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Keyboarding I/Intro to Word---Students will be placed in keyboarding projects and books in accordance with previous training and experience. Students should be able to keyboard using the touch system. On WordPerfect word processing, students will learn the correct technique of keyboarding and the use of word processing functions: making tabulations, setting up tables and charts, editing, and the basics of desktop publishing formatting. English I---This is a college-level English grammar course. Students will get a good foundation in punctuation and capitalization.
Second Semester Machine Shorthand Theory II---This is a continuation of SH100, Machine Shorthand Theory II. Students will continue to master learning conflict-free basic theory of the shorthand machine. Through a study of phonics, the student is led to hear speech as sounds and to transmit the sounds through the fingers to the keyboard. Students read from plated notes at a rapid rate of speed. Students will develop lestening and concentration skills which will aid in machine shorthand writing. Though there is no speed requirement for SH200, students will be introduced to gradual speedbuilding with a high degree of accuracy.
Legal Terminoligy---This is a course covering legal history pertaining to present day court jurisdiction and personnel. Emphasis will be placed on legal terms used in criminal law. Students will receive instruction in civil law, the judicial system and various courts, the legislative process, medicolegal problems, and hearings and arditrations. This is a legal vocabulary building course including Latin terminologies. The most common legal terms will be defined. Students will be responsible for spelling, defining, and pronouncing these words. Third Semester Machine Shorthand III---Students will develop their machine shorthand skill and speed development in literary, medical, jury charge snd legal opinion, and court reporting testimony. Students will be in a variety of speed-building classes a minimum of 8 hours a week. They will receive weekly transcription in testimony, jury charge, and literary material. Medical Terminology/Related Anatomy---This is a medical vocabulary building course for the court reporter, medical transcriptionist, text entry, and medical secretary. The most common medical terms will be defined to include prefixes, root words, and suffixes. Students will be responsible for spelling, defining, and pronouncing instruction in the musculoskeletal system and in the body systems and functions. Students will receive intsruction related to psychological and physical diseases and drugs and in the use of the Physician's Desk Reference. They will receive instruction in the methods of researching medical information such as names and descriptions of diseases and drugs. Keyboarding II---Students will complete a variety of projects in T300. This course deals with all aspects of legal keyboarding and office procedures including legal documents, deeds, wills, cour reporting testimony, legal depositions, legal correspondence, and record keeping. Students will learn to complete their projects using WordPerfect for the computer. Office Management---Students will complete a number of keyboarding projects in an office job simulation for the executive secretary. Students are taught to plan and sequence work by applying easy-to-follow priority guidelines. Jobs involve use of editing and proofreading skills, annotation of mail, use of tickler file and references, record keeping, preparation of tables and graphs, and many other activities. Students will have classes on professional development as it relates to the business world. Fourth Semester Machine Shorthand IV---Students will continue to develop their shomputerized machine shorthand thechnology skills and speed development during the fourth semester of their training. They will be in a minimum of eight hours of live dictation in literary, medical, jury charge and legal opinion, and court reporting testimony speed-building classes every week, Students will take five-minute simulated Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR) tests.
Professional Development---Students will produce a personal resume and cover letter on resume or word processing software programs. This course prepared students for the workforce in accomplising two objectives: Job procurement skills and techniques and an understanding of the basic principles of entrepreneurship. Students will learn and practice job procurement and interviewing skills. They will research and understand their professional and career objectives. They will create a job portfolio, develop lists of potential employers, and study alternative careers. Enterpreneurship techniques will be developed through simulations, guest speakers, research, videos, and projects.
Keyboarding III---T400 is cour reporting keyboardking. Students will work through a project book learning all aspects of preparing transcripts for depositions, trials, hearings, statements and interrogatories. Upon completion of the project book, students will type and entire transcript as dicated on tape. All projects will be produced using WordPerfect, CAT, or text entry.
