Graduate Certificate Courses

IE 479: Human-Centered Product Design and Innovation (3 cr)

Consumer product design for a global market, incorporating human factors principles and user desires in a multicultural perspective. Prerequisite: IE 408 or IE 419 or equivalent.

IE 553: Engineering of Human Work (3 cr)

Physics and physiology of humans at work; models of muscle strength, dynamic movements; neural control; physical work capacity; rest allocation. Prerequisite: BIOL 141 or BIOL 472.

IE 558: Engineering of Cognitive Work (3 cr)

Information processing and decision-making models of the human in the modern workplace, emphasizing visual inspection and other industrial applications. Prerequisite: IE 323 and IE 408.