Human-centered engineering design
Human Factors Engineering (HFE) is a discipline that aims to improve society by making technology work better for the people who use it. HFE strives to improve products, workplaces, work procedures and organizations by making them more comfortable, efficient, enjoyable, productive, safe and usable to diverse global human populations.
Who can take the HFE minor?
The HFE minor is open to all undergraduate students in the U-M College of Engineering except for students whose undergrad major is already Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) as they can already learn this course material through their degree requirements.
HFE Minor Faculty Advisor: Yili Liu
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Courses and credit requirements
The HFE minor requires the completion of 15 credits outlined below.
- Required core course: IOE 333 (3 credits)
- Elective HFE courses: At least 12 credits from the following list of courses.
- IOE 430: Global Cultural Systems Engineering
- IOE 431: Human-centered and User Experience Design
- IOE 434: Human Error and Complex System Failures
- IOE 435/535: Quantifying Human Motion Through Wearable Sensors
- IOE 436: Human Factors in Computer Systems
- IOE 437: Automotive Human Factors
- IOE 438: Occupational Safety Management
- IOE 463: Measurement and Design of Work
- IOE 465/570: Design of Experiments
- IOE 533: Human Motor Behavior and Engineering Systems
- IOE 534: Occupational Biomechanics
- IOE 536: Cognitive Ergonomics and Human System Integration
- IOE 539: Safety Engineering Methods
- IOE 563: Advanced Work Design: Volunteer Work
Policies
- Courses taken to meet the requirements of the HFE minor must be taken for a regular grade and receive a grade of C- or better.
- Students must declare a major (other than IOE) before declaring the HFE minor.
- No additional prerequisite is required for the HFE minor.
- No transfer credit from another University is allowed for the HFE minor.
- Students must have at least a 2.0 GPA for the 15 credits of core and elective HFE courses to complete the minor.
