Court and Realtime Reporting - AAS Degree

TYPICAL FOUR-SEMESTER PROGRAM (on campus and online)

First

Second

Summer Session (required)

Third

Fourth

Total Credit Hours: 70

* Students may select one of these general education requirements (math, science, psychology, sociology) for each semester.

** Students may select BUAD 3043 - business law I or MEDA 1133 - medical terminology in either semester.

Also required: one unit of physical education.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

In addition to the Associate of Applied Science degree requirements, the Business department requires a 2.0 grade point average in required court reporting subjects. All courses listed must be satisfactorily completed and a minimum of 62 credit hours earned. Court reporting students must also meet all the NCRA requirements as stated in the course objectives, including the passing of three, five-minute tests on unfamiliar matter with 95 percent accuracy on two-voice material at 225 wpm, jury charge material at 200 wpm, and literary material at 180 wpm; two five-minute timed writings in keyboarding from unfamiliar material at a minimum of 60 gross wpm with a maximum of five errors; the completion of 40 verified hours of internship experience, including the production of a 40-page transcript; the transcription of a simulated RPR skills test at RPR speed levels in three hours; and the production of accurate transcripts using computer-aided technology as stated in the course outlines. Captioning students must write a five-minute, 180-wpm literary tape with 1.4 syllabic density at 96 percent accuracy; prepare a captioned translation evaluation taken from the internship experience; and complete at least 40 verified hours of actual writing time during the internship.