog
2023-2024 Catalog
2024-2025 Catalog
Catalog Search
Search Options
Entire Catalog
Programs
Courses
Search
https://oxy.smartcatalogiq.com/home
d951b5f9-31b3-4701-aa80-20d318a5bb9a
https://searchproxy.smartcatalogiq.com/search
c8cc721c-b0dd-48cf-a479-960f09d28931
other
/Institutions/Occidental-College/json/2019-2020/Catalog-local.json
/Institutions/Occidental-College/json/2019-2020/Catalog.json
Contents
The College
Mission
Non-Discrimination Statement
Academic Calendar
Class Periods
Admission Requirements
Academic Information and Policies
Programs of Instruction
Course Descriptions
AMST - American Studies
ARAB - Arabic
ARTH - Art History
ARTS - Studio Art
BICH - Biochemistry
BIO - Biology
BLST - Black Studies
BOSP - Barack Obama Scholars Program
CHEM - Chemistry
CHIN - Chinese Studies
COGS - Cognitive Science
COMP - Computer Science
CORE - Core Program
CSLC - Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
CSP - Cultural Studies Program
CTSJ - Critical Theory and Social Justice
DWA - Diplomacy & World Affairs
EASN - East Asian Studies
ECON - Economics
EDUC - Education
ENGL - English
FREN - French
GEO - Geology
GERM - German
GRK - Greek
INT - Internships
HIST - History
JAPN - Japanese Studies
KINE - Kinesiology
LATN - Latin
LING - Linguistics
LLAS - Latino/a and Latin American Studies
MAC - Media Arts and Culture
MATH - Mathematics
MUSA - Music Applied Study
MUSC - Music
PHAC - Physical Activities
PHIL - Philosophy
PHYS - Physics
POLS - Politics
PSYC - Psychology
RELS - Religious Studies
RUSN - Russian
SOC - Sociology
SPAN - Spanish
THEA - Theater
UEP - Urban & Environmental Policy
WRD - Writing & Rhetoric
Tuition, Fees, and Expenses
Financial Aid
Key Policies
Administration
Faculty
Catalog Links
Catalog Home
Site Map
All Catalogs
Share
2019-2020 Catalog
>
Course Descriptions
> Narrative Courses
Narrative Courses
And
And one from:
And/Or
An internship
An internship or service learning experience
ECON
Any 300-level Economics course
Any four unit 200- or 300-level MATH course
Any other 300-level Math courses not including Junior Seminar
Any other 300-level Physics courses
COMP
Computer Science course
COMP
Computer Science courses
Two units of ensemble participation (MUSC 120-130)
Any four unit 200- or 300-level MATH course
ENGL
210 – 229
ENGL
230 – 249
ENGL
250 – 269
ENGL
310 – 329
ENGL
330 – 349
ENGL
350 – 369
Department-approved statistics course
Ensemble participation each semester in residence
Four 200-level DWA electives
Four semesters each of applied music study and ensemble participation
Four units of
Math or Computer Science courses numbered above 300 and below 397
A minimum of five semesters of private lessons on one's principal instrument (MUSA courses 2xx and above)
Two semesters of private lessons (MUSA courses)
One MUSC 200-level or above popular or non-Western music course (must satisfy Second-Stage Writing)
One MUSC 200-level or above popular or non-Western music course
Two semesters of ensemble participation (MUSC 120-130)
A minimum of five semesters of ensemble participation (MUSC 120-130)
Six semesters of ensemble participation (MUSC 127, MUSC 129, MUSC 130)
Ensemble Participation (MUSC 120, MUSC 121, or MUSC 122)
One MUSC 200-level or above popular or non-Western music course
Four semesters of MUSC 257
Two 100-level popular or non-Western music courses
Two semesters of participation in MUSC 123, MUSC 124, or MUSC 127
Two semesters of piano study (if new to the piano, the first semester will be MUSA 102, for which declared majors will receive funding)
One 4-unit production elective (two, if they pass out of MUSC 148)
Two 100-level popular or non-Western music courses
Two semesters of private lessons (a MUSA 200-level course)
Six semesters of private lessons on one's principal instrument (MUSA 200-level course)
Two MUSC 200- or 300-level history or culture electives chosen in consultation with one's Music major advisor, one of which must be a popular or non-Western music course
Six semesters of private voice lessons (MUSA 200-level course)
Two semesters of MUSC 350
One MUSC 200- or 300-level analysis-rich course that fulfills the second-stage writing requirement
Four MUSC 200-level or above popular or non-Western music courses (one must satisfy Second-Stage Writing)
One 4-unit elective 200-level or above
ECON
One 300-level course in economics
GEO
One 300-level Geology course
One addition 300-level elective
One additional 300-level Computer Science course not including Practicum and Junior Seminar
One additional Chemistry course (with a lab)
ENGL
One additional ENGL course
One course at the 100 level
One course at the 200 level
One course at the 300 level
One DWA course at the 300-level
One music-history elective
One music-history elective 200-level or above
One must be a 300-level Mathematics course
One other chemistry course with lab
One semester of applied music study or ensemble participation
Or
Physics Selective
Physics Selectives
Private applied study each semester in residence
Quantitative Elective
Quantitative Elective - Data Analysis
Six additional courses above FREN 202
Theater electives
Three 300-level ECON electives
Three 4-unit COMP courses at the 200-level or above
Three courses in the UEP program 200-level or above
ECON
Two 300-level courses in economics
Two additional COMP courses at the 300-level or above
Two additional electives at or above the 200-level
Two additional MATH courses (*see below*)
Two courses at the 300 level
Two of the following
Up one level
Course Descriptions