Wednesday, May 28, 2003
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Wednesday, May 28, 2003 |
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PTC college class info sessions set for June 5
By CAL BEVERLY
With the thwack of tennis balls slamming into racquets as a backdrop, college credit courses will be unveiled next week at Peachtree City's tennis center in Planterra Ridge. Clayton State College and State University has scheduled four informational sessions at the college's new Fayette County site the evening of Thursday, June 5, according to college spokesman John Shiffert. The info classes are free, setting the stage for the beginning of fall academic credit courses starting in August. To familiarize the public,
including prospective students, with the new programs, the series of four
information sessions will be at 5:30 p.m., 6:15 p.m., 7 p.m. and 7:45
p.m. The sessions are free and open to all interested individuals on a
space-available basis. Due to the limited space at the Fayette Center,
those interested in attending the information sessions must sign up in
advance. For information, or to sign up for the sessions, go to http://adminservices. Following approval by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, Clayton State will begin offering academic classes at the Fayette County Higher Education Center to students accepted for admission into the University for the fall 2003 term. Clayton State has been offering non-credit, continuing education and small business development classes at the tennis center since it opened Oct. 1, 2002. Starting later this summer, four college-credit evening classes will be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A class of 43 students, divided into two groups, will be admitted for the fall. Students in Group 1 will take Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum from 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m., and then a Survey of U.S. History to 1877 (6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.). Students in Group 2 will take English Composition I (5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.), and then Introduction to General Psychology (6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.). Students attending the Fayette Center will be expected to take both courses in their group. All four courses are part of the core curriculum needed by all Clayton State baccalaureate students. This fall's classes will be focused towards adult or non-traditional students who have little or no college credit but wish to pursue a bachelor's degree. Non-traditional students are defined as those individuals who graduated from high school five or more years ago. Traditional students (those whose graduation from high school is within the last five years) will be allowed to enroll on a space available basis. "We are focusing on non-traditional, adult students to better serve that part of the population in Fayette County, the people that would have a hard time getting to our main campus in Morrow," says Dr. Sharon E. Hoffman, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs. "Working parents, individuals holding full-time jobs during the day, people working in the Peachtree City or Fayetteville areas and the like. People who want to get started in college, but haven't had the time or opportunity." The information sessions will cover such academic basics as information on the admission process, financial aid, registration, testing, etc. Additionally, representatives from Clayton State's admissions, financial aid, testing center, and records offices will be on hand so that attendees can turn in applications or consult individually with university representatives after the general sessions.
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