Summer office hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from Monday to Thursday, but the college will be closed on Fridays.
Our Interpreter Training Program is a two-year curriculum designed to prepare you to interpret/transliterate spoken English into American Sign Language and American Sign Language into spoken English, at an entry-level, while working with the deaf and hard of hearing. The interpreter works in a variety of settings including educational, medical, community, business, and occupational.
By completing the Associate of Arts degree at Hinds, you will lay a strong foundation in critical thinking, oral and written communication, and technology use, preparing you to complete a bachelor’s degree at a four-year college. The courses for the fine arts and humanities interdisciplinary area of study cover the diverse disciplines of physical science, mathematics, composition and literature, art, and multiple social sciences—including geography, religion, psychology, political science, sociology, and anthropology.
Interdisciplinary Studies give you the versatility to customize a program of study while achieving an Associate of Arts. Often, students enroll in college with no particular major in mind; yet they do have keen areas of enthusiasm in multiple fields. Interdisciplinary Studies satisfies this desire for a degree composed of various disciplines.
Our Hotel and Restaurant Management Technology concentration provides specialized occupational instruction in all phases of hotel and restaurant management to prepare you for a career as a manager and supervisor in the hospitality and tourism industry.
The study of history, of which Hinds offers up to 24 hours in specific History courses, offers students the opportunity to study the whole world. The Chinese character for “scholar” is the same as “historian,” because to study history is to study everything.
Our Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Technology program will prepare you to work in engineering departments or private firms installing, maintaining, and operating small or medium air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration systems.
Our Health, Physical Education, & Recreation (HPR) Area of Study will introduce you to the needed courses to prepare for a transfer degree in several areas: parks and recreation management, physical education, health science, sports ministry, and sports administration. Our curriculum builds the foundation for upper-level education upon transfer, while completing the general education requirements for most baccalaureate degrees.
The Health Information Technology program is an 18-month technical program leading to an associate degree that prepares the individual to work in hospitals and other health care settings managing health information in paper and electronic format. Health Information Technology combines a profession in health care with information technology. Health Information technicians maintain, collect, and analyze data crucial to the delivery of quality patient care. Health Information Technology encompasses medical coding, revenue cycle management, cancer registry, trauma registry, electronic health records, data management, and other areas of health informatics.
As a health care assistant, you will provide assessment and care to patients. You will function under the direction of a health care professional. This path offers training for stable career opportunities throughout Mississippi and the United States. An in-demand profession, you’ll be able to launch a career in health care with the experience and education you receive at Hinds Community College.
Our Graphic Design Technology program is a two-year program designed to prepare you for entry-level employment and advancement in the field of graphic design. The curriculum emphasizes digital technology in its instruction of design and execution of typography, layouts, professional illustration, color theory, industry-specific production, digital imaging, and logo design.