Services for Students
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Center forAcademicSuccess
TheCenter for AcademicSuccess (CAS) serves students throughAcademic
SuccessProgramsandLearningSupport Programs.
Academic Success Programs.
TheCenter for Academic Success, now located
on the second floor of Edgewater Hall, offers a variety of services and resources
to assist all Clayton State University students in their academic pursuits.
Students are offered a comfortable, supportive learning environment where they
can work independently, in small groups, or with personalized assistance as
needed. Services and resources include one-on-one and small group tutoring in
a variety of subjects, Supplemental Instruction (SI) for historically difficult
courses, skill-enhancingworkshops on a variety of topics, instructional resources
including software programs, and computer-based study behavior assessments.
The Center for Academic Success allows students to reserve their study rooms
for both small group and individual study. These rooms are located in theCenter
for Academic Success.
All services are available at no charge to currently
enrolledClaytonState students.
Learning Support Programs.
Based on placement test scores, some students
are required to enroll in developmental courses in English, reading, and
mathematics that aredesigned to prepare students for college-level coursework.
Other students may be required to enroll in Learning Support courses to meet
course prerequisites. Additional Learning Support details are found in the
LearningSupport Requirements sectionof this catalog.
TestingCenter
Located at CSU East, the Testing Center provides university-wide testing,
along with some program- and community-wide testing. It has facilities for both
paper-and-pencil and computerized tests, including:
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Admission and placement exams (SAT, ACT, COMPASS,
ACCUPLACER, andother program entranceexams.
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eCoremidtermsand finals
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theCollegeLevel ExaminationProgram (CLEP)
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competency tests satisfying theGeorgiaLegislativeRequirements
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writing assessments for admission toor progress inmajor programs
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selected outcomesassessments such as theETSProficiencyProfile
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program assessments such as theMajor FieldTests andACAT
StudyAbroad and International Programs
ClaytonStateOfficeof International Programsoffersnumerous studyabroad
programs for students in various departments, which typicallyoffer threehours of
academic credit for two or threeweek study abroad programs over spring break,
duringMaymester or over the summer. ClaytonStateUniversity also participates
in study abroad programs sponsored by the European, African, Asian, and
Americas Councils of the University System of Georgia. These collaborative
world regional council summer programs offer students the opportunity to enjoy
