Captioning and Court Reporting 

Court reporting technologies:

Within the legal field, court reporters are entrusted to record everything said in court, at depositions, and legal meetings. Outside the legal field, reporters are found in such areas as broadcast captioning, cyber-conferencing, and realtime educational reporting. Realtime refers to the instantaneous translation of a reporter's notes into English.

Tri-C's program is approved by the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) and specializes in education for the "Realtime Reporter."  This program provides the student with skills required to meet the challenges and opportunities available to court reporters in the modern workplace.  

The Court Reporting and Captioning program is offered on-site at the Western Campus.  All CCR classes are also offered through distance learning.  An exciting, lucrative career, the captioning and court reporting industries offer great flexibility and a six-figure income potential.

Program Prerequisites:
To be considered for admission to the Court Reporting and Captioning program, the following requirements must be met:

• High School diploma or GED
• It is also recommended that you complete C&CR-1000, Introduction to Court Reporting, prior to enrollment in the beginning theory course. Please note that Introduction to Court Reporting and Realtime Theory I may be taken concurrently.

Supplies and Equipment: 

Students are expected to purchase their own computerized stenotype machine and tripod. Please note that students may use financial aid to pay for stenotype machines purchased through the Tri-C book store. Students are also required to purchase DigitalCATSoftware at the end of their second semester. Other supplies needed include steno machine paper, steno machine ribbons.

This program is designed to prepare students to demonstrate the following program outcomes:
Court Reporting and Captioning Degree Outcomes.pdf

Suggested Semester Sequence