Arizona State University
Human Factors & Usability Engineering: Designing for Humans Specialization
Arizona State University

Human Factors & Usability Engineering: Designing for Humans Specialization

Design systems that are better suited for users. Learn how to design better products and services

Robert Gray

Instructor: Robert Gray

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
4.7

(36 reviews)

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Courses 1-2:

    Human factors relevance & key applications; methods for studying & reducing human error; human-centered design for improved usability.

  • Course 3:

    Consider products, technologies & systems. Compare/contrast perceptual displays & understand trade-offs in designing effective interfaces.

  • Course 4:

    Consider human limitations. Distinguish among types of attention & memory; identify strategies & heuristics used for decision making.

  • Course 5:

    Consider human performance and types of controls. Understand & identify key factors that influence how humans produce & sense motion.

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Specialization - 5 course series

What you'll learn

  • You will learn about human factors and will identify key human factors applications as well as compare and contrast methods for reducing human error.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Human Factors
Category: User Experience Design
Category: Systems Thinking
Category: Usability
Category: Accident Prevention
Category: Human Machine Interfaces
Category: Human Factors Engineering

What you'll learn

  • Learn how to distinguish methods for studying human error and analyze methodologies for evaluating the usability of products, technologies & systems.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Usability
Category: User Research
Category: Human Centered Design
Category: Research Design
Category: Case Studies
Category: Usability Testing
Category: Research Methodologies
Category: Human Factors
Category: User Experience Design
Category: Data Collection
Category: Interaction Design
Category: Experimentation
Category: Human Computer Interaction
Category: User Interface (UI)

What you'll learn

  • You will be able to compare and contrast different types of perceptual displays and understand the trade-offs in designing effective interfaces.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Human Computer Interaction
Category: User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design
Category: Graphic and Visual Design
Category: Human Machine Interfaces
Category: Design
Category: Computer Displays
Category: Human Factors
Category: Display Devices
Category: Usability

What you'll learn

  • Learn to distinguish between types of attention & memory, and identify strategies and heuristics used for decision making & problem solving.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Decision Making
Category: Human Learning
Category: Human Centered Design
Category: Problem Solving
Category: User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design
Category: Creativity
Category: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Category: Psychology
Category: Usability

What you'll learn

  • You will be introduced to types of controls, be able to understand and identify key factors that influence how humans produce & sense motion.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Human Factors
Category: Human Centered Design
Category: Mechanics
Category: Product Design
Category: Human Musculoskeletal System
Category: Control Systems
Category: Sports Medicine
Category: Rehabilitation
Category: Injury Prevention
Category: Human Factors Engineering

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Robert Gray
Arizona State University
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