California Court Reporters Board Accreditation Accredited Court Reporting Program
In order for the person to qualify from a school to take the state licensing examination, the person shall complete a program at a recognized school. For information concerning the minimum requirements that a court reporting program must meet in order to be recognized contact:
The Court Reporter’s Board of California
2535 Capitol Oaks Drive, Suite 230
Sacramento, CA 95833
Cypress College Business/CIS Divison Court Reporting Program
This program was approved by the Court Reporter’s Board on March 7, 1978.
All candidates must have a high school diploma or equivalent to take the CSR examination. (Revised January, 2012)
Academic courses completed in Adult Education are not transferable. Courses taken in Distance Education will be evaluated on an individual basis for transferability and hour requirements. Private school academics may be evaluated for certification to take the CSR examination. The California Court Reporter’s Board sets the standards for hours of training under the following listed categories. The Cypress College program exceeds all state requirements. The student may go on to earn an Associate in Arts Degree or other specialized certificate. Students must furnish their own equipment, paper, and other supplies. Students must enter the program with a basic typing speed of 25 words per minute.
Code | Title | Hours |
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1. Machine Shorthand and Transcription - 2300 Hours 1 | ||
Core Requirements 2 | ||
Beginning Machine Shorthand Theory | 3 | |
Court Reporting Theory Review | 1-3 | |
Machine Shorthand Speed Building l | 0.5-2 | |
Machine Shorthand Speed Building 2 | 0.5-2 | |
Machine Shorthand Speed Building 3 | 0.5-2 | |
Machine Shorthand Speed Building 4 | 0.5-2 | |
Machine Shorthand Speed Building 5 | 0.5-2 | |
Machine Shorthand Speed Building 6 | 0.5-2 | |
Machine Shorthand Speed Building 7 Machine Shorthand Speed Building 7 | 0.5-2 | |
Machine Shorthand Challenge-160 | 0.5-2 | |
Machine Shorthand Challenge-180 | 0.5-2 | |
Machine Shorthand Challenge-200 | 0.5-2 | |
Machine Shorthand Challenge-220 | 0.5-2 | |
CSR and RPR Directed Practice | 0.5-2 | |
Court and Conference Reporting - Legal | 1-3 | |
Court and Conference Reporting - Medical | 1-3 | |
Court and Conference Reporting - Congressional | 1-3 | |
Two and Four Voice Testimony | 0.5-3 | |
Court and Conference Reporting - Jury Charge | 0.5-3 | |
Court and Conference Reporting - Jury Charge 2 | 0.5-3 | |
CTRP 075 C | ||
Court and Conference Reporting - Literary ll | 0.5-3 | |
or CTRP 090 C | Court/Conference Reporting: Literary | |
or CTRP 096 C | Court and Conference Reporting - Literary III | |
TOTAL HOURS | 1980 |
1 | Lab hours do not count for machine credit in this category, per the CR Board. |
2 | Section 2411(a)(7) of the CR Board regulations state that a student will be allowed a reduction in the required machine hours if a student is able to pass the qualifier examination before completing the hours described in Section 1 under Machine Shorthand and Transcription. This does not exempt a student from completing the core required classes in order to qualify. |
Core Requirements must be completed in order to qualify. Students must pass one ten (10) minute qualifier in CTRP 050 C to be eligible to take the state CSR licensing examination. Transfer students must demonstrate course comparability in speed building categories.
Code | Title | Units |
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Electives | ||
After completing the core requirements, students may gain additional machine hours by completing any of the following: | ||
Machine Shorthand Speed Building 8 | 0.5-2 | |
CTRP 094 C | ||
CTRP 095 C | ||
Court and Conference Reporting - Literary ll | 0.5-3 | |
or CTRP 090 C | Court/Conference Reporting: Literary | |
or CTRP 096 C | Court and Conference Reporting - Literary III | |
TOTAL HOURS | 342 |
Code | Title | Units |
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2. English - 240 Hours Required | ||
Business English | 3 | |
Critical Reasoning and Writing | 4 | |
Spelling for Modern Business | 1 | |
Punctuation - Court Reporting | 1 | |
Basic Vocabulary Development | 2 | |
Advanced Vocabulary Development | 1.5 | |
Grammar and Usage | 3 | |
TOTAL HOURS | 261 |
Code | Title | Units |
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3. Medical - 120 Hours Required | ||
Survey of Medical Terminology | 3 | |
Integrated Medical Science | 3 | |
or HS 147 C | Survey of Disease | |
Court and Conference Reporting - Medical | 1-3 | |
TOTAL HOURS | 126 |
Code | Title | Units |
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4. Legal - 150 Hours Required | ||
Legal Terminology and Rhetoric | 3 | |
Select one of the following: | ||
Legal Environment of Business | 3 | |
Court and Deposition Procedures | 1.5-3 | |
TOTAL HOURS | 162 |
Code | Title | Units |
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5. Keyboarding | ||
45 Words Per Minute Net 1 | ||
Legal Procedures | 4 | |
TOTAL HOURS | 90 |
1 | Cypress requirement 50 net words per minute. |
Code | Title | Units |
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6. Transcript Preparation - 25 Hours Required | ||
Formatting, Style and Usage | 1 | |
Proofreading | 1 | |
TOTAL HOURS | 36 |
Code | Title | Units |
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7. Resource Materials - 5 Hours Required | ||
Introduction to Legal Research | 1 | |
TOTAL HOURS | 18 |
Code | Title | Units |
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8. Apprenticeship Training/Court Observation - 60 Hours Required | ||
Internship - Court Reporting | 3 | |
20 Hours - Court | ||
20 Hours - Deposition | ||
10 Hours - Observation - Off Campus (prior to 140 wpm) 1 | ||
CSR-RPR-CBC-CCP Exam Preparation | 0.5-3 | |
TOTAL HOURS | 63 |
1 | Observation Hours may be completed in various classes. |
Code | Title | Units |
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9. Technology - 60 Hours Required | ||
CTRP 092 C | ||
Computer Aided Transcription - Dictionary Building | 2 | |
Information Technology-CTRP | 2 | |
Select one of the following: | ||
CTRP 082 C | 1 | |
Computer Aided Transcription - Stenograph | 2 | |
Computer Aided Transcription - Eclipse | 2 | |
Suggested Elective: | ||
Advanced CAT Systems | 2 | |
TOTAL HOURS | 108 |
*NOTE: An 18,000 word dictionary is required in order to take the CSR examination.
In order for a person to qualify from a school to take the state licensing examination, the person shall complete a program at a recognized school.
For more information contact:
Department of Consumer Affairs
The Court Reporter’s Board of California
2535 Capitol Oaks Drive, Suite 230
Sacramento, CA 92583
(916) 263-3660
*Section 2411(a)(7) of the CR Board regulations state that a student will be allowed a reduction in the required machine hours if a student is able to pass the qualifier examination before completing the hours described in Section 1 under Machine Shorthand and Transcription. This does not exempt a student from completing the core required classes in order to qualify.