Within the legal field, court reporters are entrusted to record everything said in court, at depositions, and legal meetings; reporters use computer technology and specialized software in their work today. Thus, "realtime" court reporters now find many applications for their skills outside the legal field in areas such as captioning and computer access real time translations (CART) providing utilizing steno writing. This program provides the student with skills required to meet the challenges and opportunities available to court reporters in the modern workplace.
This program is available to be completed 100% online.
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This degree program contains one or more embedded certificates which will be automatically awarded when the certificate requirements are completed. If you do not want to receive the embedded certificate(s), please notify the Office of the Registrar at RegistrarOffice@tri-c.edu.
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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, PDR, 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.
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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.
Suggested Semester Sequence
| First Semester | Credit Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| CCR-1000 | Introduction to Stenographic Court Reporting | 1 |
| CCR-1300 | Realtime Theory I | 4 |
| CCR-1350 | Legal Terminology | 3 |
| CCR-1360 | Court Procedures | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| College Composition I | ||
| Honors College Composition I | ||
| Credit Hours | 14 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| CCR-2200 | Medical Terminology for Captioning and Court Reporting | 3 |
| CCR-2351 | Editing Legal Documents | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Humanities | ||
| Ethics | ||
| CCR-1331 | Realtime Theory II | 2 |
| CCR-1335 | Realtime Theory III | 2 |
| Credit Hours | 13 | |
| Summer Session | ||
| CCR-1341 | Realtime Theory IV | 2 |
| CCR-1451 | Speedbuilding and Transcription at 140 WPM | 3 |
| CJ-1120 | Criminal Court Procedures | 2 |
| Credit Hours | 7 | |
| Third Semester | ||
| CCR-1601 | Court Reporting Technology | 4 |
| CCR-2401 | Speedbuilding and Transcription at 180 WPM | 3 |
| CCR-2602 | Technical Terminology | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| General Psychology | ||
| Cultural Anthropology | ||
| Sociology of Gender | ||
| MATH-1190 | Algebraic and Quantitative Reasoning (Or higher Approved Ohio Transfer 36 Mathematics course) 2 | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Fourth Semester | ||
| CCR-2451 | Speedbuilding and Transcription at 225 WPM | 3 |
| CCR-2470 | Advanced Technology | 3 |
| CCR-2841 | Internship | 2 |
| Select one of the following: | 2-3 | |
| Transcript Production for Court Reporting and Captioning | ||
| Proofreading Skill Development | ||
| Communication requirement | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 13-14 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 63-64 | |
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Consecutive eight week course.
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MATH-1100 Mathematical Explorations or MATH-1240 Contemporary Mathematics taken prior to Fall 2024 will be accepted to meet Mathematics requirement for this program.
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.