Locale & Amenities
 With over nine million people in the four-thousand-plus square miles of LA County, Los Angeles is California’s largest city and the second largest in the nation. One of the premier cities in the Pacific Rim, it is a center for culture and commerce.
The City of Angeles embraces an astonishing diversity of cultures, environments, and activities. More than any other city in the US, LA has over 80 stage theatres, more than 80 different languages spoken in the public school system, and a mere 300 museums representing a vast array of art forms and cultures.
Between the famed beach towns of Santa Monica and Venice Beach on the west and the elegant charm of Pasadena to the east, Los Angeles encompasses a range of communities and life styles; it has a Chinatown, a large Korean community, Latino neighborhoods, artists' enclaves, as well as many student and celebrity neighborhoods.
 Southern California is known for its ocean beaches and year-round mild climate. Mountains and deserts are readily accessible. The concentration of cultural, educational, and recreational resources around Los Angeles is among the most extensive in the United States.
The Los Angeles area also offers an abundance of professional and collegian sports teams, as well as numerous participatory sports, such as: surfing, swimming, beach volleyball, in-door soccer, hiking, kayaking, scuba diving & snorkling, basketball, and sailing. Though LA is known for summer activities, Big Bear Mountain, only two hours away, offers an assortment of winter sports, such as: skiing, snow boarding, sledding, snow shoeing, and tubing.
The links below provide only a small sampling of the riches around the area.
Campus Amenities
 The LA campus facility includes a number of attractive brick buildings, has open green space, 24-hour gated security, and plenty of parking space for students, faculty, and staff. The complex provides an atmosphere conducive to professional socialization.
When classes are not in session, the facilities are used for supervision, student meetings, continuing education seminars, workshops sponsored by external groups, and planned and spontaneous issue-oriented gatherings.
In addition to classrooms, faculty and administrative offices, the campus offers:
- A videoconference facility
- Smart board classroom
- A computer lab
- A computer classroom
- Two student lounges
- Faculty/staff lounge
- Teleconference facilities
- Outdoor patio space
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