170. Industrial Design and Human Factors. (3) Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisites: upper division standing. This course surveys topics
related to the design of products and interfaces ranging from alarm
clocks, cell phones, and dashboards to logos, presentations, and web
sites. Design of such systems requires familiarity with Human Factors and
Ergonomics, including the physics and perception of color, sound, and
touch, as well as familiarity with case studies and contemporary practices
in interface design and usability testing. Students will solve a series of
design problems individually and in teams. (SP) Goldberg
NOTE: I will be on Sabbatical in Spring 2005. A variant
of this course, IEOR 170: Human Factors and Existential Phenomenology, will
be offered in Fall 2005 pending approval. Information on that
course will be posted in time for Spring registration.
course page: http://www.ieor.berkeley.edu/~goldberg/courses/S04/170/
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