Undergraduate Degrees, page 2
Institute of Safety and Systems Management

Minor in Safety

A basic understanding of the principles of safety is also of great value to individuals in other careers. The courses in the minor are designed to allow engineering majors to incorporate safety principles in designing technology. A knowledge of modern safety concepts is a strong asset to managers who must consider not only employee health and welfare in their decisions but also potential risk to the consumer and environment as well.

A total of 18 units, of which 16 must be upper division, must be completed.

Required coursesUnits
HUFA 432Ergonomics and Information Processing3
SASC 300Safety, Health and Environmental Management3
SASC 320Safety Technology3
SASC 422System Safety3
Two electives6

Students should choose the electives in consultation with their faculty advisor.

Minor in Human Factors

Human Factors is the study and practice of optimizing the interactions of people, technology and work environments to achieve efficient and effective system and organizational performance. It is a professional field that is growing rapidly because of its critical impacts in an age of high technology. For example, many analysts have attributed such major disasters as Bhopal and Chernobyl to a failure to understand and apply the principles of human factors.

The Human Factors minor is designed to be a valuable educational supplement to many other programs. Students majoring in such fields as business or public administration, engineering, architecture, education, military science, psychology, and the physical sciences will be adding to their knowledge and bolstering their background through the study of human factors. They will learn both concepts and practical principles for the design of systems in which people can perform effectively.

Requirements

Students must be in good academic standing at the time of entry. They will be required to maintain at least a 2.0 GPA. All USC students must complete Expository Writing 101 before entry.

A total of 18 units, of which 16 must be upper division, must be completed. These units may be selected from the following list:

CoursesUnits
HUFA 200People and Technology: An Introduction to Human Factors3
HUFA 301Judgment and Decision Making3
HUFA 365Introduction to Macro-Human Factors3
HUFA 415Safety Training Development3
HUFA 427xCognitive Performance in Human Factors3
HUFA 432Ergonomics and Information Processing 3
HUFA 441xErgonomics and Physical Performance3
HUFA 465xHuman Factors Applications to Special Areas and Populations 3
PSYC 318LApplied Research Methods 4

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