Requirements: Employ a preponderance of the information to be covered in this course (as appropriate) to analyze, evaluate, and create a solution(s) to an existing aviation human factors and aviation safety issue.

Criteria

Must meet the following:

• Be 8 to 10 pages in length, double-spaced (body only, not including other pages)

• Written in the current APA style format.

Steps

Step 1:

You are required to submit to your instructor for approval, the topic of your Course Research Paper.

For the Course Research Paper that submission must include:

• The human factors in aviation safety topic and a draft title.

• A one-paragraph outline explaining how the paper is relevant to this course.

Step2:

You are required to submit a one-page outline of your Course Research Paper or your Course Case Study to your instructor for approval.

That outline should include:

Course Research Paper:

• The human factors in aviation safety topic and a draft title

• A one-paragraph introduction explaining the fundamental concept behind the paper.

• An outline of the major sub-topics to be covered (i.e. section headings)

Step 3:

You are required to submit to your instructor a one-paragraph update on your progress in researching and writing your Course Research Paper or Course Case Study:

For both the Course Research Paper and the Course Case Study:

• Define what progress you have made, what you have remaining to do, and what your plan is for doing it.

• Explain to your instructor any issues you are having and/or ask any questions you have.

Step 4:

The completed paper!

Course description and goals

Course Description:

This course focuses on the major causative agent in aircraft accidents: the human being. Emphasisis placed on psychological and physiological factors that enhance the accident probability. Includedis a detailed analysis of ergonomics (human engineering) and its influence in aviation design.

Course Goals:

This course is designed to provide the student with a detailed understanding of the influences ofhuman factors in error causation and accident prevention and control.

The student willunderstand the specific human factor areas of error, physiology, and psychology and enablehim/her to analyze and provide corrective/preventative inputs to organizational and operationalenvironments in aviation.

Reading : Human Performance and Limitations in Aviation ---Third edition R.D. Campbell,and M. Bagshaw