SH 200 - Skill Development IV

Credit(s): 6

Prerequisite(s): SH 130

Students will continue to develop their realtime translation computerized technology skills and speed development during the fourth semester of their training. They will be in a minimum of eight hours of live dictation in literary, medical, jury charge and legal opinion, and court reporting testimony. Students will be in a variety of speedbuilding classes a minimum of eight hours every week and will be required to devote a minimum of 18 hours per week on skill and speed development. They will receive weekly transcription assignments. Grades for this course will be based on shorthand skill, weekly transcriptions, and punctuation grades on dictation evaluations.