CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Ithaca, New York
Design and Environmental Analysis

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BACKGROUND:
Title: Human Factors/Ergonomics (MS)
Est: 1980
Semester
Granted last 3 years: MS 28
Part-time: no
Distance learning available: no
HFES student chapter: yes
Program: Focus is on human factors aspects of environment design. Course covers human-environment topics and ergonomics design issues. Emphasis is also placed on applied techniques and research methods.
Contact: Linda Schmidt, Graduate Field Assistant, Cornell University, Design and Environmental Analysis, E104 MVR Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-4401; 607/255-2168; lms10@cornell.edu, http://www.human.cornell.edu/dea/index.cfm or http://ergo.human.cornell.edu.
Catalog: http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/?p=38

APPLICATION:
Deadlines: 2/1 financial aid; otherwise 4/1
Fee: $70

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
GPA: 3.0
GRE: >1200 v + q
Other: Psychology or related behavioral science, engineering, computer science, social science, design
Research: medium
Work experience: medium
Letters: high
Interview: high when requested, but not reuqired if application clearly meets criteria

ADMISSIONS:
Students applying last year: 10
Accepted: 4
. Entered program: 4
Openings/year: 5-10

TUITION AND FEES:
Resident and nonresident: $20,800/year

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE:
% receiving: 56
Amount: $20,000 for 9 months; summer support available on a competitive basis
Available: fellowships, TA, RA, all tuition exempt
Apply: with application by 2/1

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS:
MS: required units vary, typically 60 credit hours; no exams, languages, or practical experience required; thesis research required; 2 years
Nonthesis option: no

CURRICULUM:
Required courses or demonstrated competency (units): Making a Difference: By Design (audit); Intro to Human/Environment Relations (audit); Programming Methods in Design (4); Human Factors: Ergonomics, Anthropometrics, and Biomechanics (4); Human Factors: The Ambient Environment (4); Planning and Managing the Workplace (4); Research Methods in Human/Environment Relations (4); Environment and Social Behavior (4); Environmental Analysis I: Applied Ergonomics Methods (4)
Electives: Directed Readings in Human Factors (4); Empirical Research in Human Factors: (4); Supervised Fieldwork in Human Factors (4)
Required courses outside department: 2
Class size: 5-50

RESEARCH/TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES:
Research facilities: Research labs for environment simulations. Extensive computer, electrophysiological, and environmental monitoring and video motion capabilities. Biochemical analytic facilities available.
Teaching: Teaching assistantships can include occasional class teaching.
Current research: Research on keyboard and mouse design, scientific visualization methods, lighting and visual performance, noise and stress, air quality and health, alternative work spaces, telecommuting.

STUDENT STATISTICS:
Active: 0 men, 5 women
First-year students: 2
Mean scores: GRE 525 v, 672 q, 4.46 a, GPA n/a

FACULTY:
Franklin D. Becker, PhD 1972, UC Davis; psychology
Gary Evans, PhD 1975, U Massachusetts Amherst; psychology
Alan Hedge, PhD 1979, U Sheffield; psychology
Lorraine Maxwell, PhD 1990, City U of New York; psychology
William Sims, Jr., PhD 1974, MIT; planning
Nancy Wells, PhD 2000, U Michigan; psychology and architecture

[Updated Winter 2007]