Human Factors Undergraduate Certificate

Are you interested in technology, problem solving and psychology? Our Human Factors Certificate Program is an excellent match for you. Learn more about our curriculum and potential career outcomes.

Human Factors professionals help develop new technology that enhances our everyday lives across various domains (e.g., web, cybersecurity, transportation, medical). Do you have a desire to learn about how people perceive, learn, understand, and remember information? Are you interested in exploring how humans use technology? Consider completing the Human Factors certificate program.

What is Required? You must enroll in the certificate and complete these courses with a C or better Psyc: 307, 344, 410, and 413.

Program Highlights

  • Pathway towards high-paying career
  • Often Listed as top ten best career on LinkedIn
  • Make the world a better place

Send an email to jstill@odu.edu expressing your interest. Degree-seeking students will need to complete the prerequisite of Introduction to Psychology with a grade C or better. Non-degree seeking students, must have junior standing (i.e., two years of post-secondary coursework) at regionally accredited institutions. Students without a degree in the United States must also score 230 or better on the computer-based Test of English as a Foreign Language exam or an 80 on the iBT.

  • PSYC 307: Institutionalization of Human-Centered Computing (3 credits)
  • PSYC 344: Human Factors (3 credits)
  • PSYC 410: Human Cognition (3 credits)
  • PSYC 413: Sensation and Perception (3 credits)

Achieve a C or better in each course.

Send an email to jstill@odu.edu expressing your interest. Degree-seeking students will need to complete the prerequisite of Introduction to Psychology with a grade C or better. Non-degree seeking students, must have junior standing (i.e., two years of post-secondary coursework) at regionally accredited institutions. Students without a degree in the United States must also score 230 or better on the computer-based Test of English as a Foreign Language exam or an 80 on the iBT.

  • PSYC 307: Institutionalization of Human-Centered Computing (3 credits)
  • PSYC 344: Human Factors (3 credits)
  • PSYC 410: Human Cognition (3 credits)
  • PSYC 413: Sensation and Perception (3 credits)

Achieve a C or better in each course.

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