Human Systems Engineering

Description
The concentration in human systems engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering provides students with an understanding of the science of human performance and with experience, using methods and tools that will enable them to apply their understanding to design and problem-solving in a wide variety of domains, such as product usability, learning design, sports performance, and workplace and hospital safety.

A broad range of professions need experts in human factors to work on problems that involve an understanding of human performance. Interest areas include user experience, aviation human factors, cognitive performance, consumer psychology, transportation human factors, patient safety, effective teamwork, health psychology, learning optimization, social cognition, threat detection, and sports psychology.

Requirements

• Students must complete a minimum of 24 credit hours including 12 of upper division hours for this concentration.
• All courses must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.00) or higher.

Core Courses (18 Credit Hours):

HSE 101 Introduction to Human Systems Engineering (SB) (3)

HSE 225 Human Systems Integration (3) (Prerequisite(s): HSE 101 or PSY 101 with C or better)

HSE 230 Statistics for Human Systems Research I (CS) (3) (Prerequisite(s): HSE 101 or PSY 101 (or PGS 101) with C or better; MAT 117 or 170 or 265 with C or better)

HSE 290 Experimental Methods for Human Systems Research (L) (3) (Prerequisite(s): HSE 101 or PSY 101 with C or better; HSE 230 or PSY 290)

HSE 323 Perceptual Systems (SB) (Prerequisite(s): HSE 101 or PSY 101 with C or better; minimum junior standing)

OR

HSE 324: Applied Cognitive Science (SB) (3) (Prerequisite(s): HSE 101 or PSY 101 with C or better; minimum junior standing)

HSE 325 Human-Computer Interaction (3) (Prerequisite(s): HSE 101 or PSY 101 (or PGS 101) with C or better)

Elective Course (6 Credit Hours):

HSE 422 Human Factors in Sport (3) (Prerequisite(s): HSE 101 or PSY 101 (or PGS 101) with C or better)

HSE 423 Human Factors in Transportation (3) (Prerequisite(s): HSE 101 or PSY 101 (or PGS 101) with C or better)

HSE 424 Human Automation Interaction (3) (Prerequisite(s): HSE 101 or PSY 101 with C or better; Pre- or corequisite(s): HSE 290 or PSY 290; HSE 324 or PSY 324)

HSE 425 Human Factors in Medical Systems (3) (Prerequisite(s): HSE 101 or PSY 101 with C or better; Pre- or corequisite(s): HSE 290 or PSY 290; HSE 324 or PSY 324)

HSE 426 Training and Expertise (3) (Prerequisite(s): HSE 101 or PSY 101 (or PGS 101) with C or better)

HSE 427 Designing for Learning (3) (Prerequisite(s): HSE 101 or PSY 101 with C or better; Pre- or corequisite(s): HSE 290 or PSY 290; HSE 324 or PSY 324)

HSE 428 Judgment and Decision Making (3) (Prerequisite(s): HSE 101 or PSY 101 with C or better; Pre- or corequisite(s): HSE 290 or PSY 290; HSE 324 or PSY 324)

HSE 429 Product Design and Evaluation (3) (Prerequisite(s): HSE 101 or PSY 101 with C or better; Pre- or corequisite(s): HSE 290 or PSY 290; HSE 324 or PSY 324)