The objectives of this course are two-fold: 1) to introduce the field of
human factors and the fundamental concepts of the discipline, 2) to introduce
the way in which human factors specialists think. To best accomplish these
objectives the course is broken down into two parts. The first part of
the class will provide the basics of human perceptual, cognitive, and motor
abilities relevant to human factors. The second part of the course will
consist the class working on projects to gain experience using human factors
knowledge in actual applied settings. Thus, this course will move from
the classroom to application of that knowledge in order to give you a taste
of the work done by human factors professionals.