English Courses at the University of California Los Angeles

Facilities

• Los Angeles Tennis Center: 8 lighted tennis courts
• Sunset Canyon Recreation Center: 25- and 50-meter pools with picnic/barbecue areas
• John Wooden Recreation and Sports Center: fitness center, racquetball, basketball, and rock climbing
• Marina Aquatic Center: located on the Pacific Ocean—for sailing, windsurfing, and kayaking

Extracurricular courses

For a small additional fee, you can take courses in fitness, dance, martial arts, tennis, soccer, surf, swimming, etc. These classes are great ways to learn new skills, relieve stress, and meet other UCLA students with similar interests. Most of these classes cost around $60 per quarter. More details about recreation activities at UCLA here: recreation.ucla.edu

Westwood Village in Los Angeles is the "hometown" of UCLA, UCLA Extension, and the American Language Center of UCLA. It's also one of the safest and most comfortable places to live in Los Angeles. Westwood Village borders the UCLA campus and Bel Air, home to L.A.'s rich and famous and is only a short bus ride away from Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, and the beach! Westwood is noted for its eight first-run movie theaters, where you can see movie premieres and movie stars under the bright lights. Westwood Village features a wide variety of shops, markets, live theater, museums, and a tremendous variety of food at all prices, including many types of fast food, cafés, Asian noodle shops, Middle Eastern specialties, French pastry, and elegant continental and California cuisine.

Mention L.A. and most people think of Hollywood films and movie stars. But did you know that L.A. has more museums than any other city in the United States? There are also dozens of live theaters with famous actors from films and T.V. shows. When it comes to music, you can find everything from classical to jazz, blues to hip-hop, and ethnic to underground, and venues range from the Hollywood Bowl to the L.A. Philharmonic to the House of Blues. Los Angeles is also one of the major fashion centers in the U.S. and the home of world-renowned architecture and design, where you can see the work of Richard Meier, Frank Gehry, and Frank Lloyd Wright. If you like to shop, you'll love nearby Beverly Hills, Century City, the Beverly Center, and Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade.

Some of the attractions you mustn't miss in LA are:

• Universal Studios Hollywood
• Griffith Park and its observatory
• Disneyland Resort
• Hollywood
• The Getty Center
• Santa Monica
• The Natural History Museum
• La Brea Tar Pits
• Other locations such as Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Venice Beach, Long Beach, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Rodeo Drive, and Walt Disney Concert Hall.

UCLA Extension is a part of the UCLA Division of Continuing Education. UCLA Extension is said to be the largest single-campus continuing education program in the world.

Founded in 1919, UCLA is one of the top-ranked research universities in the U.S. and the world. With its College of Letters and Sciences and 11 professional schools, UCLA serves nearly 40,000 students, making it the largest of the 10 campus University of California (U.C.) system.

First-time visitors are surprised at the UCLA campus's size and beauty with its 419 acres, 174 buildings, and a combination of Romanesque and modern architecture. The campus offers endless variety with its beautifully landscaped Murphy Sculpture Garden, Sunset Canyon Recreation Center, Mathias Botanical Garden, theaters, museums, and many libraries. The UCLA Library system ranks among the top 10 research libraries in the U.S.

UCLA professors have received numerous awards, including the National Medal of Science, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nobel Prize, The Pulitzer Prize, and the Guggenheim Fellowships.

In terms of student admissions, UCLA is one of the most competitive universities in the U.C. system. UCLA students are well prepared academically and represent considerable diversity. Although most UCLA students are from California, students come from all 50 states in the U.S. and 63 foreign countries. For many years, UCLA has been a popular destination for international students.