SH230 - Skill Development VI - Students will continue with high-speed dictation classes using realtime translation technology. They will have eight hours of dictation every week in literary, medical, jury charge and legal opinion, and court reporting testimony. Students will be in a variety of speedbuilding classes a minimum of 8 hours a week and will be required to devote a minimum of 18 hours per week on skill and speed development. Students will take simulated Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR) tests, and they will transcribe ten pages of transcript in two hours with 95 percent accuracy involving multiple speakers. Grades for this course will be based on shorthand skill, weekly transcriptions, and punctuation grades on dictation.  Prerequisite: SH220.

SB202 - Speedbuilding II - Students will continue to develop their skill and speed development in literary, medical, jury charge and legal opinion, and court reporting testimony.  Grades for this course will be based on skill, weekly transcriptions, and punctuation grades on dictation evaluations.  Students will complete the requirements for this course after passing 5-minute tests at 180QA, 160JC, 160L, and 160 wpm mentor requirement. Prerequisite: SB201 or SH220.

SH231 - 160-180 Skillbuilder I - Students will be enrolled in this speedbuilding course during the 15-week semester for this elective. The classes will develop speed and skill in machine shorthand. They may consist of literary, jury charge, legal opinion, and/or testimony. Credit will be awarded on class attendance/homework speedbuilding requirements based on the associated six-credit SH-level course. Prerequisite: SH230.

SH232 - 160-180 Skillbuilder II - Students will be enrolled in this speedbuilding course during the 15-week semester for this elective. The classes will develop speed and skill in machine shorthand. They may consist of literary, jury charge, legal opinion, and/or testimony. Credit will be awarded on class attendance/homework speedbuilding requirements based on the associated six-credit SH-level course. Prerequisite: SH230.

SH240 - Skill Development VII - Students will complete all skill development requirements using realtime translation technology. They will have a minimum of eight hours of live dictation weekly on literary, medical, jury charge and legal opinion, and two-voice testimony speedbuilding classes a minimum of 8 hours a week and will be required to devote a minimum of 18 hours. Students will turn in at least two transcriptions per week on skill and speed development. They will receive weekly transcription assignments. Grades for this course will be based on shorthand skill, weekly transcription, and punctuation grades on dictation evaluations. To fulfill the court reporting graduation requirements for SH240, students must complete the following: pass three tests at each of the exit speeds at 180 literary, 200 jury charge/legal opinion, and 225 two-voice testimony; take a simulated CRR test at a speed of 180 to 200 wpm literary; prepare a salable ten-page transcript utilizing CAT software in two hours with 95 percent accuracy involving multiple speakers; and transcribe a simulated CSR/RPR skills test at 180 literary, 200 jury charge, and 225 two-voice testimony with no more than 3.75 hours transcription time (75 minutes per test). PREREQUISITE: SH230.

SB203 and SB203V - Speedbuilding III - Students will continue to develop their skill and speed development in literary, medical, jury charge and legal opinion, and court reporting testimony.  Grades for this course will be based on skill, weekly transcriptions, and punctuation grades on dictation evaluations.  Students will complete the requirements for this course after passing three tests each, including one mentor test in each category, at 5-minutes in 225QA, 200JC, and 180L. Prerequisite: SB202 or SH230.  In addition to the speed requirements, students will complete the following: take a simulated CRR test at a speed of 180 to 200 wpm literary; prepare a salable ten-page transcript utilizing CAT software in two hours with 95 percent accuracy involving multiple speakers; and transcribe a simulated CSR/RPR/CVR skills test at 180 literary, 200 jury charge, and 225 two-voice testimony with no more than 3.75 hours transcription time (75 minutes per test). 

SH241 - 200-225 Skillbuilder I - Students will be enrolled in this speedbuilding course during the 15-week semester for this elective. The classes will develop speed and skill in machine shorthand. They may consist of literary, jury charge, legal opinion, and/or testimony. Credit will be awarded on class attendance/homework speedbuilding requirements based on the associated six-credit SH-level course. Prerequisite: SH240.

SH242 - 200-225 Skillbuilder II - Students will be enrolled in this speedbuilding course during the 15-week semester for this elective. The classes will develop speed and skill in machine shorthand. They may consist of literary, jury charge, legal opinion, and/or testimony. Credit will be awarded on class attendance/homework speedbuilding requirements based on the associated six-credit SH-level course. Prerequisite: SH240.