Golden Gate University is a private university that was founded as the night school arm of the San Francisco YMCA in 1853. It is located in downtown San Francisco, California at 536 Mission St, with satellite locations around the San Francisco Bay Area, in Los Angeles, California and Seattle, Washington. Accredited degree programs can also be taken through Golden Gate's CyberCampus, which permits students to work and study on their own schedules using the Internet. GGU is the fifth largest private university in California. This article is about the city in California. ... YMCAs in the United States and Canada use this logo. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The downtown San Francisco skyline, looking east from the central part of the city. ... The San Francisco Bay Area, sometimes referred to as The Bay Area or The Bay, is a metropolitan area that lies along the San Francisco Bay. ... The Downtown Los Angeles skyline as seen from Hollywood. ... Seattle skyline City nickname: The Emerald City Location of Seattle in King County and Washington State County King Mayor Greg Nickels (NP) Area   â€“Land   â€“Water 369. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...

It offers undergraduate and graduate programs in business, and taxation. Its School of Taxation has earned a reputation as one of the largest and most respected in the nation with specialized internship programs that give students practical, hands-on business experience. It also offers graduate and doctoral programs in law, with advanced degrees in intellectual property, environmental law, taxation, United States Legal Studies, and international law. Business refers to at least three closely related commercial topics. ... Law (a loanword from Old Norse lag), in politics and jurisprudence, is a set of rules or norms of conduct which mandate, proscribe or permit specified relationships among people and organizations, provide methods for ensuring the impartial treatment of such people, and provide punishments for those who do not follow... In law, particularly in common law jurisdictions, intellectual property or IP refers to a legal entitlement which sometimes attaches to the expressed form of an idea, or to some other intangible subject matter. ... Environmental law is a body of law which addresses the system of complex and interlocking rules which seeks to protect from destruction or development the natural environment which may be endangered by human encroachment. ... International law deals with the relationships between states, or between persons or entities in different states. ...

There are more than 60,000 living alumni. Prominent alumni include Peter Corroon, mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah. Peter Corroon (born 1964) is the current mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah. ... Salt Lake County is a county located in the state of Utah. ...

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• Golden Gate University's official web site