Court Reporting Procedures---Students will be introduced to a variety of topics necessary for the working reporter. They will transcribe multi-voice dictation using various acceptable forms. They will understand their role enrolled in live medical dictation classes according to their skill level in literary and testimony dictation. Fifth Semester Machine Shorthand V---During this semester, students will begin gigh-speed dictation classes. They may have ten hours of live dictation every week in literary, medical, jury charge and legal opinion, and court reporting testimony. Students will work on CAT and complete their computer requirements (CR610) utilizing the dictation from their speed-building/dictation classes. They will be required to turn in at least two transcriptions per week. Students will take simulated Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR) tests. Students will transcribe ten pages of transcript in two hours with 95 percent accuracy involving multiple speakers. Keyboarding IV---Students will learn alternative word processing software such as WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows. Technology I---Students will learn to operate and write for the computer using the computerized writer, read, translate, edit, and print transcript material on CAT; create and use permanent and job dictionaries; create and use certificate pages, etc.; perform editing and utilities function; and understand computer terminology. Students will learn to maintain the computer, understand computer realtime and on-line translations. Sixth Semester Machine Shorthand VI---Students will have ten to twelve ours of live dictation, every week in literary, medical, jury charge and legal opinion, and court reporting testimony. Students will work on CAT and computer (CR610 and CR650) utilizing the dictation from their speed-building/dictation classes. They will be required to turn in at least two transcriptions per week. Students will take simulated Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR) tests, and they will transcribe ten pages of transcript in two hours with 95 percent accuracy involving multiple speakers. CSR/RPR Preparation---This is a course preparatory to entering the court reporting field. Students will prepare for the national test, the Registered Professional Reporter (RPR), and state tests, the Certified Shorthand Reporter (CSR). They will review all academics and take previous tests for review and evaluation. These tests will be given once a month throught the training of the court reporting student. The student will be given a cumulative grade upon completion all other court reporting requirements. Theis cumulative average must be 75 percent or better on the monthly written knowledge examinations. Medical Dictation---Students are enrolled in medical dictation classes at their skill level throughout their shorthand speed-building and steno text entry programs. They will be given medical dictation from two-voice testimony, articles, medical journals, medical depositions, case histories, ect. They will be responsible for pronouncing and spelling medical terms correctly and will pass two five-minute dictation tests from 80 literary to 140 testimony words per minute at 95 percent accuracy. This is a requirement for the sten text entry and medical transcription degrees. Medical Vocabulary---Students are tested monthly on vocabulary in their medical dictation classes. Upon completion of their court reporting education, students will be given a cumulative academic grade. Seventh Semester Machine Shorthand VII---During this final semester, students will complete all shorthand requirements. They will have ten to twelve hours of live dictation weekly on literary, medical, jury charge and legal opinion, and courtroom testimony. Students will turn in at least two transcriptions per week. To completely fulfill court reporting graduation requirements, students must transcribe a simulate CSR/RPR skills test in 3 hours, pass three tests at each of the top speeds in 180 literary, 200 jury charge/legal opinion, and 225 courtroom testimony; take a simulated Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR) test at a speed of 180 to 200 wpm literary; porduce a five-page, first pass transcript with a salable ten-page transcript on CAT in two hours with 95 percent accuracy involving multiple speakers. Courtroom/Court Reporting Practicum---Students begin the initial part of their internship when they pass the 140-words-per-minute skill level. They will develop competencies in school and ovserve official reporters in city, county, state, and federal courts and free-lance reporters for a minimum of 80 hours. They will develop compentecies by completing an internship booklet in dictation classes, on mock depositions, viewing video depositions, in city court, visiting local trials as a spectator, and/or observing and assisting a reporter by scoping, editing, proofreading, and filing transcripts. Students begin and on-the-job intership when they pass the 200 wpm requirement on two-voice testimony. Students will spend 60 hours of actual time writing on the shorthand machine under the supervision of working reporters. Interns will apply all aspects of court reporting procedures; swearing in witnesses, marking exhibits, making a title page, index page, certification page, dicrect and cross-examination, and parentheticals. They will learn to mark, index, and store notes. Students will teanscribe at least 50 pages of a trial an/or deposition which may be reviewed by the offical of free-lance reporter and graded by the court reporting instructor. Technology III---The student will learn advanced applications for realtime reporting including instruction in setting up and operating hardware. They will write realtime in the Computer-Integrated Courtroom (CIC) environment, depositions, the classroom environment, seminars and conferences, and the broadcast enviornment. Emphasis will be on cultural literacy and current events. Students will take simulated Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR) examinations at variable speeds and study litigation support and its role in the judicial process. They will learn to operate video taping equipment and technology as required by NCRA for Certified Legal Video Specialists (CLVS). They will have an overview of closed captioning for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
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