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Fall 2025 Second Session Orientation coming soon!


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

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

 

Courses Offerings

Clayton State is offering the following courses for Second Session.

Lower-level courses

View Undergraduate Course Descriptions

  • COMM 1002 - Principles of Speaking Online
  • CSU 1000 - First Year Seminar
  • HFMG 2110 - First Aid & CPR
  • PARA 2501 - Contract Law
  • POLS 1101 - American Government
  • SPAN 1001 - Elementary Spanish I
  • SPAN 1002 - Elementary Spanish II
  • SPAN 2002 - Intermediate Spanish II
Lower-Level eCore Courses

Learn More about eCore

  • SPAN 2002 - Intermediate Spanish II

 

Upper-level courses

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

  • ACCT 4470 - Taxation of Business Entities
  • COMM 3300 - Interpersonal Communication
  • DATA 4221 - Foundations of Business Analytics
  • HLTH 3420 - Health Education
  • MGMT 4800 - Selected Topics in Management

 

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 5000 - Accounting Concepts
  • ACCT 5200 - Accounting for Managerial Decisions
  • ACCT 5250 - Advanced Topics in Taxation
  • BUSA 5000 - Decision Concepts
  • FINA 5100 - Managerial Finance
  • MATH 5221 Foundations of Business Analytics
  • MGMT 5104 - Project Management
  • MGMT 5111 - Leadership and Organizational Behavior
  • MGMT 5115 - Global Human Resources
  • MGMT 5120 - Special Topics in Management
  • 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.