Course title:
Ergonomics
Primary programme:
Fizikus mérnök BSc
ECTS credits:
2
Course type:
elective
Number of lectures per week:
2
Number of practices per week:
0
Number of laboratory exercises per week:
0
Further knowledge transfer methods:
-
Grading:
Coursework grade
Special grading methods:
-
Semester:
6
Prerequisites:
-
Responsible lecturer:
Dr. Károly Hercegfi, associate professor, PhD
Lecturers and instructors:
Course description:
The basic objective of the subject is to acquire the approach of Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE). Participants become sensitive to the role of requirements from a wide variety of user characteristics during different development processes.
Reading materials:
Sanders, M.S., McCormick, E.J. (1993): Human Factors in Engineering and Design. McGraw-Hill, London (7th ed.). ISBN 978-0070549012
Salvendy, G., Karwowski, W. (eds.) (2021): Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics. Wiley, (5th ed.) ISBN 978-1119636083
List of competences:
Please find the detailed list, as quoted from the Hungarian training and outcome requirements of the Physicist Engineer program, in the Hungarian version of the course description.