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Fall 2025 Second Session Orientation coming soon!


Registration deadline: Oct. 5
Completion deadline: Oct. 6

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. 6.

Important Info & Deadlines Date What to Do
Admissions Priority Deadline Sept. 1
Class Registration Opens Sept. 30
Financial Aid Priority Deadline TBA
Housing Move-in Day TBA
Classes Start

Oct. 6
Registration Closes/Fee Payment Deadline Oct. 7

 

Next Wave Courses

Clayton State is offering the following courses for Second Session.

Lower-level courses

View Undergraduate Course Descriptions

  • ACCT 2101 - Principles of Financial Accounting
  • BUSA 1105 - Intro to Business
  • BIOL 1111 and 1111L - Intro to Biology with Lab
  • COMM 1002 - Presentation Applications
  • CSU 1000 - First Year Seminar
  • ENVS 2022 - Environmental Science
  • MATH 1101 - Intro to Math Modeling
  • MATH 0998B - Support for Math modeling
  • POLS 1101 - American Government
  • SPAN 1002 - Elementary Spanish II
Lower-Level eCore Courses

Learn More about eCore

  • ENGL 1102

 

Upper-level courses

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

  • ACCT 4470 - Forensic Accounting
  • CSCI 4811 - Data Analytics & Visualization for Business
  • FINA 3100 - Personal Financial Management
  • HLTH 3110 - Interactive Communication
  • HLTH 3420 - Health Education
  • MGMT 3101 - Management Principles & Organizational Behavior
  • MKTG 3101 - Principles of Marketing
  • MKTG 4112 - Social Media Marketing
  • MKTG 4420 - International Marketing

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 2025 Applicants

If this applies to you... ...then you should:
I have submitted an application for Fall 2025, but I haven't been admitted yet.
  1. Check your application status.
  2. Submit any missing items.
I am admitted for Fall 2025, and I have not completed Orientation. Register for Online Orientation when it becomes available for Second Session.
I am admitted for Fall 2025, and I have completed Orientation. Contact the Center for Advising & Retention to sign up for classes.
I am admitted for Fall 2025, 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/Summer 2025 Applicants

If this applies to you... ...then you should:
I have submitted an application for Spring or Summer 2025, but I haven't been admitted yet.
  1. Check your application status.
  2. Submit any missing items.
  3. Submit the Application Update Form to change entering semester to Fall 2025.
I have been admitted for Spring or Summer 2025.
  1. Submit the Application Update Form to change entering semester to Fall 2025.
  2. Register for Online Orientation when it becomes available for Second Session.


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.

Graduate Second Session Courses

View Graduate Course Descriptions

  • ACCT 5470 - Forensic & Investigative Accounting
  • BUSA 5000 - Decision Concepts
  • CSCI 5811 - Data Analytics & Visualization for Business
  • FINA 5100 - Corporate Finance for MBA
  • MGMT 5108 - Talent Development in Organizations
  • MGMT 5109 - Human Resource Consulting
  • MGMT 5111 - Leadership and Organizational Behavior
  • MGMT 5113 - Strategic Leadership Development
  • MGMT 5750 - Global Strategic Management
  • MKTG 5103 - Global Marketing
  • MKTG 5112 - Social Media Strategy
  • POLS 6051 - Program Evaluation
  • POLS 6060 - Public Administration HR Management 
  • POLS 6270 - Environmental Management
  • SCML 5101 - International Business

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