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Usability and Ergonomics (5 cr)

Code: SK00CQ44-3003

General information


Enrollment

16.12.2019 - 10.01.2020

Timing

01.01.2020 - 31.07.2020

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 30

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Interior Architecture and Furniture Design

Teachers

  • Sami Helin
  • Sanna Haapanen

Teacher in charge

Sanna Haapanen

Groups

  • SKKV19SP
    Sisustusarkkitehtuuri ja kalustesuunnittelu, päivätoteutus

Objective

Following the successful completion of the course, the student is expected to be: familiar with the different areas of ergonomics, able to find necessary information from a variety of sources, able to use ergonomics in design and able to consult experts in various areas of ergonomics.

Content

The course covers ergonomic concepts, anthropometry, ergonomic modelling, and measurement. Students learn to identify ergonomic requirements in products and surroundings.

Location and time

Contact the teacher

Materials

https://www.ttl.fi/en/
The Measure of Man and Woman: Human Factors in Design Revised Edition by Henry Dreyfuss Associates (2001)

Teaching methods

Scheduled track:
Teaching organized according to timetable, in addition to working order share of the independent work as agreed.

Independent track:
The learning process that has been integrated into the work will be possible if in your assignments you can develop the know-how that has been mentioned in the objectives and contents of the study module. Contact the teacher of the study module before the beginning of the study module in good time to determine it
• is the learning process that has been integrated into the work possible in your own assignment
• what kind evidence you are able to give from your know-how
• witch parts of the study module you have to participate in teaching

Blended track:
Contact the teacher

Completion alternatives

The learning process that has been integrated into the work will be possible if in your assignments you can develop the know-how that has been mentioned in the objectives and contents of the study module. Contact the teacher of the study module before the beginning of the study module in good time to determine it
• is the learning process that has been integrated into the work possible in your own assignment
• what kind evidence you are able to give from your know-how
• witch parts of the study module you have to participate in teaching

Student workload

5 cr is 135 h. Independent work 55 h.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

It is estimated: learning exercises and the student's self-reflection.
Grounds: contents, plane of exercises and the student's own estimate of the learning.
Active participation and approved assignments
Excellent (5), Good (4-3), Satisfactory (2-1) Fail (0)