First-Year Experience
Your first year of college is awaiting you at the University of Hartford. We have constructed a caring, innovative
and effective first-year experience for you.
Orientations
It begins often with a late May or early June weekend of your
senior year called Preview
where you meet other students and faculty advisors, and register
for courses. You will begin your first-year of college by participating
in Liftoff, a program that introduces you to campus
life. Some of you may want to participate in Lift-Off Adventure,
a 3-day community-building experience in August at a lake-side
camp in Connecticut.
Courses
The first-semester courses most students will be taking provide
lots of options and very exciting learning opportunities. The
first-year writing program (RLC
110 and 111) takes an innovative and effective approach to
improving writing by learning to think critically. Many of you
will be taking an All-University
Curriculum course from our nationally recognized interdisciplinary
general education curriculum. You may also participate in a first-year
learning community (called FIGs)
with 25 students who take several courses together connected by
a theme or major. Your first semester may include a course in
your chosen major or in area of interest, if you are undecided. In addition, qualified students may take honors sections of required general education courses.
Support Services
The University provides a full-range of support
services including academic, personal and health,
career, and international and multicultural.
Campus Life
Life on campus has many possibilities for you to consider:
Residential
Life, Clubs
and Activities, Community
Service, Intramural
Sports, Sports
and Fitness Center, Division
1 Intercollegiate Athletics, Bands, Comedians and other programs,
and much more.
