Are there quick courses or seminars to learn about each discipline?
Yes, sometimes a person may have a degree in a different discipline and would like to focus on one of those disciplines discussed here. There are seminars and training courses available for this purpose. A good set of links to seminars and training in Ergonomics can be found at the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA). An online course in Human-Computer Interaction is available on the Do-it-Yourself Electronic Lectures (DIYEL) site Another online educational opportunity for HCI is the SHORE: Student HCI Online Research Experiments at the University of Maryland.