HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING DESIGN AND EVALUATION

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: I SY E/PSYCH 349 and INTEREGR 397 or concurrent enrollment or 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. Apply observation and interview skills to understand customer needs and system interactions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Translate observation and interview data into models of customer requirements and system constraints Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Communicate model content to the customer and to marketing, engineering, management, and other members of the design team Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Translate work models into aesthetically appealing and functional design concepts and prototypes Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Evaluate and iterate prototype designs into a system that satisfies customer requirements Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Design a user study to resolve a design issue, such as the choice of opt-in or opt-out default Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply observation and interview skills to understand customer needs and system interactions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Translate observation and interview data into models of customer requirements and system constraints Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Communicate model content to the customer and to marketing, engineering, management, and other members of the design team Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Translate work models into aesthetically appealing and functional design concepts and prototypes Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Evaluate and iterate prototype designs into a system that satisfies customer requirements Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Design a user study to resolve a design issue, such as the choice of opt-in or opt-out default Audience: Graduate