The Certificate of Proficiency in Court Reporting will prepare students to be an entry-level court reporter in the judicial/official, freelance, captioning and/or Computer-Assisted Realtime Translation (CART) avenues of the profession, or employment as a transcriptionist. Upon completion of this certificate, students can sit for the NCRA or NVRA Written Knowledge Test. This is a 100-question exam testing knowledge on procedural, and more academic-type materials including vocabulary, punctuation, transcript distribution, professional responsibilities, and ethics. Students can sit for the NCRA or NVRA Skills Test to earn entry-level certification. The certification consists of the dictation and transcription of three five-minute segments with accuracy of 95 percent - 180 word-per-minute literary, a 200 word-per-minute jury charge, and a 225 word-per-minute question and answer.
This program is available to be completed 100% online.
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This certificate will be automatically awarded when the certificate requirements are completed. If you do not want to receive the certificate, please notify the Office of the Registrar at RegistrarOffice@tri-c.edu.
Students can apply credits earned from this certificate program to the Associate of Arts degree.
Program Admissions Requirements
- ENG-0995 Applied College Literacies or appropriate score on English Placement Test.
Program Learning Outcomes
This program is designed to prepare students to demonstrate the following learning outcomes:
- Adhere to ethical standards and requirements while completing work in a timely manner.
- Utilize appropriate reference materials (medical dictionaries, Physician's Desk Reference, Internet) and employ language skills (punctuation, spelling, rules of grammar) in the production of transcribed materials.
- Work independently and apply business procedures to maintain a freelance practice.
- Write 225 wpm with 96% accuracy and apply real-time technology skills.
- Write 140 wpm of literary material with 96% real-time accuracy.
- Effectively apply the use of specialized vocabulary (business, sports, meteorology, politics) as found in current events to capture the spoken word in real time writing.
- Apply appropriate courtroom procedures to professional work.
- Maintain a professional appearance and demeanor in a legal setting while adhering to ethical standards and requirements and completing work in a timely manner.
- Prepared to sit for the Registered Professional Reporter (RPR) Certification Exam or the Certified Verbatim Reporter (CVR) Certification Exam.
Suggested Semester Sequence
| First Semester | Credit Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| Select one of the following: | 1 | |
| Introduction to Steno Writing | ||
| Introduction to Voice Writing | ||
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| Voicewriting I and Voicewriting II | ||
| Realtime Theory I | ||
| CCR-1350 | Legal Terminology | 3 |
| CCR-1360 | Court Procedures | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 11 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| Realtime Theory II and Realtime Theory III | ||
| Voicewriting III | ||
| CCR-2351 | Editing Legal Documents | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 7 | |
| Summer Session | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Speedbuilding and Transcription at 100 WPM | ||
| Speedbuilding and Transcription at 140 WPM | ||
| CCR-2361 | Proofreading Skill Development | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 6 | |
| Third Semester | ||
| CCR-1602 | Court Reporting Technology | 3 |
| CCR-2470 | Advanced Technology | 3 |
| CCR-2401 | Speedbuilding and Transcription at 180 WPM | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 9 | |
| Fourth Semester | ||
| CCR-1470 | Transcript Production for Court Reporting and Captioning | 3 |
| CCR-2451 | Speedbuilding and Transcription at 225 WPM | 3 |
| CCR-2200 | Medical Terminology for Captioning and Court Reporting | 3 |
| CCR-2841 | Internship | 2 |
| Credit Hours | 11 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 44 | |
MATH-1140, MATH-1141, MATH-1200, MATH-1270, and MATH-1280 can no longer count towards fulfilling the college-level mathematics requirement. These courses were re-classified as developmental mathematics by the state of Ohio in 2016. Tri-C established a 5-year transitioning window for students who had completed these courses prior to 2016 to apply them towards meeting graduation requirements, which expired in Summer 2021. It is highly recommended to see a counselor to determine the appropriate math required for your current major.