<p>I’m a first year honors engineering student here so I can tell you first hand that the engineering department here is great. University of Hartford has relatively small class sizes so in all my engineering courses there were only about 20 to 25 students so the professors were able to be really attentive to the students needs. Classes are always taught by engineering professors, most of whom are still active engineers at firms across Connecticut so they’re able to bring their knowledge and experience into the classroom. In addition, they’re really easy to talk to outside of class if you’re struggling; they always try to meet with you during times that work with your schedule. Also, from the first semester in your Engineering and Design course you get hands on experience and projects and you are able to learn how to program a robot.
In addition, the honors program here is really great too. In order to be in honors, freshman engineering students take a class called “Freshman Honors Seminar” where students are in a class of about 20 and are actually taught by either the Dean of the Assistant Dean of the Engineering department so you make those connections right away. Additionally, the University in 2007 built a new freshman residence living area called “Hawk Hall” and it’s called a “Residence learning center…” It’s only for honors students and you pick a section that you want to live in and submit a 250 word essay on why you want to live there. I know for women in engineering there is a section called “WISET” or “Women In Science, Engineering, and Technology” where you’d be able to live with all other women engineers which is a great experience.</p>