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Fall 2024 Second Session Orientation Now Open!

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Registration deadline: Oct. 7
Completion deadline: Oct. 8

Next Wave General Information

Work schedule changed? Not sure of your major? Things happen, but none of that has to delay you from starting or continuing your path to graduation.

Our fast-paced, rigorous eight-week term will help keep you on track to reach your goals. Catch the “next wave” of students joining Clayton State during our Second Session mini-mester starting on Oct. 7.

Important Info & Deadlines Date What to Do
Admissions Priority Deadline Sept. 15
Class Registration Opens Sept. 1
Financial Aid Priority Deadline TBD
Housing Move-in Day TBD
Classes Start

Oct. 7
Registration Closes/Fee Payment Deadline Oct. 8

 

Next Wave Courses

Clayton State is offering the following courses for Second Session.

Lower-level courses

View Undergraduate Course Descriptions

  • BIOL 1111 & BIOL 1111L - Intro to Biology  with Lab
  • BUSA 2101 - Business Analytics
  • COMM 1002 - Presentation Applications
  • HFMG 2110 - First Aid & CPR
  • SPAN 2002 - Intermediate Spanish II
Lower-Level eCore Courses

Learn More about eCore

  • ARTS 1100 - Art Appreciation
  • COMM 1100 - Human Communications
  • DATA 1501 - Introduction to Data Science
  • ENGL 1101 - English Composition I
  • ENGL 1102 - English Composition II
  • ENGL 2111 - World Literature I
  • ENGL 2112 - World Literature II
  • ENGL 2131 - American Literature I
  • ENGL 2132 - American Literature II
  • ENVS 2202 - Environmental Science
  • HIST 1111 - World History I
  • HIST 1112 - World History II
  • HIST 2111 - U.S. History I
  • HIST 2112 - U.S. History II
  • MATH 1101 - Intro to Math Modeling
  • MATH 1111 - College Algebra
  • MATH 1113 - Precalculus
  • MATH 1401 - Elementary Statistics
  • MATH 1501 - Calculus I
  • MUSC 1100 - Music Appreciation
  • PHIL 2010 - Intro to Philosophy
  • POLS 1101 - American Government
  • PSYC 1101 - Intro to Psychology
  • SOCI 1101 - Intro to Sociology
  • SPAN 2001 - Intermediate Spanish I
  • SPAN 2002 - Intermediate Spanish II
  • THEA 1100 - Intro to Theatre

Upper-level courses

Prerequisites may apply; see Academic Catalog for more information and course descriptions.

  • ACCT 4440 - Government & Nonprofit Accounting
  • DATA 4221 - Fundamentals of Business Analytics
  • FINA 3100 - Personal Financial Management
  • HFMG 2110 - First Aid & CPR
  • HLTH 3420 - Health Education

Current Students

If you are a currently enrolled Clayton State undergraduate student, contact the Center for Advising & Retention to get help with Second Session class registration.


Fall 2024 Applicants

If this applies to you... ...then you should:
I have submitted an application for Fall 2024, but I haven't been admitted yet.
  1. Check your application status in the DUCK.
  2. Submit any missing items.
I am admitted for Fall 2024, and I have not completed Orientation. Register for Second Session Orientation.
I am admitted for Fall 2024, and I have completed Orientation. Contact the Center for Advising & Retention to sign up for classes.
I am admitted for Fall 2024, and I registered for Orientation, but I did not complete it. Submit the Orientation Session Change Request Form and select the "I want to change to Second Session Online Orientation" option.

 

 

Spring 2025 Applicants

If this applies to you... ...then you should:
I have submitted an application for Spring 2025, but I haven't been admitted yet.
  1. Check your application status in the DUCK.
  2. Submit any missing items.
  3. Submit the Change of Semester Form for Fall 2024.
I have been admitted for Spring 2025.
  1. Submit the Change of Semester Form for Fall 2024.
  2. Once your semester is updated, register for Second Session Orientation.


Graduate Student Information

  1. Apply for Graduate Admission
  2. Submit all application materials.
  3. Upon admission, contact your Program Director for next steps. College of Business graduate students should contact Mesha Brown for class registration assistance.

Fall 2024 Graduate Second Session Courses

View Graduate Course Descriptions

  • ACCT 5000 - Accounting Concepts
  • ACCT 5440 - Government & Nonprofit for Executives
  • BUSA 5000 - Decision Concepts
  • FINA 5100 - Corporate Finance for MBA
  • MGMT 5111 - Leadership and Organizational Behavior
  • MGMT 5115 - Global Human Resources
  • MGMT 5750 - Global Strategic Management
  • MKTG 5114 - Personal Branding Strategy
  • MKTG 5200 - Marketing Management
  • POLS 5210 - Ethics in Public Administration
  • POLS 5250 - Nonprofit Administration 
  • POLS 6260 - Environmental Policy

For more information, contact admissions@clayton.edu or call (678) 466-4115.