Calendar

SES # CLASS TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction, Causality, Bhopal, Hindsight Bias Assignments 1 and 2 out
2

Part 1—Chapters 1–2 Questions
Accident Models, STAMP, Systems Theory

Part 2—Ethics Discussion

Assignments 1 and 2 due

Assignments 3 and 4 out
3 CAST and Accident Analysis

Assignments 3 and 4 due

CAST analysis assignment out
4 Traditional HA, Lecture on Quantification Class project out
5 Systems Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) Introduction, Basic Components (hazard, constraints, HCS) CAST analysis assignment due
6 STPA, How to Do It Class project parts 1 and 2 due
7 Design for Safety Class project part 3 due
8 Human Factors Class project part 4 due
9 Cyber Security  
10 Operations, Regulation  
11 Guest Lecture  
12 Management, SUBSAFE Completed project (parts 6, 7, and 8) due
13 Presentations of Class Projects