Ergonomics - IDES2201

   
   
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


This course introduces the physiological and psychological aspects of ergonomics/ human factors and their application to product use, work, environment effects and human/machine interface. The course aims to equip students to investigate human-use implications of their design activities with regard to issues such as usability, comfort, efficiency and safety. Project work and workshops will focus on human factors/ ergonomics principles and research methods and their application in Industrial Design and product development.