University of Utah Human Factors Certificate

Application Requirements

Program Requirements: (pdf)

Students must meet the department’s standard for admission to the major (minimum 2.8 cumulative GPA at the University of Utah) as demonstrated by official transcripts and have to successfully completed PYCH 1010 or equivalent with a C or better. Students meeting this criterion will have to register with the Department of Psychology and declare their intent in written form to pursue the Certificate in Human Factors.

The Human Factors Certificate requires a minimum of 20 credit hours beyond these entry requirement with PSYCH 3000 (Statistical Methods), PSYCH 3010 (Research Methods), PSYCH 3171 (Human Factors), PSYCH 3172 (Engineering Psychology), and PSYCH 4800 (Research Experience) as required courses and at least another 3 credit hours of specific electives as specified below.

Apply for Certificate Program Admission

• Attain a grade of C or better in General Psychology
• Attain a 2.8 GPA at the University of Utah

Required Courses

• Psych 1010 General Psychology (4)
• Psych 3000 Statistical Methods in Psychology (4)
• Psych 3010 Research Methods in Psychology (4)
• Psych 3171 Human Factors and Ergonomics (3)
• Psych 3172 Human Performance and Engineering Psychology (3)
• Psych 4800 Research Experience: General (3)

Elective Courses (1 class minimum)

To be completed in conjunction with Psych 3171, Psych 3172 or Psych 3160

• Psych 2125 Everyday Decision Making (3)
• Psych 3120 Cognitive Psychology (3)
• Psych 3150 Sensation and Perception (3)
• Psych 3160 Human Error (3)

Total Hours: 0/20

• All courses counting toward Certificate requirements should be completed with a grade of C or better.
• Please note specific prerequisite course requirements as listed in the University of Utah Course Catalog (Psych 3120 and Psych 3150 have Psych 1010, Psych 3000 and Psych 3010 as prerequisite courses).
• All courses that a student wishes to have evaluated as equivalent to any of the above courses should be submitted to the Psychology Advising Center (507 Beh S) with a copy of the course syllabus.
• Research Assistance (Psych 4800) is taken as CR/NC. Students completing this requirement must complete 3 hours of work per week during the course of the entire semester per credit hour earned (i.e. 3 credits = 9 hours of work per week).
• When applying for admittance to the Certificate Program one must submit an application with a current copy of a transcript or DARS. Applications may take up to a week to process.
• With the exception of Psych 1010 and Psych 3000, classes taken over 10 years ago do not fulfill Certificate requirements.

For class descriptions, go to the Class Descriptions page.