School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2023 Units. All assessment changes will be published by 20th February 2023. All students are reminded to check the handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Human Factors in Aviation
  • Unit Code

    SCA1117
  • Year

    2023
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Murray Richard TERWEY

Description

This unit highlights the theoretical underpinning knowledge required to understand the complexity of interaction between the physiology of the human body and the flying environment. Significant emphasis will be placed on human biology as the most limiting component of flight safety. Various methodologies necessary to monitor and control human factors during preparation for and execution of flight operations will be scrutinised. The necessary psychological training for the crucial task of flight deck decision-making will be also discussed.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Discuss the relevance of human factors in aviation accidents/incidents.
  2. Describe the impact of altitude and acceleration on human physiological and psychological systems.
  3. Discuss the impact of altitude on human information processing and decision making during flying.
  4. Explain the importance of personal health in the aviation context.
  5. Explain the basic principles of ergonomic design of an aircraft cockpit.

Unit Content

  1. Diet and exercise, coronary risk factors, upper respiratory tract infection, injuries and infections, emotional health, dehydration, ageing.
  2. Aviation medical examinations, drug and alcohol effects, blood donation.
  3. Respiratory system, hypoxia and hyperventilation, effects of pressure changes, anatomy of the eye and ear, vision, spatial disorientation and illusions, fatigue and stress, motion sickness, effects of acceleration, toxic hazards.
  4. Information processing and decision making, human error, stress and stress management, fatigue, body rhythm and sleep, basic ergonomics.
  5. Fundamentals of desert and maritime survival, basic first aid.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestProgress quizzes 10%
AssignmentHuman performance issues 25%
AssignmentHuman psychological considerations 25%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestProgress quizzes10%
AssignmentHuman performance issues 25%
AssignmentHuman psychological considerations 25%
TestHuman Factors in Aviation final assessment40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Human Factors in Aviation
  • Unit Code

    SCA1117
  • Year

    2023
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Murray Richard TERWEY

Description

This unit highlights the theoretical underpinning knowledge required to understand the complexity of interaction between the physiology of the human body and the flying environment. Significant emphasis will be placed on human biology as the most limiting component of flight safety. Various methodologies necessary to monitor and control human factors during preparation for and execution of flight operations will be scrutinised. The necessary psychological training for the crucial task of flight deck decision-making will be also discussed.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Discuss the relevance of human factors in aviation accidents/incidents.
  2. Describe the impact of altitude and acceleration on human physiological and psychological systems.
  3. Discuss the impact of altitude on human information processing and decision making during flying.
  4. Explain the importance of personal health in the aviation context.
  5. Explain the basic principles of ergonomic design of an aircraft cockpit.

Unit Content

  1. Diet and exercise, coronary risk factors, upper respiratory tract infection, injuries and infections, emotional health, dehydration, ageing.
  2. Aviation medical examinations, drug and alcohol effects, blood donation.
  3. Respiratory system, hypoxia and hyperventilation, effects of pressure changes, anatomy of the eye and ear, vision, spatial disorientation and illusions, fatigue and stress, motion sickness, effects of acceleration, toxic hazards.
  4. Information processing and decision making, human error, stress and stress management, fatigue, body rhythm and sleep, basic ergonomics.
  5. Fundamentals of desert and maritime survival, basic first aid.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestProgress quizzes 10%
AssignmentHuman performance issues 25%
AssignmentHuman psychological considerations 25%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestProgress quizzes10%
AssignmentHuman performance issues 25%
AssignmentHuman psychological considerations 25%
TestHuman Factors in Aviation final assessment40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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