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Dept. of Human Work Science

ARE001 Case Studies in Ergonomics 3.0 ECTS credits

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LANGUAGE: English

EXAMINER
H Shanavaz Prof

PREREQUISITES
Possess a bachelor degree in science or 120 university points in the field of science and have proficiency in English

COURSE AIM
To highlight the trend of ergonomics in the world and introduce some ergonomic applications and success stories.

CONTENTS
Ergonomics and its objectives; Current ergonomics and work environment problems at various work places; Different areas of ergonomics application and the trend of ergonomics research and activities.

TEACHING
Lectures and compulsory assignment. The students shall work individually in carrying out a case study in ergonomics and shall present their findings with recommendations

EXAMINATION
Carrying out individual miniproject on ergonomics application and forwarding a written report. Oral questions during presentation
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COURSE LITTERATURE
1. Galer, I., 1987. Applied Ergonomics Handbook, Butterworth.London 2. Gay, K., 1986. Ergonomics: Making Product and Places Fit People, Enslow Publishers, INC 3. Grandjean, E., 1986, Fitting the Task to the Man, Taylor and Francis

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