Skip to Content Skip to Footer
Next Wave banner

Next Wave

Next Wave

Second session eight-week classes are available. Apply now or complete your application! Already applied? Learn more about your next steps.

Apply Now


Quicklinks:

Spring 2026 Second Session Orientation registration is coming soon!


Registration deadline: March 15
Completion deadline: March 16

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. Here's a list of important dates for Spring 2026 Second Session.

Important Info & Deadlines Date What to Do
Admissions Priority Deadline Feb. 15
Financial Aid Priority Deadline Feb. 15
Class Registration Drop/Add Mar. 16 -17
Housing Move-in Day Mar. 13, 9AM - 5 PM
Classes Start

Mar. 16
Registration Closes/Fee Payment Deadline Mar. 17

 

Courses Offerings

Clayton State is offering the following courses for Second Session.

Lower-level courses

View Undergraduate Course Descriptions

 

  • ACCT 2102 - Principles of Managerial Accounting
  • BUSA 1105 - Introduction to Business
  • BLAW 2106 - Legal Environment of Business
  • COMM 1002 - Principles of Speaking Online 
  • CSCI 1701 - Cybersecurity Essentials
  • CSU 1000 - First Year Seminar

 

  • ECON 2105 - Principles of Macroeconomics
  • HFMG 2110  - FIrst Aid & CPR
  • PARA 2502 - Intellectual Property
  • 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 4440 - Govern. and Non-Profit Accounting
  • COMM 3300 - Interpersonal Communication
  • CSCI 4811 - Data Analytics & Visual Bus
  • DANC 3200 - Dance Performance
  • EDUC 3210 - Classroom Methods & Mgmt
  • FINA 3100 - Personal Financial Management
  • HLTH 3110 - Interactive Communication
  • HLTH 3420 - Health Education
  • MGMT 3101 - Management Principles & Org. 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.


Spring 2026 Applicants

If this applies to you... ...then you should:
I have submitted an application for Spring 2026, but I haven't been admitted yet.
  1. Check your application status.
  2. Submit any missing items.
I am admitted for Spring 2026, and I have not completed Orientation. Register for Second Session Online Orientation when it becomes available.
I am admitted for Spring 2026, and I have completed Orientation. Contact the Center for Advising & Retention to sign up for classes.
I am admitted for Spring 2026, and I registered and paid for Hybrid Orientation or Online 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.

 

 

Summer/Fall 2025 Applicants

If this applies to you... ...then you should:
I have submitted an application for Summer or Fall 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 Spring 2026.
I have been admitted for Summer or Fall 2025.
  1. Submit the Application Update Form to change entering semester to Spring 2026.
  2. Register for Second Session Online Orientation when it becomes available.


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 5440 - Govt & Non-Profit Execs
  • BUSA 5000 - Decision Concepts
  • CSCI 5811 - Data Anal. & Visual. for Business
  • EDUCA  5050 - Alg&Geom Thinking for ELEM
  • EDUC 5101- Exceptionalities/Cognitive Dev
  • FINA 5100 - Managerial Finance
  • MGMT 5108 - Talent Development in Orgn
  • 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 Admin HR Management
  • POLS 6270 - Environmental Management
  • SCML - International Business/Global

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