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HUMAN FACTORS DESIGN

Course Code:
IA 231
Active Term:
Fall Term
/ All Years
Course Description:

This course emphasizes how human performance, health, safety and behaviors are influenced by the design of work, play and living environments. Students will gain an understanding of how the work of interior design is informed by knowledge of the sciences with emphasis on the behavioral sciences and human factors. Students will further explore and understand the design of the built environment in an ecological, socio-economic, and cultural context with emphasis on evidence-based research and design. Students will be provided with analytical tools with which to assess and recommend for change the elements of an interior environment that do not support the health, safety and performance of the users of the space.

Credit:
3
Instruction methods:
Lecture
Total hours: 45
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