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2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

Sample Schedule: Human Factors and Usability Studies, BA (124 Semester Hours)


Below is a typical schedule for eight semesters. This should be considered only a general guide, not a rigid schedule. Students should consult with their advisers to plot out the best path given their interests and academic strengths. This sample course sequence is intended to help you plan, but you must check your degree audit every semester to track your progress toward satisfying all of your degree requirements. The semester hours (S.H.) are noted for each term. 

FIRST-YEAR

Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

PSY 001 

4

WST 002 or WST 133

3

ENGG 128

3

Research Core: Statistics

3-4

DSST 001

3

Technical Abilities Core

3

WSC 001 or Liberal Arts elective

3-4

Open elective (Liberal arts elective if statistics does not carry liberal arts credit)

3

Distribution Course (LT, AA, BH, HP, NS, MA, or CC)

3

Distribution Course (LT, AA, BH, HP, NS, MA, or CC)

3

Total Semester Hours

16-17

Total Semester Hours

15-16


SECOND-YEAR

Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

Technical Abilities Core

3

HFUS Ethics in Society 

3

Research Core: Methods

3-4

Liberal Arts Elective

3

Open elective (Liberal arts elective if research core methods does not carry liberal arts credit)

3

Liberal Arts Elective

3

Distribution Course (LT, AA, BH, HP, NS, MA, or CC)

3

Liberal Arts Elective

3

 

3

Distribution Course (LT, AA, BH, HP, NS, MA, or CC)

3

Total Semester Hours

15-16

Total Semester Hours

15

 

THIRD YEAR 
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Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

Open Elective

0-3

HFUS Elective

3

Liberal Arts Elective

3

Open Elective

0-3

Liberal Arts Elective

3

Liberal Arts Elective

3

Liberal Arts Elective

3

Liberal Arts Elective

3

Liberal Arts Elective (if needed)

3

Liberal Arts Elective (if needed)

3

Distribution Course (LT, AA, BH, HP, NS, MA, or CC)

3

Distribution Course (LT, AA, BH, HP, NS, MA, or CC)

3

Total Semester Hours

15

Total Semester Hours

15

 

FOURTH YEAR 

Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

ENGG Capstone

3

Open Elective

3

Liberal Arts Elective

3

Open Elective

3

Open Elective (or Liberal Arts if needed)

3

Open Elective

3

Distribution Course (LT, AA, BH, HP, NS, MA, or CC)

3

Open Elective (if needed, or Liberal Arts)

3

Distribution Course (LT, AA, BH, HP, NS, MA, or CC)

3

Distribution Course (LT, AA, BH, HP, NS, MA, or CC)

3

   

Distribution Course (LT, AA, BH, HP, NS, MA, or CC)

3

Total Semester Hours

15

Total Semester Hours

15-18

Program Total

124
Updated October 2025