Hello,

So for a while I was chasing down what career I wanted to see myself doing, in a broad sense, injury prevention, ergonomics, efficiency, tool design is essentially what I'm most interested in.

Trying to figure out what profession that was, and finding human factors, I feel like I'm looking in the right place now.

I think primarily I'm interested in helping design physical tools/objects that help people do their jobs/hobbies better, wether it's efficiency or injury prevention. Also cognitive ergonomics as it relates specifically to self defense/"tactical professions"/and Martial arts.

I'm 27, and have been to school before for nursing, that didn't work out, but I have been working in the medical field ever since, I'm also in the Navy Reserves, as a Corpsman.

With my current work/life situation, I'm only looking at the schools in my area (Austin, TX area), my plan would be to get a degree in kinesiology and psychology, one of the schools near me offered a sports psychology minor. And as far as undergraduate goes, that's about as close as I get to human factors/ergonomics, at least as far as degrees I think I could successfully complete.

I don't have a very high GPA from my previous education experience, and I'm honestly not sure I would survive the whole graduate school experience.

My questions are, is it realistic to make a successful career with just two undergraduate degrees and not a master's degree in human factors/ergonomics? "Maybe" and "possibly" isn't what I'm looking for, so I would prefer to try to figure out how to give myself as much competitive advantage as I can.

Also, are those degrees good choices for human factors? Would a BS in psychology or a BA in psychology be more useful in regards to human factors?

I appreciate any help and guidance.