1 credit
Fall 2025 Laboratory Upper Division
This course will be the laboratory component for HSCI 58000. Occupational Biomechanics and Ergonomics. Laboratory exercises will accompany and illustrate each topic discussed during the lecture course. An ergonomic project will allow the students to evaluate an individual performing a job and provide ergonomic recommendations to improve the work situation. The course will also emphasize report writing, teamwork, and communication skills.
Learning Outcomes1Evaluate scientific literature to identify the strengths & weaknesses of study designs, interpretation of results, and implications for the future.
2Display techniques for performing ergonomic measurements.
3Evaluate ergonomic hazards of the workplace and make recommendations to correct the identified hazards.
4Write professional quality reports summarizing laboratory procedures, clearly display experiment results, and interpret those results in the context of the principles learned in the HSCI 58000 lectures.
Prerequisites
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