# Court Reporting (CORT) courses Victor Valley College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 20 courses Source: https://catalog.vvc.edu/course-descriptions/cort/ "Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027. ### CORT 005 — Court Reporting Orientation - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4.5 lecture hours - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules Court Reporting Orientation will cover the characteristics that make a successful court reporting student and future court reporter. Students will learn about the court reporting program and time commitment expectations, including costs associated with equipment and software necessary for the program. Different avenues of employment opportunities will be discussed, and students will see a live stenography demonstration. Finally, students will also have an opportunity to write on a steno machine. ### CORT 010 — Machine Shorthand Theory 1 - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules Machine Shorthand Theory 1 is the first of two machine shorthand theory courses in the VVC Court Reporting Program. Students will have the opportunity to learn the basic theory of machine stenography which is based on phonetics and sounds. They will have the opportunity to practice machine stenography and read back their steno notes. Non Course Requirement Minimum 45 words per minute typing speed on a standard keyboard. This typing certification can be obtained at VVC or equivalent agency. Per California Code Regulations Title 16 Section 2411(e) ### CORT 011 — Machine Shorthand Theory 2 - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules Machine Shorthand Theory 2 is the second of two machine shorthand theory classes in the VVC Court Reporting Program. This course introduces briefs, phrases, numbers, and introduction to speed building. This course also includes an introduction to two-voice testimony. ### CORT 015 — Machine Shorthand Lab Theory to 120 WPM - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 54 lab hours - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This course is to fulfill the Court Reporter's Board requirements for court reporting students receiving instruction in theory to 120 words per minute. This course promotes further development of speed and accuracy in taking dictation on the machine. The student will review theory and develop skills to take new material dictation for a minimum of three minutes with 97.5% accuracy. ### CORT 016 — Machine Shorthand Lab 120 WPM to 160 WPM - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 54 lab hours - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This course is to fulfill the Court Reporter's Board requirements for court reporting students receiving instruction in theory from 120 to 160 words per minute. This course promotes further development of speed and accuracy in taking dictation on the machine. The student will review techniques of writing and develop sufficient skills to take new material dictation for five minutes with 97.5% accuracy. Students must complete 10 hours of observation in court. ### CORT 017 — Machine Shorthand Lab 160 WPM to 220 WPM - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 54 lab hours - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This course is to fulfill the Court Reporter's Board requirements for court reporting students receiving instruction in theory from 160 to 220 words per minute. This course promotes further development of speed and accuracy in taking dictation on the machine. The student will review theory and develop skills to take new material dictation for a minimum of ten minutes with 97.5% accuracy. ### CORT 018 — Shorthand Practice Lab 1 - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 216 lab hours - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This course is to fulfill the Court Reporter's Board requirements for court reporter students to receive the required machine shorthand hours. This course promotes further development of speed and accuracy in taking dictation on the machine. The student will practice shorthand machine skill using the appropriate skill-building software. ### CORT 019 — Shorthand Practice Lab 2 - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 135 lab hours - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This course is to fulfill the Court Reporter's Board requirements for court reporter students to receive the required machine shorthand hours. This course promotes further development of speed and accuracy in taking dictation on the machine. The student will practice shorthand machine skill using the appropriate skill-building software. ### CORT 020 — English for Court Reporters 1 - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 81 lecture hours - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This is the first of three English courses in the court reporting program. English for Court Reporters 1 will focus on sentence structure, parts of speech, phrases, clauses, and appositives. Simple, compound, and complex sentence structures are explored, as well as paragraph length, coherence, and transitions between sentences. ### CORT 021 — English for Court Reporters 2 - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 81 lecture hours - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This is the second of three English courses in the court reporting program. English for Court Reporters 2 will focus on grammar and usage for court reporters. Students will learn acceptable grammar and usage in preparation for the Certified Shorthand Reporters Board examination and in transcripts and transcript editing. This course will focus on complex punctuation rules in spoken and written forms, parentheticals, abbreviations, and numbers in formal transcripts. ### CORT 022 — English for Court Reporters 3 - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 81 lecture hours - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This is the third English course in the court reporting program. English for Court Reporters 3 will focus on vocabulary and language skills. Students will also practice transcribing the spoken language and legal proceedings with proper usage and spelling of vocabulary terms. Latin, Greek, and French root terms as well as common homonym and homograph use will be explored. ### CORT 030 — Medical Terminology 1 for Court Reporters - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This is the first of three medical terminology courses in the court reporting program. This course will cover medical terminology including, but not limited to, combining forms, word parts, common abbreviations, proper usage, spelling and pronunciation of medical terminology. ### CORT 031 — Medical Terminology 2 for Court Reporters - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 45 lecture hours - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This is the second of three courses in the court reporting program. This course will cover clinical procedures, laboratory tests, operative reports, case studies, presented in practical application formats, field sobriety tests, and common terms. ### CORT 032 — Medical Terminology 3 for Court Reporters - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This is the third of three medical terminology courses in the court reporting program. This course will cover basic human anatomy and physiology of the human body systems and structure, including respiratory, circulatory, lymphatic and immune, musculoskeletal, integumentary, and sense organs, as well as radiology, pharmacology, and psychiatric medicine. ### CORT 040 — Legal Terminology 1 for Court Reporters - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This is the first of two legal terminology courses in the Court Reporting program. This course will introduce legal phrases and Latin terms used the legal field. This course also includes an introduction to the court systems and jurisdictions, general concepts of the law. ### CORT 041 — Legal Terminology 2 for Court Reporters - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 81 lecture hours - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This is the second Legal Terminology course in the Court Reporting program. This course will cover the ethical and professional duties of a court reporter as outlined in The Professional Standards of Practice. Students will learn about the Certified Shorthand Reporters Board and its regulating duties. The responsibilities of a court reporter, including record management, will be included. ### CORT 050 — Technology 1 for Court Reporters - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This is the first of two technology courses in the court reporting program. Students will learn basic computer functions and terminology such as deleting, moving, renaming files, and creating files such as pdf and ASCII. Students will learn how to access resource materials on the Internet such as citations, codes, street atlases, and dictionaries. This course will introduce students to the use of computer-aided transcript (CAT) software. Students will learn how to prepare transcripts and the fundamentals of realtime translation. ### CORT 051 — Technology 2 for Court Reporters - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This is the second of two techonlogy courses in the court reporting program. Students will learn advanced CAT (computer-aided translation) software techniques to help aid in the production of transcripts in a timely manner. Students will learn how to connect to a second computer to provide interactive realtime translation. ### CORT 060 — Transcript Preparation - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 36 lecture hours - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This course will teach students how to format a transcript using the Minimum Transcript Guidelines. Students will learn how to format cover pages, appearance pages, indices, speaker identifications, and court reporter certificates. Students will be using proofreading skills learned to produce an accurate, verbatim transcript. ### CORT 070 — CSR Preparation - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This course helps students prepare for the California Certified Shorthand Reporter (CSR) exam. Students will practice test-taking techniques specific to the CSR exam. This class will also include extensive review of vocabulary, spelling, grammar, medical and legal terminology, and CSR law. The process and requirements to apply to the CSR Board for testing will be covered as well.