OCCUPATIONAL ERGONOMICS AND BIOMECHANICS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: PSYCH/I SY E 349 or B M E 315 , graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Evaluate jobs, equipment, tools, products, and environments, in which people play a significant role, for health and safety hazards and the risk of injuries and illnesses Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Devise how to reduce or eliminate physical stresses and the risk of injuries and illnesses in jobs, equipment, tools, products, and environments Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Design jobs, workspaces and products for a diverse work population, to accommodate the variability of human dimensions strength, endurance, and physical capacity to do work Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Design jobs equipment, tools, products, and environments so that human capabilities are maximized, physical stress is minimized, and workload is optimized Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Identify fundamental physiological principles and biomechanical theories that are germane to the evaluation, design and reduction or elimination of stresses and strain in jobs, equipment, tools, products, and environments Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Evaluate jobs, equipment, tools, products, and environments, in which people play a significant role, for health and safety hazards and the risk of injuries and illnesses Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Devise how to reduce or eliminate physical stresses and the risk of injuries and illnesses in jobs, equipment, tools, products, and environments Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Design jobs, workspaces and products for a diverse work population, to accommodate the variability of human dimensions strength, endurance, and physical capacity to do work Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Design jobs equipment, tools, products, and environments so that human capabilities are maximized, physical stress is minimized, and workload is optimized Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Identify fundamental physiological principles and biomechanical theories that are germane to the evaluation, design and reduction or elimination of stresses and strain in jobs, equipment, tools, products, and environments Audience: Graduate