Human Factors and Ergonomics

Catalog description

This course emphasizes the role of human factors in workplace and work task design with emphasis on complex technical industries. Topics include traditional material such as anthropometry, control/display design, visual and auditory acuity and their importance in work design, circadian rhythms and their implications for work design and shift work, psychomotor skills, and learning and memory. Also included are concepts of physiological aspects in ergonomics and the anthropometric principles in workspace and equipment design.