Graduate Certificate in
Human Factors

Students pursuing this certificate are equipped to analyze human performance and limitations in a range of situations, and they also earn 12 graduate-level credits.

The Human Factors graduate certificate gives a competitive edge to its graduates by equipping practitioners and researchers to critically analyze human performance capabilities, limitations, and errors across a wide array of industries and applications. With rapid advances in science, technology, and applications in automation, robotics, artificial intelligence, and virtual/augmented reality, sociotechnical interfaces are becoming increasingly more complex.

This trend emphasizes the need to optimize the interaction between humans and systems, to enhance safety, security, performance, usability, and satisfaction.

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About Human Factors at the Worldwide & Online Campus

The multidisciplinary curriculum is for working professionals, as is evidenced by the flexibility of the online platform and highly relevant content, applications, and assessment protocols.

In addition to the certificate, students earn 12 graduate-level credits,

which can go towards a master’s degree at Embry-Riddle. This program leads students towards the online Master of Science in Human Factors degree by taking 18 additional graduate credits, or 21 additional credits for the thesis option.

The Human Factors certificate program is designed to give a competitive edge to its graduates by equipping practitioners and researchers to critically analyze human performance capabilities, limitations, and error across a wide array of industries and applications. With rapid advances in science, technology, and applications in automation, robotics, artificial intelligence, and virtual/augmented realty, sociotechnical interfaces are becoming increasingly more complex. This trend emphasizes the need to optimize the interaction between humans and systems, to enhance safety, security, performance, usability, and satisfaction. The multidisciplinary curriculum was designed for working professionals, as is evidenced by the flexibility of the online platform and highly relevant content, applications, and assessment protocols. A total of 12 credits, four courses, are required to complete the program. The required courses support Human Factors and Ergonomics Society tenets, with a concentration on applied cognition, psychology, physiology, and ergonomics.

Note: Certificate programs are not eligible for Title IV Federal Financial Aid unless taken as part of a degree program.

Human Factors
Certificate

MSHF 606	Human Cognition	3
MSHF 612	Human Performance, Limitation, and Error	3
MSHF 624	Ergonomics and Biomechanics	3
MSHF 640	Human Physiology and Adaptation	3
Total Credits		12