Human Factors for Inclusive Design MSc
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Master
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Loughborough
Overview
The Human Factors for Inclusive Design programme provides an understanding of human factors, with a focus on human requirements and design applications, including systems, workplaces and artefacts, as well as information and communications devices.
Human Factors for Inclusive Design examines how best to ensure a good fit between people, the things they do, the objects they use, and the environments in which they work, travel and play in. You will apply theoretical principles, data and methods to ensure that design is optimised for human wellbeing and overall system performance.
The Human Factors for Inclusive Design programme is professionally recognised by the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF). As the CIEHF is affiliated with the International Ergonomics Association, you will be exposed to a range of valuable employment opportunities worldwide.
You will benefit from teaching provided by world leading academics (for example, Professor George Havenith, Professor Sue Hignett and Professor Andrew Morris), industry experts and specialists in each area, to ensure that you are trained to the highest professional standard.
Previous guest speakers for Human Factors for Inclusive Design include industry experts from Humanscale, EDF Energy, Rolls Royce, AMEC, as well as specialists in health and safety, aviation safety, environmental health, health practitioners and experienced lecturers from other Universities.
The Environmental Ergonomics Research Centre facilities (e.g. environmental test suite, light and vision labs) enable you to the study of the interaction of people with their physical environment. This is located in a specially built facility close to the main School building.
As well as the full-time MSc qualification (8 modules and Project), this programme is also offered as a Postgraduate Diploma (8 modules) and Postgraduate Certificate (4 modules). These can all be studied full-time or part-time.
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About this course
Your personal and professional development
Loughborough Design School is committed to helping you develop the skills and attributes you need to progress successfully in your chosen career.
Future career prospects
Our programmes have strong links with industry. As part of the Human Factors for Inclusive Designprogramme you will also be encouraged to undertake your main project in industry, providing realistic experiences and learning. The programme content has a strong practitioner bias where what you are learning provides vocational training towards a career as an ergonomist or human factors expert.
94% of our 2013 – 2015 graduates from this programme are now in employment or further study.
Successful completion of these programmes will enable you to become a professional ergonomics or a human factors practitioner. The nature of the programmes also opens up possibilities in other scientific and research careers. As part of your Human Factors for Inclusive Design programme, you will be encouraged to undertake your main project in industry, which will enable you to gain more work-related experiences in a related area.
Graduate destinations
Example jobs held by our recent graduates include:
Chief Trials Officer
Ergonomist and Automotive Engineer
Graduate Human Factors Engineer
Human Factors Consultant
Scientist
Usability Engineer
Recent graduate destinations include:
Arup
Atkins
Canadian Army Trials and Evaluation Unit – Canada
Faceui/Facetop Consulting Company – China
Jaguar Land Rover
Medstar Health
Semcon AB
Your personal development
On successful completion of the MSc/PGDip, you should be able to achieve the following:
Information Technology: use instructional material (eg, experimental demonstrations) and research tools (eg,. statistical packages) on computers, and search for relevant material on the internet
numeracy: collect data in numerical form, present it in tables and graphs, and analyse it with a range of statistical tools
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- Play
- Professor Training
- Systems
- Disability
- Interface design
- Philosophy
- Staff
- Evaluation
- Ergonomics
- IT
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- Teaching
- Design
- Materials
- Project
- Industry
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Course programme
What you'll study
Our Human Factors for Inclusive Design MSc is designed to help you develop ergonomics competencies in critical and practical skills and scientific methods necessary for professional practice and for entry to further research training through teaching by research active staff.
Modules
Human Factors for Inclusive Design covers a wide range of topics; to give you a taster we have expanded on some of the core modules affiliated with this programme and the specific assessment methods associated with each module.
Introduction to Ergonomics
Introduction to Ergonomics
Covered on the qualifications: MSc / Diploma / Certificate
Delivery date: 07 – 11 October 2019 inclusive
This module gives an overview of the different areas of ergonomics, providing orientation and context for future modules. In doing so, it introduces many of the academic and research staff who teach on the programmes, along with their areas of expertise and research. The module also gives a first consideration to a range of issues involved in the use and evaluation of products, equipment and other ergonomics interactions.
Module content: the history, philosophy, definition and scope of ergonomics; the human-machine-environment system; examples of research and practice in a wide range of ergonomics specialities.
Human Function
Human Function
Covered on the qualifications: MSc / Diploma / Certificate
Delivery date: 18 – 22 November 2019 inclusive
This module provides a foundation in human function relevant to ergonomics: anatomy, biomechanics, physiology and anthropometry. This includes an understanding of physical performance in work and leisure activities.
Module content: human movement and how the musculoskeletal system supports postural stability; static and dynamic physical work affects; body structures and how work influences physiological systems; fundamentals of anthropometry related to work/activity and its application to design.
