Module PY4210-KP05

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

5

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master MES 2020, optional subject, interdisciplinary
• Bachelor MES 2020, optional subject, interdisciplinary
• Master Media Informatics 2020, compulsory, psychology

Classes and lectures:

• Engineering Psychology (seminar, 1 SWS)
• Engineering Psychology (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 45 hours in-classroom work
• 105 hours private studies and exercises

Contents of teaching:

• Fundamentals of Engineering Psychology
• Automation
• Attention and perception
• Human-centred and explainable artificial intelligence
• Situational awareness and mental models
• Workload and stress
• Deciding and acting
• Multitasking and resource management

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Students can receive, classify and use psychological engineering research contributions.
• The students can explain central theories and findings of engineering psychology with reference to relevant questions of human-technology interaction and interface conception.
• Students can derive design guidelines for man-machine systems from concepts and findings in engineering psychology.

Grading through:

• portfolio exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Franke

Teacher:

• Institute of Human-Centered Interactive Systems
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Franke

Literature:

• Wickens, C., Helton, W. S., Hollands, J., Banbury, S. (2021) : Engineering Psychology and Human Performance New York: Routledge
• Proctor, R., & van Zandt, T. (2018) : Human Factors in Simple and Complex Systems Boca Raton: CRC Press.
• Salvendy, G. (2021) : Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics New York: Wiley

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

07.04.2026