Human Factors Engineering (Nexus)
About this course
This hands-on, multidisciplinary training programme provides essential user interface design experience for anyone looking to improve their organisation through proven evaluation techniques.
Week 1 focuses on human factors concepts, offering a broad survey of human factors topics important to designers and researchers. Week 2 focuses on human-computer interaction (HCI) and intelligent system design.
Who should attend?
Engineers, psychologists, medical professionals, managers and others interested in human factors, human-computer interaction or usability. Attendees often work in industry, government or the military.
Expected outcomes
- Understand the major topics in design, evaluation, and research, along with current recommendations for common design problems.
- Learn how to measure human anthropometry, estimate task completion times, and use methods in human-computer interaction.
- Select special topics of interest from 14 seminars and workshops, including cognitive task analysis, occupational ergonomic methods, usability testing, and cognitive walkthroughs.
- Observe current research and human factors applications during tours of the U-M Center for Ergonomics, National Center for Patient Safety and more.
- Earn a digital badge and a digital certificate.
About Nexus
Nexus provides professional education certificates, support for the design and delivery of online credit courses and degrees, and custom programs that are practical, grounded in research, and taught by faculty and lecturers from throughout the College and beyond. By offering multiple entry paths and delivery options - online, on campus, on location, and hybrid - learners engage with renowned U-M faculty in a way that best fits their needs, priorities and preferences.
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