To register for your Fall 2021 courses you will need access to the UConn’s Student Administration System. As such, please be sure to accept your admission to UConn soon after receiving your admission letter. This will ensure you are entered into the system and can then access courses and registration. 

Fall 2021 Courses for First-Year Students

All first-year students take the same courses. You should enroll in the following courses: 

Most of you should have already received your assistantship offer letter and Supplemental Description of Duties form from your assistantship site. If you haven’t yet, the sites are processing them and you will receive it very soon.

With this letter, you should also receive information on your State of Connecticut W4 form, Federal W4 form, Form I-9 for Employment Eligibility Verification, and Direct Deposit Authorization forms that you will need to complete. Ensure that you sign and return this letter, as this document is your employment contract for the year and officially secures your assistantship position. 

Once your employment with the university begins in late August, you will receive information from Human Resources about enrolling in or waiving the health insurance coverage provided to Graduate Assistants. We strongly encourage you to review the health insurance plan, even if you have existing coverage, as it includes excellent coverage at a very low cost.

• Read our full-time faculty bios here.
• Learn more about our faculty and students' work by reading some of these features and check out our program News & Events. 
  • UConn HESA at ACPA21
  • Exploring Intersectionality Methodology During Women’s History Month 
  • UConn at ASHE Highlights
  • Celebrating Latinx Scholarship and Activism in HESA

• Check out this short video feature about the Neag School of Education
• Take a Virtual Tour of UConn
• Take a personalized Virtual Tour hosted by Olivia Hankins (HESA '22)
• Resources for Life at UConn
  • Center for Career Development
  • UConn Cultural Centers
  • Native American Cultural Programs 
  • UConn Faith (with faith organizations directory)
  • UConn Recreation
  • Living on Campus
  • Graduate Assistant Health Benefits
  • UConn Graduate Employee Union
  • Graduate Student Senate
  • Parking & Transportation
  • Off-Campus & Commuter Services
  • Graduate School
  • Graduate Student & Postdoctoral Affairs

For those of you who will be serving as Assistant Residence Hall Directors (ARHDs), your living arrangements will be based on-campus. As for the remainder of the cohort – you may want to begin looking for living arrangements in the UConn area.

We encourage you to use the UConn Off-Campus Housing site to locate housing and to check out the resources from Off-Campus and Commuter Services. Also, general sites like Craigslist (Eastern CT), Apartments.com, or Zillow can provide you with some general context. Below are links to some common places where HESA students live. 

Learn about the area:

• Town of Mansfield
  • Downtown Storrs
• Coventry, CT
• Vernon, CT
• Windham, CT
  • Willimantic Downtown
• Manchester, CT
• Hartford, CT
  • Hartford Has It

Welcome to HESA Guide (PDF)