Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
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Ergonomics Option |
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Injuries occur in the workplace every day. While this is a sad commentary on the quality of worker safety it presents outstanding challenges to Ergonomists/Kinesiologists. The Department of Kinesiology of the University of Waterloo presents the only undergraduate Ergonomics Option in Canada. The Ergonomics Option is a unique opportunity to prepare those interested in making a contribution to the well-being of others. Kinesiologists are concerned with the assessment and prescription of solutions to problems in the workplace that involve issues such as human-machine interaction, matching skill level with job demands, employee wellness, circadian rhythm, workplace boredom, fatigue, and design of equipment in the interests of maximizing productivity and minimizing the risk of injury.
The Co-op system of study rewards students with deeper insight into solving workplace problems. Our Department has been the leader in producing graduates who secure high paying jobs due to their Co-op job experience and comprehensive course work. The course requirements have been selected to provide students with a thorough background in the biophysical and behavioural sciences of human motion and related measurement and problem-solving skills. Admission and graduation requirements are listed below.
- Normally, Co-op Kinesiology students will apply at the end of Year One for admittance for the Fall term of Year Two. Application materials will be available from the ergonomics co-ordinator during the Winter term. Approximately ten students per year will be selected, dependent upon the number of Co-op jobs available.
- Normally at least three of the last four work terms, including work term reports, must be ergonomics related.
- Students must complete 22.0 units. A non-credit tutorial, KIN 10, is required each term.
- The cumulative averages required are the same as for Honours Kinesiology. Refer to Applied Health Sciences, Standing.
Plan Courses (22.0 units)
- Required Life Sciences (5.0 units):
KIN 100, 100L (.25), 101 (.25), 105, 121, 205, 217, 221, 346, BIOL 130, 273
- Required Behavioural Sciences (3.0 units):
KIN 250, 255, 354, 356, PSYCH 101, SOC 101
- Required Physical and Technical Sciences (4.0 units):
KIN 222, 330, MATH 124 or 127, PHYS 111, 112, CHEM 120, STV 202, one of HLTH 442 or STAT 316
- Required Ergonomics (7.0 units):
KIN 104, 320, 340, 349, 420, 431*, 432*, 470E*, 472*, 494, SYDE 348, 543, MSCI 211 or PSYCH 338, MSCI 261
- Restricted Electives (2.5 units):
1.0 unit from: KIN 341, 401, 402, 403, 407, 416, 425
1.5 units from departments other than Kinesiology:
ARTS 303, BUS 111 (WLU), ECON 101, 102, ENGL 210E or 210F, HLTH 340, 350, HRM 200, 301, PSYCH 207, SYDE 542, MSCI 311, STV 302
- Free Electives: 0.5 unit
* KIN 431, 432, 470E, 472 must be on Ergonomics topics approved in advance by an Ergonomics Option Advisor.
Course Sequence
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