CDL COURSE ENTRY FORM


Author: Bernice Kennedy/SUNY
Last modified by: Laura Wait/SUNY
Composed: 09/09/2003 06:51 PM
Curriculum Committee Approval Date:
Modified: 03/24/2009
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Course Number: (prefix) HDV (number) 282184 ESC 2.0 Course number:

Name: The Psychology of Human Factors - ARCHIVED 3/09
Datatel Title: (30char) The Psychology of Human Factor

Area Coordinator: Ronnie Mather Department Code: 10PS Team:

Liberal Study? YES Level: LOWER Credits: 4 Prerequisite? YES
General Education Course? YES GenEd Approval Term/Year:

GenEd Area 1: 3. Social SciencesFully or Partially: f
GenEd Area 2: Fully or Partially:



Pre-registration Information?
Course will be offered (for online course descriptions, proposed offerings for by term views and web views)
Fall 1		Course will be offered (for final term listings, online registration, online bookordering, web views)
Fall 1
First Term Offered: (Required Format: YearTerm - i.e., 2005SP)
Last Term Offered in Print Version:
Title Changes:
AC Changes:
BK Number: 25

Description: THIS COURSE WAS LAST OFFERED IN SEPT 2008.

This course is the study of how humans, whether at work or at play, interact with the vast assortment of objects in their environments. Many of the products, objects and technologies we use each day function well for us. They are easy to figure out and they do what we want them to do, each and every time. Other products may fail to do what we need them to do -- in part or all together. Why are some things so easy to use while others are so difficult? Why do we need to have such extensive manuals just to set our watches? In general, this course is concerned with refining and improving the relationship between humans and their technology. This course will address this issue in a two-part format. During the first half of the course, students will examine some of the basic underpinnings of human factors and psychology to help us understand how human characteristics and behaviors can guide good design. In the second half, students will begin to apply these principles to the designs of a wide variety of applications, ranging from ubiquitous objects we encounter every day to computer applications and the World Wide Web.

Prerequisites: students should have already taken Introduction to Psychology or equivalent.

This course fully meets the General Education requirement in Social Sciences.

Generic:



Major Course Area
Human Development		Minor Course Area
Psychology		SLN Disciplines
Psychology
Additional Course Requirements
WWW Computer Conference		 Undergrad Certificate Association:


1


Meets General Education Requirement

Required Booknote:

Optional Booknote:


Archive Course: Yes
Archived for Development:

genedcode for dpplanner: 3^f~8

genedfull area for dpplanner: Social Sciences