ORG 8130 - Human Performance/Human Factors

(3 units)

Human factors is an interdisciplinary science concerned with understanding the characteristics of human performance and applying this knowledge to the design of systems and devices intended for human use and operation within a specified environment. This seminar is intended to provide advanced graduate students a broad overview of major topics, methods and issues in human factors engineering. The aims of the course are to discuss concepts, principles and theoretical models that promote effective system design, to illustrate methods and procedures for the solution of applied problems and to identify appropriate reference material useful to the human factors specialist.
Prerequisites: 2nd year graduate standing
May be taken for “ORG 8800 Advanced Seminar in Organizational Studies” credit.