Getting Started

Cerritos College Court Reporting and
Captioning Careers
11110 Alondra Blvd. Norwalk, CA 90650
(562) 860-2451 ext. 2746
www.cerritos.edu/CRCC or www.cerritos.edu/courtreporting

Fall Semester begins August 20, 2012!

Beginning machine courses (Theory and Theory Review)
CRCC 140 and CRCC 141 go together
All Theory Students (except online) are to sign up for CRCC 1T (lab)

Fall 2012 On-campus Days:

CRCC 140 Computerized Shorthand Theory - Section no. 22232 - 3 units
Monday through Thursday 9:30-11 a.m.
CRCC 141 Computerized Shorthand Theory Review - Section no. 22238 - 3 units
Monday through Thursday 12:30-2 p.m.
* also sign up for CRCC 1T, the Court Reporting Lab Section # 22880

(So it's Monday through Thursday from 9:30 to 2:00 p.m. for both classes, plus 4 total lab hours.
You may work in the lab whenever the lab is open, including from 11-12:30 daily.)

1T is 1 unit = Total units 7

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Fall 2012 on-campus Nights info

Sign up in this order: 1T # 22880; 141 # 23346; 140 # 23344
so put the 1T no in first, then the 141, then 140 etc.

CRCC 140 Computerized Shorthand Theory - Section no. 23344 - 3 units
Monday and Wednesday, 6-9 p.m.
CRCC 141 Computerized Shorthand Theory Review - Section no. 23346 - 3 units
Tuesday and Thursday, 6-9 p.m.
* also sign up for CRCC 1T, the Court Reporting Lab Section 22880

(So it's Monday through Thursday from 6-9 p.m. for both classes, plus 4 total lab hours.
You may work in the lab whenever the lab is open.)

1T is 1 unit = Total units 7

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Online:

First semester online Theory students: (Beginners)

Sign up in this order: 141a # 22240; then 140a # 22234

CRCC 140a Computerized Shorthand Theory - Section no. 22234 - 2.5 units
CRCC 141a Computerized Shorthand Theory Review -Section no. 22240 - 2.5 units

Each class is 4 hours per week online (plus additional practice).
Online Theory and Theory Review A total 5 units (lab not required)

Orientation for 140-41a is optional.
More information online at www.cerritos.edu/vmorgan

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Second semester online Theory students:
Sign up in this order: 141b #22242; then 140b #22236
This is for students who have completed 140-41a classes.

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**Recommended**

CRCC 139 Exploring Career Opportunities in Court Reporting
1 unit online Section no. 22506
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All beginning students are expected to purchase or rent a stenotype machine
and have it in class by the end of the first week!

Online Theory students must have a stenotype machine to start!
(See "getting a machine" link)
Theory Books: Computer Shorthand Realtime Theory, 3rd Ed
Roberts, Walsh, Gonzalez ISBN 0-13-079138-5 and the corresponding Read It 1 and Read It 2 books
To see books, go to Schedule Plus on www.cerritos.edu and select your class.
There will be a books link there that will take you to all the information from the bookstore.
They list the book as (see below) and the ReadIt books are listed there as well:

- TITLE:Computer Shorthand
- AUTHOR:Roberts
- EDITION:3rd
- COPYRIGHT YEAR:1996
- PUBLISHER:Pearson Education
- ISBN:9780130791382

For machine rental contact:
Ken Goodwin of L.A. Stenotype 626-813-0019 ($200 refundable deposit required)
or any Stenotype dealer in your area

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Academic classes are available.

It is advised Theory students do not overload themselves with
much else other than Theory and Theory Review if at all possible!
If you need to take an academic, below are the starting classes you can take while in theory (recommended no more than one)

BCOT 46 Business Communication 3 units
BCOT 162 Business Spelling and Proofreading Skills 3 units

both these classes can be found in Schedule Plus