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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 March 9.

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

October 7

Registration Closes/Fee Payment Deadline October 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
  • ENGL 2112 - World Literature II
  • HFMG 2110 - First Aid & CPR
  • SPAN 1002 - Elementary Spanish II
  • SPAN 2002 - Intermediate Spanish II

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

Graduate courses

  • ACCT 5000 - Accounting Concepts
  • ACCT 54400 - Government & Nonprofit for Executives
  • BUSA 5000 - Decision Concepts
  • FINA 5100 - Corporate Finance for MBA
  • MATH 5221 - Fundamentals of Business Analytics
  • MGMT 5104 - Project Management
  • MGMT 5111 - Leadership and Organizational Behavior
  • MGMT 5115 - Global Human Resources
  • MGMT 5750 - Global Strategic Management
  • MKTG 5112 - Personal Branding Strategy
  • MKTG 5200 - Marketing Management
  • POLS 5210 - Ethics in Public Administration
  • POLS 5250 - Nonprofit Administration 
  • POLS 6260 - Environmental Policy

 



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 on 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 on 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.

 

 


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