ID 350 — HUMAN FACTORS - HOW USERS AFFECT DESIGN (CUR-312)

ID 350 — HUMAN FACTORS - HOW USERS AFFECT DESIGN is a DePaul University catalog course in Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media. When a user parks a car the other way, how should a designer react? Is there a hierarchical sequence of human factors? How can human factors be mapped and recorded? Should designers work to improve the existing experience, or teach users to interact in new ways?.

Summary 🟢 ✓

• Resource type: course
• College / school: Industrial Design
• College/School: Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
• Curriculum section: Art, Media, and Design
• Catalog: ID 350
• Last Verified: 2026-07-01

Course access

• Access: 🟢 Green — Open or routine access
• Rationale: No formal prerequisites listed in catalog description; open to any student meeting university registration rules.
• Prerequisites: None listed in catalog description

Verification

• Status: ✓ Catalog course
• Rationale: Captured from official DePaul course catalog (2026-06-30 catalog review).
• Source URL: catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/id
• Last verified: 2026-07-01

Catalog description

When a user parks a car the other way, how should a designer react? Is there a hierarchical sequence of human factors? How can human factors be mapped and recorded? Should designers work to improve the existing experience, or teach users to interact in new ways?.

Resource relevance

Catalog course linked to map themes/programs: industrial_design.

Notes

Catalog course key: ID 350.

Catalog context

• Themes: industrial_design
• Recent schedule: Not offered in the queried registrar terms