Program offered is an Associate.
The focus of the program is to prepare students to become Certified Shorthand Reporters by developing their machine shorthand speed to 225 words a minute and typing speed to 50 net wpm while building a solid foundation in English grammar and punctuation, legal and medical terminologies, anatomy, psychology, speech, courtroom and deposition procedures, and transcription via computer. A graduate of this program may seek employment as an official court reporter, freelance or deposition reporter, or as a captioner.
The program consists of 120 weeks, 85 Quarter Credit Hours of Court Reporting theory and associated lab work and 23 Quarter Credit Hours of General Education totaling 108 Quarter Credit Hours.
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