The Sacramento , Monterey, Silicon Valley and Walnut Creek campuses offer five 10-week terms per year. These classes meet for a total of 40 hours, and are scheduled on Friday evenings and all day Saturday on alternate weekends. Most meet for 7 sessions. Golden Gate University's CyberCampus offers courses and entire degree programs in which instruction and discussion takes place entirely online. Most of these courses are offered in the 15-week format, and the instructor sets the pace of the class.
Students can access class at any time of the day, from anywhere they have internet access.
The full course schedule is planned in advance, so by choosing the cohort model, a student can expect to complete their program in a specified period of time. The Executive MBA is a 16-month cohort with classes meeting on Friday afternoons and Saturdays every other week.