Welcome to Sandhills Community College

APPLIED SCIENCE PROGRAMS 185
PSF-210 Personal Training 2 2 3
PSF-218 Lifestyle Change & Wellness 3 2 4
*** *** 13
FIFTH SEMESTER (Spring)
COE-121 PSF Co-op Work Experience II 0 10 1
PED-122 Yoga I or
PED-217 Pilates I 0 2 1
PED*** Physical Education Elective *** *** 1-2
PSF-212 Exercise Programming 2 2 3
PSF-214 Health & Fitness Law 3 0 3
PSY-150 General Psychology 3 0 3
*** *** 12-13
Total Required Minimum Semester Hours Credit 69
***Select two (2) courses from the following: PED-111, 121, 123, 125, 127, 128,
129, 130, 135, 143, 145, 147, 152, 153, 154, 173, 186, 215, 260, 262
Health Information Technology
The Health Information Technology Curriculum provides individuals with
the knowledge and skills to process, analyze, abstract, compile, maintain,
manage, and report health information.
Students will supervise departmental functions; classify, code, and index
diagnoses and procedures; coordinate information for cost control, quality
management, statistics, marketing, and planning; monitor governmental and
non-governmental standards; facilitate research; and design system controls
to monitor patient information security.
Graduates of this program may be eligible to write the national certification
examination to become a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT).
Employment opportunities include hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, nursing
homes, health insurance organizations, outpatient clinics, physicians’ offices,
hospice sites, and mental health facilities. The program is offered at the
following colleges:
Because the use of computers is integral to this curriculum, some courses
are delivered in an online format.
Pitt CC/Sandhills CC Partner Program
Pitt Community College (PCC) has entered into a unique learning
partnership with SCC to provide SCC students the opportunity to complete
up to 39 credit hours at SCC to be used toward completion of the 76-hour
A.A.S. in the PCC Heath Information Technology program.
Students accepted into this program can explore two options:
1. Complete the 39 hours of general requirements prior to application to the
program, or