PSX_514 Human Factors Engineering

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jiří Vašek (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Pavel Humpolíček, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
Requirements
Basic orientation in general (mostly cognitive) psychology, research methods, data collection methods, statistics, and psychometry.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
Course objectives
Goals of the subject
Provide students with basic knowledge of Engineering psychology / Human Factors as a scientific discipline, provide overview of its methods and tools, demonstrate its relation to basic and applied disciplines in psychology, and introduce Human Centered Design principles including their application in system design.
Acquired competencies
After completing the course, students will be able to understand relationships between the human information processing and system design and they would be able to apply basics of the Human Centered Design process in system design.
Syllabus
  • Content
  • 1. Introduction to Human Factors
  • 2. HF methodology
  • 3. Usability design process
  • 4. Visual and auditory perception in system design
  • 5. Attention, memory, and workload in system design
  • 6. Displaying and coding information
  • 7. Design of systems’ displays and control
  • 8. Human Computer Interaction
  • 9. Automation and adaptive automation
  • 10. Human error, accidents, and safety
Literature
    recommended literature
  • - Wickens, C.D, Lee, J.D., Introduction to Human Factors Engineering (2nd edition), Gordon-Becker, Prentice Hall, 2004.
Teaching methods
- Lecturing
- Inquiries / problem solving during lectures
- Short assignments (e.g. photograph of a bad design)
- Workshops (e.g. design of a system)
Assessment methods
Attendance >70% Three bad design examples collected as homework & presented during the lecture Students’ activity during lectures - design work in teams
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Only for english speaking students.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Spring 2018.
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