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COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

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Course Name
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
Fall/Spring
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
-
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s)
Course Objectives
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Will be able to define key concepts in each of the major topic areas covered
  • Will be able to explain the breadth and depth of the Human Factors discipline
  • Will be able to apply Human Factors Engineering (HFE) data and principles to the design and evaluation of systems
  • Will be able to describe how the design of controls, displays, and related devices are affected by human factors
  • Will be able to explain information theory and its applications
  • Will be able to explain signal detection theory and its applications
  • Will be able to define physical capabilities and limitations of humans and apply in manual materials handling
Course Description

 



Course Category

 Core Courses
Major Area Courses
X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Human Factors and Systems, Human Factors Research Methodologies Reading Sanders and McCormick, Chapter 1, 2
2 Information Input and Processing Reading Sanders and McCormick, Chapter 3
3 Text, Graphics, Symbols, and Codes Reading Sanders and McCormick, Chapter 4
4 Visual Displays of Dynamic Information Reading Sanders and McCormick, Chapter 5
5 Auditory, Tactual, and Olfactory Displays Reading Sanders and McCormick, Chapter 6
6 Speech Communications Reading Sanders and McCormick, Chapter 7
7 Physical Work and Manual Materials Handling Reading Sanders and McCormick, Chapter 8
8 Motor Skills Reading Sanders and McCormick, Chapter 9
9 Human Control of Systems Reading Sanders and McCormick, Chapter 10
10 Controls and Data Entry Devices Reading Sanders and McCormick, Chapter 11
11 Hand Tools and Devices Reading Sanders and McCormick, Chapter 12
12 Applied Anthropometry, Work Space Design, and Seating Reading Sanders and McCormick, Chapter 13
13 Arrangement of Components within a Physical Space Reading Sanders and McCormick, Chapter 14
14 Interpersonal Aspects of Work Place Design Reading Sanders and McCormick, Chapter 15
15 Environmental Conditions: Illumination, Climate, Noise, Motion Reading Sanders and McCormick, Chapter 16, 17, 18, 19
16 Review of the Semester  
Course Notes/Textbooks Textbook: Sanders and McCormick, Human Factors in Engineering and Design, McGraw Hill, 1993.
Suggested Readings/Materials Kantowitz and Sorkin, HumanFactorsUnderstanding PeopleSystems Relationships, John Wiley, 1983. Wickens, Lee, Liu, and Gordon Becker, An Introduction to Human Factors Engineering, Prentice Hall, 2004. Scientific journal articles about the topics covered in the course.

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
5
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
15
Presentation / Jury
Project
1
20
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
25
Final Exam
1
35
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
65
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
35
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
16
1
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
15
Presentation / Jury
Project
1
16
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
10
Final Exams
1
15
    Total
120

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
 Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1 Be able to define problems in real life by identifying functional and nonfunctional requirements that the software is to execute
2 Be able to design and analyze software at component, subsystem, and software architecture level
3 Be able to develop software by coding, verifying, doing unit testing and debugging
4 Be able to verify software by testing its behaviour, execution conditions, and expected results
5 Be able to maintain software due to working environment changes, new user demands and the emergence of software errors that occur during operation
6 Be able to monitor and control changes in the software, the integration of software with other software systems, and plan to release software versions systematically
7 To have knowledge in the area of software requirements understanding, process planning, output specification, resource planning, risk management and quality planning
 X
8 Be able to identify, evaluate, measure and manage changes in software development by applying software engineering processes
9 Be able to use various tools and methods to do the software requirements, design, development, testing and maintenance
10 To have knowledge of basic quality metrics, software life cycle processes, software quality, quality model characteristics, and be able to use them to develop, verify and test software
11 To have knowledge in other disciplines that have common boundaries with software engineering such as computer engineering, management, mathematics, project management, quality management, software ergonomics and systems engineering X
12 Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics, and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering X
13

Be able to use a foreign language to follow related field publications and communicate with colleagues

 X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 

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