Engineering Psychology

By Prof. Naveen Kashyap | IIT Guwahati

Learners enrolled: 1462 | Exam registration: 238

ABOUT THE COURSE:
Psychology helps us in understanding our own behavior and the behaviors of others. The field of engineering psychology helps us in solving engineering within the limits of human cognition. The present course will discuss some basic engineering design problems and provide solutions to these using the basic concepts of human cognition

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Students, Teachers

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: HCI industries

Summary

Course Status :	Ongoing
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Humanities and Social Sciences Psychology
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	19 Aug 2024
End Date :	11 Oct 2024
Enrollment Ends :	19 Aug 2024
Exam Registration Ends :	30 Aug 2024
Exam Date :	03 Nov 2024 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Basics of Engineering Psychology

Lecture 1: Introduction 1

Lecture 2: Introduction 2

Week 2: Basics of Engineering Psychology

Lecture 3: Research Methods 1

Lecture 4: Research Methods 2

Week 3: Physiological Functions

Lecture 5: Visual and tactile display - 1

Lecture 6: Visual and tactile display – 2

Lecture 7: Auditory display - 1

Week 4: Physiological functions

Lecture 8: Auditory display – 2

Lecture 9: Methods of Evaluation – 1

Lecture 10: Methods of Evaluation – 2

Week 5: Cognitive functions

Lecture 11: Multitasking – 1

Lecture 12: Multitasking – 2

Lecture 13: Decision Making – 1

Week 6: Cognitive functions

Lecture 14: Decision making – 2

Lecture 15: Motor skill and control – 1

Lecture 16: Motor skill and control – 2

Week 7: Applying engineering psychology

Lecture 17: Environmental design – 1

Lecture 18: Environmental design – 2

Week 8: Applying engineering psychology

Lecture 19: Human error – 1

Lecture 20: Human error – 2

Lecture 21: Course review lecture

Books and references

Wickens, Hollands, Banbury., & Rarasuraman (2016) Engineering psychology and human performance, Routledge Press
Sanders, M., & McCormick, E (1992) Human factor engineering and design, McGraw Hill

Instructor bio

Prof. Naveen Kashyap

IIT Guwahati

Prof. Naveen Kashyap, Ph.D is as Associate Professor of Psychology at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. His research interests are sleep and human cognitive processes. Prof. Kashyap has been teaching courses like cognitive psychology, introduction to psychology, consumer psychology, advance cognitive process and research methodology to UG and PG students of IITG Guwahati for the past 10 years.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 03 November 2024 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 6 assignments out of the total 8 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Guwahati .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

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