Alamo Colleges District

Alamo Colleges District

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Serving the Bexar County community through its programs and services that help students succeed in acquiring the knowledge and skills needed in today’s world. Today, five colleges fulfill this promise with a vast array of courses and 2-year degrees.
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Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Bexar County
Est. 2007

Serving more than 6,000 students from the ten Metrocom Communities and northeast San Antonio. Named “Best Institutional Facility” by Live Oak Economic Development.
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Northwest Vista College

Northwest Vista College

Northwest San Antonio
Est. 1995

Creating opportunites for success by offering quality academic, technical and life-long learning experiences to its diverse communities in a collaborative, student-centered, data-informed and shared leadership environment.
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Palo Alto College

Palo Alto College

South San Antonio
Est. 1985

Top 10 finalist for the 2019 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s signature recognition of high achievement and performance in America’s community colleges.
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St. Philip’s College

St. Philip’s College

East and Southwest
San Antonio
Est. 1898

A comprehensive public community college whose mission is to empower our diverse student population through educational achievement and career readiness.
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San Antonio College

San Antonio College

Midtown
Est. 1925

San Antonio College is named in the top 150 community colleges in the nation by Aspen Institute, and is ranked among the Top 10 colleges for Hispanics by Hispanic Outlook Magazine.
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Court Reporting: Computer-Aided Transcription Technology, A.A.S ♦

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The Court Reporting Computer-Aided Transcription (CAT), Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.), degree prepares a Court Reporting Program student to use machine shorthand to capture speech at a speed of 225 words per minute and transcribe notes with 96% accuracy. The student is prepared to take the CSR and RPR certification exams at the completion of the competencies. The degree also serves as the required teaching credential once the student has served three years as a Certified Shorthand Reporter.

This offering is available in the following modes:

Face-to-face, Fully online

With this award, you may seek jobs such as:

Supreme Court of Texas CST, Certified Shorthand Reporter

Related Awards:

Court Reporting: Computer Aided Transcription Technology, Level II Certificate ♦

Court Reporting: Transcriptionist / Scopist Level I Certificate ♦

Court Reporting Scopist: Proofreader, Occupational Skills Award ♦

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Total Credit Hours Required: 60

Semester I

Theory - 60 Speedbuilding
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CRTR 1404 - Machine Shorthand I
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CRTR 1207 - Machine Shorthand Speedbuilding
CRTR 1302 - Law and Legal Terminology
CRTR 2259 - Courtroom Procedures
CRTR 1312 - Court Reporting Communications I
Select any 1 KINE course (any 1 credit hour) Credits / Units: 1

Semester II

80-120 Speedbuilding
CRTR 1357 - Literary/Jury Charge Dictation I
CRTR 2319 - Testimony Dictation II
CRTR 1208 - Realtime Court Reporting I
CRTR 1214 - Court Reporting Technology I
CRTR 2206 - Medical Court Reporting
CRIJ 1306 - Court Systems and Practices

Semester III

Semester III

140-180 Speedbuilding
CRTR 1355 - Dictation Speedbuilding
CRTR 2345 - Testimony Dictation III
CRTR 2331 - Court Reporter Certification Preparation
CRTR 1380 - Cooperative Education - Court Reporting/Court Reporter
GOVT 2305 - Federal Government, or GOVT 2306 - Texas Government (3) Credits / Units: 3

Semester IV

SPCH 1311 - Introduction to Speech Communication
Select 1 course from Language, Philosophy & Culture (40) Core
Select 1 course from Social and Behavioral Sciences (80) Core
Select 1 course from Mathematics (20) Core
ENGL 1301 - Composition I

Milestone Course(s)

*** denotes Milestone course(s)

A milestone course is a course that is critical for success in this program as determined by the Faculty of the Alamo Colleges District.

Notes:

CIP Code: 22.0303

Major Code: CRTT

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