Human Factors

Catalog description

The principles of the life sciences, engineering, and mathematics are applied to the investigation of existing and proposed socio-technical systems. Methods for the reduction of fatigue and human error are taught. Various fields of human factors and the fundamental concepts of the discipline are introduced. This course provides the basics of human perceptual, cognitive, and motor abilities relevant to human factors. This course also offers class project opportunities gain experience using human factors knowledge in actual applied settings. Offered: Fall and Spring.