Human Factors: People, Systems and Risk

Course aim

This course will introduce students to the field of human factors, and develop skills in the use of human factors methods as applied to a range of workplace settings.

Course content

Exploring safety in high-risk industries such as aviation, rail and healthcare, and the interaction between psychology and engineering in the post-industrial workplace. Major human factors considerations in the areas of cognition, physiology, stressors, teamwork, and human error. A range of methods used in the analysis of human factors issues in the workplace.

Textbook(s)

Wickens, CD, Gordon, SE & Liu, Y. 2005, An introduction to human factors engineering, 4th edition, Addison Wesley Longman, New York, NY

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BEHL 2005	Introductory Research Methods

Two Level 2 Psychology courses or at the discretion of the Course Coordinator.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Workshop	3 hours x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External	3 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Examination, Project, Task analysis

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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