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| Dr. Paul Green, UMTRI | ||
| Dr. Christopher Wickens, Alion Science and Technology | ||
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| Center for Professional Development | ||
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| Page updated Febuary, 2008 | ||
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| Course Description: The University of Michigan's Human Factors Short Course is is offered by the University of Michigan's Center for Professional Development, but is coordinated in part by UMTRI staff. This two-week continuing education course concerns the design of systems, products, and services to make them easier, safer, and more effective for human use. It emphasizes principles and concepts, and profiles examples of applications. Human Factors Concepts (Week 1) is a broad survey of human factors topics important to designers and researchers. Human Computer Interaction (Week 2) presents an overview of major topics and issues in human-computer interaction together with mini-workshops and seminars on selected principles, methods, and procedures that provide the foundation for design of effective human-computer systems. Most students register to attend both weeks, but you can register for a single week only. Course Dates Monday July 28th to Friday August 8th, 2008 Course Location: The annual Human Factors Short Course is held in the Chrysler Building on the University of Michigan's Engineering Campus (North Campus), Ann Arbor, Michigan. Ann Arbor is about a 35 minute drive from Detroit Metro Airport and there is a roundtrip shuttle service from the airport to the various hotels in town for a fee of about $30. More detailed travel information can be found under the Transportation link in the menu to the left. Human factors professionals and those relatively new to the field who are interested in a broad overview of topics in Human Factors Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction. Course Benefits:
Course registration is handled through the University of Michigan's Center for Professional Development. The current costs are as follows: 1 week TBD (for 5-1/2 days of instruction or TBD/day) - for 2007 The following link will take you to CPD's 2008 Human Factors Short Course registration page: Click here to Register for the 49th Annual Human Factors Short Course. All payments should be payable to the University of Michigan and include a note referring to the Center for the Professional Development Human Factors Course. Payment can be made by check, purchase order, credit card, or in some cases, by reference to a government contract. If you register on the web, you may wish to list your credit card number. If you pay via check or purchase order, send your payment to: The Center for Professional Development |
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