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2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

PSY 407 - Human Factors Psychology


2013-2014 Catalog Year

This course will provide an in depth review of the application of psychology to the design, development, and assessment of sytems, products and information. Students will be provided iwth an understanding of human abilities, the user centered design process that accounts for those abilities, and methodologies for assessing usability. Through the review of case studeies human factors issues related to human-computer interfaces, control design, workspace design an dthe needs fo special populations (e.g. elderly) will be studied.
Prerequisite: PSY 100 and 290 and upper division standing.

credit: 3