Graduation Requirements

In order to ensure academic success, it is imperative that students pursuing an M.S. degree in Human Factors/Ergonomics have a solid understanding of what their graduation requirements are and how they can fulfill them.

Take a look at the following core and elective courses below. You can also go to the SJSU catalog for detailed course listings.

• Industrial & Systems Engineering
• ISE 210 Human Factors / Ergonomics (3 units)
• ISE 211 Experiment Design for Human Factors Engr (3 units)
• ISE 290 Human Factors & Ergonomics Professional Seminar (2 units)*
• Psychology
• Psyc 273 Seminar in Human Factors (3 units)
• Kinesiology
• KIN 266 Motor Learning (3 units)
• Human Factors Experiments and Writing Requirement
• ISE 212 - Human Factors Experiments (3 units)
• Electives (9 units)
• Thesis preparation & Thesis (4 units)

Total: 30 units

For more information about the thesis or final project, please visit our dedicated page on the subject.

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*Seminar Unit Registration Graduate Program in Human Factors & Ergonomics Policy Statement

Each Human Factors/Ergonomics student is required to complete the 2cr ISE 290 Human Factors/Ergonomics professional seminar. The seminar is typically completed during the student's first year in the program.

Electives may be selected from a wide range of graduate courses offered on the SJSU campus in Industrial Engineering, Psychology, Kinesiology, and other departments. Please remember your Program Director must sign off on anything before you will be credited in your degree.

• Potential List of Approved Electives
  • - BIOL 265 Environmental Health
    - CS 151 Object-Oriented Programming
    - CS 152 Programming Paradigms
    - DSID 131 Interactive and Interface Design
    - DSID 226 Ergonomics for Design
    - KIN 250 Fundamentals of Quantitative Research
    - KIN 251 Analysis of Research and Issues in Human Performance
    - KIN 255 Advanced Exercise Physiology
    - KIN 257 Biomechanics
    - ISE 114 Safety Engineering
    - ISE 120 Work Method Design and Measurement
    - ISE 217 Human-Computer Interaction I
    - ISE 218 Interaction Design I
    - ISE 219 HCI for Cyber Security
    - ISE 220 Interaction Design II
    - ISE 215 Usability Evaluation and Testing
    - ISE 260 Process Improvements in Healthcare
    - ISE 261 Medical Errors Reduction and Patients Safety Engineering
    - Psyc 206 Psychology of Individual Differences
    - Psyc 220 Seminar in Experimental Psychology (Meets writing requirement)
    - Psyc 235 Seminar in Cognitive Psychology
    - Psyc 240 Research Design and Applied Psychometrics
    - Psyc 255 Seminar in Learning
    - Psyc 256 Seminar in Perception
    - Psyc 257 Seminar in Motivation