Physical Health at Work
Physical Health at Work
Covered on the qualifications: MSc / Diploma / Certificate
Delivery date: 27 - 31 January 2020 inclusive
This module looks at aspects of modern work that can affect physical health. It includes consideration of physical agents such as dust, noise and vibration, and physical risk factors such as manual handling. It approaches these issues by understanding the problems, reviewing guidance and regulation, and discussing approaches to minimising and managing physical health risks at work.
Module content: hearing loss; vibration related disorders; eye strain; heat and cold stress; air quality; regulations and standards; management of risk; minimisation of adverse health effects on the physical environment; occupational stress; display screen equipment.
Disability, Ageing and Inclusive Design
Disability, Ageing and Inclusive Design
Covered on the qualifications: MSc / Diploma / Certificate
Delivery date: 06 – 10 January 2020 inclusive
The aims of this module are to develop an awareness of ageing and disability and explore how ergonomists can play a part in the design of products, services and the built environment for older people and people with disabilities; to explore the concepts of ‘universal’ and ‘inclusive’ design, as applied to particular applications (low and high technology examples); and to examine the role of ergonomics in the development and evaluation of adaptations, generic or individual solutions.
Module content: definitions and demographics; media and social models of ageing and disability; contemporary issues in the philosophy, sociology and psychology of ageing and disability; legislation; information sources and relevant human factors techniques including user requirements capture and evaluation; practical experience and case studies of inclusive design principles and of solving accessibility and usability problems; reviews of current research – for example assistive/rehabilitation technology, inclusive design of products and services and the built environment.
Data Collection and Analysis
Data Collection and Analysis
Covered on the qualifications: MSc / Diploma
Delivery date: 09 – 13 December 2019 inclusive
The aim of this module is to give you an appreciation of issues involved in the collection and analysis of data involving human participants. The module will include both quantitative and qualitative methodology. By the end of the module you will be able to understand the role of experimental design and analysis, the meaning of a number of standard statistical terms, the application of a number of standard statistical tests and the interpretation of the main elements of associated software output. This includes survey methods and techniques; interviewing (individual and group); sampling; analysis of protocols; observational methods; and checklists.
Module content: theory of qualitative data methodology; survey methods and questionnaire design; interviewing in individual and group (focus) settings; task analysis; observational methods; how to use NVivo and SPSS Software; overview of the role of statistics; presentation of data.
Human Factors and Systems
Human Factors and Systems
Covered on the qualifications: MSc / Diploma
Delivery date: 17 – 21 February 2020 inclusive
The aim of this module is to enable you to understand the role of people in systems, and to examine methods for analysing complex systems and designing systems with effective roles for people. Human error is considered by looking at the causation of near misses, incidents, accidents and disasters, in the context of sociotechnical systems thinking.
Module content: the system approach with ergonomics and the role played by humans; methods for carrying out systems ergonomics; task analysis and allocation; accidents and errors; applications in information systems; patient safety; interactive design; job design and teams; human reliability.
Human Computer Interaction
Human Computer Interaction
Covered on the qualifications: MSc / Diploma
Delivery date: 28 October – 01 November 2019 inclusive
This module will give a working knowledge and practical experience of the design and evaluation of human computer interfaces for interactive products and systems in order to create a good user experience. It also aims to give students knowledge of HCI and user interface issues in different application areas.
Module content: description of human-computer interface design principles; a process for user interface design; interface design for particular applications: the car and mobile phones; prototyping, heuristic evaluation and user testing; design of interfaces including a wide range of user abilities.
Environmental Ergonomics
Environmental Ergonomics
Covered on the qualifications: MSc / Diploma
Delivery date: 27 April – 01 May 2020 inclusive
The aim of the module is to enable you to measure and understand the effects of the physical environment on humans, and to provide the basic principles and practice of environmental ergonomics including general philosophy and the effects of noise, vibration, heat, cold, thermal comfort, vision and lighting.
Module content: auditory perception; vibration related comfort; thermal comfort; vision; lighting; indices; regulation and standards; measurement techniques
Project Module (Dissertation)
Project Module (Dissertation)
Covered on the qualification: MSc
Delivery date: 03 – 07 February 2020 inclusive
The aim of the project module is to write a dissertation to: recognise the main ergonomic factors in a given problem/ scenario; to understand the possible inter-relations between these; and to be able to discuss these and find more information on the issues and relationships in order to prepare possible courses of action.
Module content: you will learn how to systematically search and critically evaluate the literature. This includes ethics, methods, hypotheses, approach to the study, framework, models, results, analyses, interpretation etc. The project is conducted on an individual basis, usually in an industrial setting in your chosen area of specialism, under the supervision of a member of academic staff.
Our extensive industrial network often contact us with possible projects for this module. This provides you with the opportunity to work on a real industry project which will be company based and may be within the UK or outside it. If you are currently in employment you may also undertake a project related to your place of work.
Examples of past projects include: an investigation of slips, trips and falls at a UK water supplier; evaluation of the effectiveness of a patient warning mattress; musculoskeletal disorders in medial gas filling operatives; cyclists use of lights and visibility promoting equipment.
Human Factors for Inclusive Design MSc