This section details the readings for the course by session and topic.
[ESW] = 
Leveson, Nancy. Engineering a Safer World: Systems Thinking Applied to Safety. MIT Press, 2011. ISBN: 9780262016629. [Preview with Google Books] (Online version)
| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction, Uberlingen video | [ESW] Chapter 1. |
| 2 | Lecture on analyzing accidents, hindsight bias, control structures and safety constraints (hazards) | [ESW] pp. 76–86, and 372–8. |
| 3 | Lecture on analyzing accidents and intro to CAST | [ESW] pp. 349–57, and 181–95. |
| 4 | Lecture on analyzing accidents using CAST (cont.) | [ESW] pp. 357–67. |
| 13 | Introduction to system theory, control theory, and STAMP | [ESW] pp. 87–93. |
| 14 | STPA hazard analysis | [ESW] pp. 211–7. |
| 15 | Lecture on STPA step 1 | [ESW] pp. 217–20. |
| 16 | Lecture on STPA step 2 | [ESW] pp. 220–6. |
| 19 | Design using STPA | [ESW] pp. 263–73. |
| 22 | Human factors design | [ESW] pp. 273–81. |
| 25 | Safety during operations, examples from the Challenger space shuttle | [ESW] pp. 391–4, Deepwater Horizon video. |