Court Reporting
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This certificate program prepares students to take advantage
of a variety of high paying, top-skilled career opportunities
in computerized reporting. Career choices can include:
official court reporter; freelance reporter; closed captioning
for TV; classroom captioning/steno interpreting; medical
transcription; rapid text entry; secretarial; and scopist.
This is the information age, and there is no faster way to
enter information than through the use of a stenotype machine
via computer. The demand for shorthand reporters is expected
to continue in the foreseeable future and most find immediate
employment upon completion of required education and training.
College of the Redwoods' program is recognized by the Court
Reporters Board of California.
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This certificate program prepares students for careers
in court reporting. Students learn computer-compatible
machine-shorthand theory; legal, medical and general
vocabulary; English construction and composition; official
and general court reporting procedures, statutory codes, and
professional ethics; transcript preparation; computer literacy;
computer-assisted transcription; and complete supervised
on-site work experience. All course requirements must be met
to qualify to sit for the California Certified Shorthand Reporter
licensure examination. Ability to type is presumed.
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Although many court reporters record official proceedings in
the courtroom, most court reporters work outside the courtroom.
Freelance reporters take depositions for attorneys in offices,
and document proceedings of meetings, conventions, and other
private activi- ties. Others capture the proceedings in the U.S.
Congress, State and local governing bodies, and government agencies
at all levels.
Employment of court reporters should be stable. The growing number
of conventions, conferences, depositions, seminars, and similar
meetings in which proceedings are recorded should create demand
for court reporters.
Although many of these events are videotaped, a written transcript
must still be created for legal purposes or if the proceedings are
to be published. In addition, demand should grow for court reporters
willing to freelance or take depositions for court reporting service
bureaus.
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Court reporters generally earn higher salaries than
stenographers or medical transcriptionists, and many
supplement their income by doing additional freelance work.
According to a National Court Reporters Association survey
of its members, average earnings for court reporters were
about $1,080 per week in 1995. Earnings depend on education,
experience, and geographic location.
Sources of Additional Information:
National Court Reporters Association
8224 Old Courthouse Rd
Vienna, VA 22182
Homepage:
http://www.verbatimreporters.com
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Court Reporting Certificate
Major Requirements - Total: 55 Units
Required Courses
- CR 124/124L - Touch Shorthand Theory and Lab (4.0)
- CR 130-137 - Touch Shorthand (80-225) (8.0)
- CR 138A-H - Touch Shorthand Lab (80-225) (8.0)
- BUS 152 - Business English (3.0)
- CR 150G - Punctuation of the Spoken Word (1.0)
- BUS 119V - Business Word Building (2.0)
- BUS 150B - Business Vocabulary (2.0)
- MA 152 - Medical Terminology (3.0)
- BIOL 8 - Human Biology (3.0)
- CR 119P - Reporting Procedures and Records (3.0)
- CR 119R - CSR-RPR Examination Review (1.0)
- BUS 119T - Legal Terminology (2.0)
- BUS 157 - Legal Office Procedures (3.0)
- CR 120 - Manual and Computer Transcription (1.0)
- CR 120L - Manual and Computer Transcription Lab (1.0)
- CR 119C - Court Reporting Practicum Observation (1.0)
- CIS 1/1L - Computer Literacy and Lab (3.0)
- LEGL 141 - Introduction to Law and the Legal System (3.0)
or
- BUS 18 - Business Law (3.0)
Additional Requirements - (3 Units)
- ENGL 1A - English Composition (3.0)
- ENGL 5 - Word Origins (3.0)
- BUS 150S - Spelling (1.0)
- BUS 166 - Editing Skills-Computer Applications (1.0)
- BUS 167 - Proofreading (1.0)
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First Semester:
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CR 124/124L |
Touch Shorthand Theory
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4.0 |
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BUS 152 |
Business English
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3.0 |
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BUS 119V |
Business Word Building
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2.0 |
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CIS 1/1L |
Computer Literacy
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3.0 |
Second Semester:
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CR 130-137 |
Touch Shorthand (2)
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8.0 |
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CR 138A-H |
Touch Shorthand Lab (2) |
8.0 |
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BUS 119T |
Legal Terminology
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2.0 |
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CR 150G |
Punctuation of the Spoken Word
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1.0 |
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BUS 157 |
Legal Office Procedures
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3.0 |
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BUS 150B |
Business Vocabulary
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2.0 |
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BUS 18 |
Business Law
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3.0 |
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or
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LEGL 141 |
Law and the Legal System
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3.0 |
Third Semester:
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CR 130-137 |
Touch Shorthand (2)
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8.0 |
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CR 138A-H |
Touch Shorthand Lab (2) |
8.0 |
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CR 119P |
Reporting Procedures Records
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3.0 |
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BIOL 8 |
Human Biology
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3.0 |
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MA 152 |
Medical Terminology
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3.0 |
Fourth Semester:
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CR 130-137 |
Touch Shorthand (2)
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8.0 |
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CR 138A-H |
Touch Shorthand Lab (2) |
8.0 |
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CR 119C |
Court Reporting Prac Obs
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1.0 |
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CR 119R |
CSR-RPR Examination Review
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1.0 |
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CR 120/120L |
Manual Computer Transcript
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2.0 |
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