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Heather Rahman
Program Coordinator, Career Education
Bay Area
College of Marin
CTE Dean
Alina Varona
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Program Details
Certificate of Achievement in Communication Access Realtime Translation
New Program
Court Reporting (051430)
08/01/22
The Court Reporting Program at College of Marin offers four stackable certificates designed for students interested in acquiring the skills necessary to secure employment as a verbatim reporter in our courts of law, pre-trial depositions, senate and congressional hearings, closed captioning and educational captioning.
The College of Marin Court Reporting Program is recognized by the Court Reporters Board of California. For information concerning the minimum requirements that a Court Reporting Program must meet in order to be recognized, contact The Court Reporters Board of California, 2535 Capitol Oaks Drive, Suite 230, Sacramento, CA 95833.
Phone: 916-263-3660
Students in the Court Reporting program will also earn transferable units if they opt to transfer to a four-year program to complete a bachelor’s degree in the field of their choice.
Upon successful completion of the Communication Access Realtime Translation (C.A.R.T.) Certificate of Achievement, students will be able to:
- Appropriately and professionally apply the court reporting process in the workplace.
- Demonstrate proficiency in basic English, grammar and punctuation, as well as legal terminology, court structure, basic legal procedures, basic civil law, basic criminal law, official court reporting procedures, deposition court reporting procedures, and court reporting ethics.
- Demonstrate proficiency in basic medical terminology, including terms relating to anatomy, physiology, and pharmaceutical drugs.
- Speed-building proficient and able to write at 180 wpm
College of Marin projects 10-15 students will complete this certificate annually.
Program Proposal Attributes
- Certificate of Achievement: 16 or greater semester (or 24 or greater quarter) units (C)
The new certificate program in Court Reporting will offer four new stackable Certificates of Achievement in addition to an A.S. degree in Court Reporting. The new certificates are as follows; Certificate of Achievement for Proofreading, Certificate of Achievement for Scopist, Certificate of Achievement for Communication Access Realtime Translation(C.A.R.T.) and Certificate of Achievement for CSR-Ready exam preparation.
The C.A.R.T. Certificate is the third in the series of stackable certificates and will prepare students for successful completion of the CSR exam and the A.S. Degree in Court Reporting. Please refer to the additional information section.
Successful completion of the C.A.R.T. Certificate will boost enrollment, and prepare students for the CSR exam through the series of certificates.
1. Students in this new certificate program will learn current industry standards for broadcast captioning and educational captioning.
2. Students who achieve the C.A.R.T certificate will be prepared to work with the hearing impaired and individuals with cognitive challenges.
3. Students that successfully complete the C.A.R.T. Certificate will have completed foundational skills such as familiarity with legal and medical terminology.
4. Students that successfully compete the C.A.R.T. Certificate will be better prepared for the CSR exam through the new stackable certificates with better course stepping to develop steno speed-writing skills, a primary goal of the certificates.
5. Students that successfully complete of the C.A.R.T. Certificate will be able to seek employment working directly with educational institutions and broadcast media companies.
6. Create a five-semester certificate that provides students with necessary skills that are directly related to job-market needs.
Certificate Objectives -
The objectives for the C.A.R.T. certificate are listed below:
• provides a basic training that introduces students to advanced steno-writing
• competency editing spoken-text punctuation and grammar in real time
• familiarity with medical, legal and pharmaceutical vocabulary
• familiarity with media current events
• competency with 180 wpm speed-writing level
Course Units and Hours
55
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Course Report
The Certificate of Achievement, C.A.R.T. prepares students for entry-level occupations in the legal industry. There are no pre-requisites to enter this program. The following courses are the requirements which will help a student build upon to earn the subsequent certificate CSR exam preparation, if the student chooses to proceed further in the Court Reporting sector.
Course | Title | Units | Year/Semester (Y1 or S1) |
---|---|---|---|
COUR 110A | Theory Machine Shorthand 1 | 6 | S1 |
COUR 167 | Ethics for Court Report | 1 | S1 |
COUR 168A | Spelling and Vocabulary | 1 | S1 |
COUR 168B | Grammar for Court Reporting | 2 | S1 |
MEDA 165 | Medical Terminology 1 | 2 | S1 |
COUR 110B | Theory Machine Shorthand 2 | 4 | S2 |
COUR 100 | Skill Development 1 | 2 | S2 |
COUR 166 | Legal Terminology and CSR Law | 2 | S2 |
COUR 169A/B | Computer Aided Transcription I and II | 2 | S2 |
MEDA 166 | Medical Terminology 2 | 2 | S2 |
COUR 120A | Skill Development II | 4 | S3 |
COUR 140A | Skill Development II - Shorthand Speed Acceleration | 4 | S3 |
COUR 169A/B | Computer Added Transcription I and II | 2 | S3 |
COUR 140B | Skill Development II - Briefs and Phrases | 4 | S4 |
COUR 160A | Skill Development III - Shorthand Speed Acceleration | 4 | S4 |
WE | Work Experience | 1 | S4 |
COUR 160B | Skill Development III - Briefs and Phrases | 4 | S5 |
COUR 180A | Skill Development IV - Shorthand Speed Acceleration | 4 | S5 |
COUR 200A | Skill Development V - Shorthand Speed Acceleration | 4 | S5 |
Total | 55 |
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04/16/21 - 11:17 AM
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Heather Rahman · 04/19/21
A correction was sent to me after my submission. Here is the amendment: The total for the C.A.R.T. Certificate should be 59 units. COUR180A that is listed in semester 5 should be listed in semester 4. COUR180B should be added to semester 5. I apologize for the changes post submission.