Human Systems Engineering, BS

Students in the Human Systems Engineering program become experts in human performance. They apply the methods of experimental psychology and cognitive science to a wide variety of domains such as product usability, sports performance, and workplace and hospital safety.

A broad range of professions needs experts in human factors to work on problems that involve design, training and assessment. Students gain real-world experience by tackling projects that examine cutting-edge issues such as cell phones as a source of driver distraction, detection of improvised explosive devices, process optimization in health care, and even control of unmanned vehicles.

Interest areas include: aviation human factors, cognitive performance, consumer psychology, effective teamwork, health psychology, learning optimization, social cognition, threat detection and user-centered design.