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Master of Applied Science: Human Factors and Usability Testing Option

Courses

The courses for the MAS includes 18 hours of core professional courses:

COM 501 Professional and Organizational Communications (3)
MGT 503 Organization Theory (3)
MKT 505 Marketing Strategy (3)
ECO 507 Managerial Economics (3)
MAT 509 Technical Analysis for Decision Making (4)
MAS 595 Graduate Colloquium (2)

An additional 16 credits are required with this option:

Required Human Factors Core: (13 Credits)
  PSY 590  Cognition and Perception in Design (3)
  PSY 600  Research Methods in Human Factors (3)
  PSY 610  User Centered Design Methods and Tools (3)
  PSY 650/660/680/690 Internship or Thesis (4)

Elective: (3 credits)
  ETC 520 Technical Documentation and Editing (3)
  PSY 500 Testing and Assessment (3)
  ART 539 Computer Graphic Design (3)
  PSY 515 Applied Univariate and Multivariate Analysis (3)
  PSY 699 Special Topics in Human Factors  (3)

Internship Information
Internship opportunities are available at a number of regional businesses. For those students who elect not to do an internship, a thesis option will be available.