COURT AND CAPTION REPORTING
Associate in Applied Science (CCT.AAS)
This program leads to an Associate in Applied Science Degree. Court and Caption Reporting provides professional career training in high-speed verbatim dictation on the shorthand machine for extended periods of time. Recording may take place in a court or hearing room as a court reporter, as a conference reporter in a business or government meeting, as a broadcast captioner or CART reporter. The reporter is responsible for producing an accurate and complete record of everything that is said at a trial, hearing, meeting, broadcast, or in a classroom. Proficiency attained will permit the student to be tested for certification by the National Court Reporters Association.
| Major Requirements | Credits | |||||
| BIS 1220* | Machine Shorthand I | 4 | ||||
| BIS 1230* | Machine Shorthand II | 4 | ||||
| BIS 1240* | Machine Shorthand III | 4 | ||||
| BIS 1404* | Court Practice I | 4 | ||||
| BIS 2154* | Conference and Court Reporting (Legal) | 4 | ||||
| BIS 2160* | Conference and Court Reporting (Medical) | 4 | ||||
| BIS 2301* | Conference and Court Reporting Co-op | 1 | ||||
| BIS 2404* | Court Practice II | 4 | ||||
| Required Supportive Courses |
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| ENG 1510● | Composition I | 3 | ||||
| ENG 1520● | Composition II | 3 | ||||
| MED 1103* | Medical Terminology | 3 | ||||
| In addition, the student will select, with department approval, 11 credits from the following: |
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| BIS 1070* | Word Processing | 3 | ||||
| BIS 1090 | Introduction to the Legal Office Environment | 2 | ||||
| BIS 1300* | Document Processing and Production | 4 | ||||
| BIS 1450 | Transcription Technology | 4 | ||||
| BIS 1700 | Applied Business Systems Procedures | 3 | ||||
| BUS 1100 | Introduction to Business | 4 | ||||
| BUS 1210 | Starting and Operating a Small Business | 3 | ||||
| BUS 2030 | Business Law I | 3 | ||||
| BUS 2040 | Business Law II | 3 | ||||
| CIS 1000 | Computer Literacy | 1 | ||||
| CIS 1040 | Introduction to Computing Concepts | 2 | ||||
| CIS 1050 | Personal Computer Productivity Tools (MS-Office) | 4 | ||||
| ENG 1350● | Business Communications | 3 | ||||
| See Graduation Requirements for an Associate in Applied Science Degree.
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