Court Reporting AAS
This program prepares students to work in state and federal courtrooms, transcribing a verbatim record of all trials, motions, hearings, etc. This important work can be intense. In addition to trials in civil litigation, official court reporters are present for all criminal trials, preliminary hearings, motions, etc.
- Degree Type: AAS
- All required courses available online
- TSI: Required
- Capstone course: CRTR 1406: Machine Shorthand II (4 credits)
| General Education | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL-1301 | Composition I | 3 |
| MATH-1332 | Contemporary Mathematics (Quantitative Reasoning) | 3 |
| Lang./Phil./Culture or Creative Arts | 3 | |
| Social/Behav. Science | 3 | |
| EDUC-1300 or PSYC-1300 |
Learning Framework or Learning Frameworks |
3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Term One | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| CRTR-1404 | Machine Shorthand I | 4 |
| CRTR-1312 | Court Reporting Communications I | 3 |
| CRTR-1202 | Law and Legal Terminology | 2 |
| CRTR-1314 | Court Reporting Technology I | 3 |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Term Two | ||
| Spring Semester | ||
| CRTR-1406 | Machine Shorthand II | 4 |
| CRTR-2311 | Court Reporting Communications II | 3 |
| CRTR-2206 | Medical Court Reporting | 2 |
| Hours | 9 | |
| Term Three | ||
| Summer Semester | ||
| CRTR-2401 | Intermediate Machine Shorthand | 4 |
| Hours | 4 | |
| Term Four | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| CRTR-2303 | Advanced Machine Shorthand | 3 |
| CRTR-2312 | Court Reporting Procedures | 3 |
| CRTR-1308 | Realtime Court Reporting I | 3 |
| BUSG-1301 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Term Five | ||
| Spring Semester | ||
| CRTR-2335 | Accelerated Machine Shorthand | 3 |
| CRTR-2286 | Internship - Court Reporting | 2 |
| Hours | 5 | |
| Term Six | ||
| Summer Semester | ||
| CRTR-2331 | Court Reporter Certification Preparation (Capstone) | 3 |
| Hours | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 60 | |