User-centred Design and Ergonomics (5 cr)

Code: KX00EF38-3004

General information

Enrollment: 01.11.2024 - 31.01.2025
Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 07.01.2025 - 14.03.2025
Implementation has ended.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 5 cr

Local portion: 5 cr

Mode of delivery: On-campus

Unit: (2019-2024) School of Media, Design and Conservation

Campus: Hämeentie 135 D

Teaching languages: Finnish

Degree programmes: Design

Teachers: Miika Lehtinen

Teacher in charge: Juha Ainoa

Groups: KXE23S1TM
Industrial Design

Course: KX00EF38

Implementation has 11 reservations. Total duration of reservations is 77 h 0 min.

Time	Topic	Location
Wed 08.01.2025 time 09:00 - 16:00 (7 h 0 min)	Käyttäjäkeskeinen suunnittelu ja ergonomia KX00EF38-3004	ARP68 Oppimistila 2
Mon 13.01.2025 time 09:00 - 16:00 (7 h 0 min)	Käyttäjäkeskeinen suunnittelu ja ergonomia KX00EF38-3004	ARP68 Oppimistila 2
Wed 15.01.2025 time 09:00 - 16:00 (7 h 0 min)	Käyttäjäkeskeinen suunnittelu ja ergonomia KX00EF38-3004	ARP68 Oppimistila 2
Mon 20.01.2025 time 09:00 - 16:00 (7 h 0 min)	Käyttäjäkeskeinen suunnittelu ja ergonomia KX00EF38-3004	ARP68 Oppimistila 2
Wed 22.01.2025 time 09:00 - 16:00 (7 h 0 min)	Käyttäjäkeskeinen suunnittelu ja ergonomia KX00EF38-3004	ARP68 Oppimistila 2
Mon 24.02.2025 time 09:00 - 16:00 (7 h 0 min)	Käyttäjäkeskeinen suunnittelu ja ergonomia KX00EF38-3004	ARP69 Oppimistila 1
Wed 26.02.2025 time 09:00 - 16:00 (7 h 0 min)	Käyttäjäkeskeinen suunnittelu ja ergonomia KX00EF38-3004	ARP69 Oppimistila 1
Mon 03.03.2025 time 09:00 - 16:00 (7 h 0 min)	Käyttäjäkeskeinen suunnittelu ja ergonomia KX00EF38-3004	ARP69 Oppimistila 1
Wed 05.03.2025 time 09:00 - 16:00 (7 h 0 min)	Käyttäjäkeskeinen suunnittelu ja ergonomia KX00EF38-3004	ARP69 Oppimistila 1
Wed 12.03.2025 time 09:00 - 16:00 (7 h 0 min)	Käyttäjäkeskeinen suunnittelu ja ergonomia KX00EF38-3004	ARP69 Oppimistila 1
Thu 13.03.2025 time 09:00 - 16:00 (7 h 0 min)	Käyttäjäkeskeinen suunnittelu ja ergonomia KX00EF38-3004	ARP69 Oppimistila 1

Changes to reservations may be possible.

Objective

The student will understand the possibilities of user-oriented product development, how to utilise the information within the industry, perspectives for the user experience in design as well as interface design and user testing methods. The student will learn about the basic concepts, methods, modelling, testing in ergonomic design as well as physical and cognitive ergonomics.

Content

- Basic concepts and methods for usability and user-oriented design
- User-oriented design processes in industrial design
- Basics and terminology of ergonomics and ergonomic design
- Human anatomy and mechanism of body function
- Research in ergonomics methodology and design methodology

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student knows the principles of the ergonomic design. The student can describe what modeling, testing and physical and cognitive ergonomics is. The student can describe how the user information is exploited within industries. The student is able to describe user experience design, user interface design and user testing methods.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

he student knows well the principles of the ergonomic design.
The student can describe well what modeling, testing and physical and cognitive ergonomics is. The student can describe how the user information is exploited within industries. The student is able to describe well user experience design, user interface design and user testing methods.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student knows excellently the principles of the ergonomic design.The student can describe very well what modeling, testing and physical and cognitive ergonomics is. The student can describe how the user information is exploited within industries. The student is able to describe very well user experience design, user interface design and user testing methods.