Golden Gate U., comments?

Any comments on GGU?

 

Any particular program of study in mind?????

After all, they have a lot to choose from........

 

If you mean this Golden Gate. It is a good private, for-profit school, that has not been a big player in the DL side, but does offer some programs. It's big push has been night and weekend programs for the working exec in the SF Bay Area.

Nothing remarkable, but good, and slightly pricey. There are other lowere cost alternatives, unless your company is picking up the tab.

Good for networking with other Bay Area junior execs.

 

....OR, from which to choose.

 

Thank you,
I'm looking at taking the undergrad cert. in Financial Planning and finishing my last 30 hours for their BBA/Finance. Afterward, I would like to complete a Masters in Finance/Financial Planning. GGU seems to be the only undergrad school with a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) certificate and BBA/Finance through distance learning. GGU does seem costly, esp. at the graduate level.

Metropolitan Comm. Coll. in Nebraska offers the CFP certificate at nearly 1/10th the cost of GGU, but I'm trying to use these credits towards the last 30 hours I need for a BBA. I don't think these classes will count as upper-level undergrad credit. So, I found GGU and thought I could complete the CFP cert. while taking care of my BBA too. I expect my company to pay, but they may balk at the price at GGU as it is at least twice what I'm paying at my current school.

 

BUT, if these credits are effectively doing "double duty", the cost becomes a bit more reasonable.

You could always check with GGU about transferring any CFP courses taken at a local community college. In my experience, I've found their transfer policy to be fairly liberal.

 

I think GGU is interesting because they offer a JSD-LLM program in international law that looks like it has a vision for itself.

Strictly resident, though. Too bad; I'll have to make do with London. (Whose materials STILL haven't shown up, BTW)

There are three other JSD schools in the Bay area, McGeorge, Boldt Hall, and Stanford. An amazing concentration given the scarcity of such programs in the rest of the country. All private and expensive except Boldt Hall; it's just hard to get into!

 

MIKE!!

I work with a GG MBA grad, hearing him speak you would think the school is equal to the second coming of Christ!

I noticed it did make US News as a good college.

Enjoy

 

Thanks, I'll keep everyone updated.

 

Thanks, I'll keep everyone updated.

 

What the.........!?!?!? Geez, did they send the materials via rowboat or stuff them in a bottle hoping they'd drift across? I mean, it's been almost a month, hasn't it?

 

Well, the stuff WILL get here eventually. In the meantime, I can concentrate on my Spanish class.

 

Nosborne,

Please let us know the kind of stuff you've got once you get it.

You will need to purchase (or otherwise have access to) relevant texts, right?

 

I’ve worked with two of GGU’s law professors for close to a decade. Both are top notch litigators and highly respected in their field. The school has a pretty good rep here in SF.

 

The study subject guides apparently replace the lectures available to internal students. I will have to but the textbooks and other materials. An on-line legal research provider, justis.com, "comes with".

I will take the examinations at U texas at El Paso, I think.

 

Interesting – I’ve never used justis.com. Seems like a good alternative to the two big names in research. Also, thanks for the education; I’d never heard of the JSD prior to this post. I had to do a bit of research to find the doctor of juridical science designation.

Here’s a question that’s bugged me for awhile. When/Why did the L.L.B. become the Juris Doctor? It seems counterintuitive to go from Juris Doctor – Master of Laws –Doctor of Judicial Science.

 

In the United States, there is no PhD in law per se. The LLB was renamed the JD, with NO other changes, in the mid 60's. WHo knows why. The Bar doesn't care either way; they could have called it a Professional Diploma in Legal Thinkology for all WE cared.

I suspect that the law school establishment made the change because the JD is the basic qualification to teach in a law school. They wanted to look more like academic doctors than academic bachelors. But that's just a guess.

 

But isn't it pretty much limited to UK/Euro case law and statutes? I didn't see anything on the site that would indicate there was a U.S. database.

 

It is; however, we have a London office, so this could be a pretty handy resource.

 

I started on a graduate certificate in Finance at GGU. I have had 4 classes. The first was statistics taught by Chow and Tabera. They were clowns. The online sessions were not planned, the answers to at least one homework problem per week were wrong, and it was major "pass the buck" time. With one week left in the term, I received a full refund for the course. I spent twice the time I should have because the instructors had their heads up their posteriors. The second course was a financial modeling course. The prof was good and was prepared. The third course was an accounting class. The prof was not prepared, went off on a litigation assignment during the term, the lessons were not well planned, and I knew more about the subject than he. The last course was a finance course where the book and some assignments were ill suited to the way the instructor taught the course.

In general, I have found that all I have learned has been through my own efforts and reading. The instructors, save for one, contributed little to nothing to my acadmic experience. Base on my limited experience, the full time profs seem less competent/prepared than the adjuncts.

The fees are now up to about $1,750 per course. Frankly, I expected considerably more for the princely sum they demad. I certainly did not expect the academic incompetence I encountered.

Trying to get registered for classes was a real exasperating experience, as well. First, I couldn't get registered. Then I couldn't get them to take my money for the course.

With two classes left to go, I am seriously questioning whether it will be worth the effort to continue with them.