Curriculum
Broadcast Captioning is a collaborative program between Lakeshore Technical College and Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. Students attend ITV classes sent from LTC to NWTC. Upon completion, a student will have earned 70 credits.
FIRST SEMESTER
10-106-104 Realtime Reporting 1
5
10-106-144 Realtime Reporting Orientation
1
10-106-159 Legal Terminology
1
10-106-184 English for Realtime Reporters
1
10-106-804 Realtime Reporting I Lab
1
10-801-136 English Composition 1
3
10-809-198 Intro to Psychology
3
SECOND SEMESTER
10-106-105 Realtime Reporting II
5
10-106-158 Realtime Reporting Technology
2
10-106-805 Realtime Reporting II Lab
1
10-801-196 Oral/Interpersonal Comm
3
10-809-172 Race Ethnic & Diversity
3
10-809-122 Intro to Amer Government
3
10-809-196 Intro to Sociology
3
SUMMER SEMESTER
Realtime Reporting Speed Dev
2
THIRD SEMESTER
10-106-128 Jury Charge I
2
10-106-809 Literary I Lab
1
10-106-828 Jury Charge I Lab
1
10-106-859 Testimony I Lab
1
10-804-123 Math w Business Apps
3
10-804-107 College Mathematics
3
10-806-112 Principles of Sustainability
3
FOURTH SEMESTER
10-106-129 Jury Charge II
2
10-106-142 Judicial Reporting Procedures
2
10-106-143 Judicial Reporting Internship
1
10-106-171 Medical Reporting/Terminology
2
10-106-811 Literary II Lab
1
10-106-829 Jury Charge II Lab
1
10-106-857 Testimony II Lab
1
SUMMER SEMESTER
10-170-101 Captioning/CART
4
10-170-143 Internship: Broadcast Cap/CART
1
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
These courses provide an opportunity for students to develop the knowledge, skills, and understanding required for employment in this field.
10-106-104 REALTIME REPORTING ...prepares learners to use machine shorthand to write consonants, vowels, numbers, multi-syllabic words, multi-consonant words, punctuation and special symbols, short forms and phrases, words in their singular and plural forms, and prefixes and suffixes. Concurrent registration in Realtime Reporting 1 Lab is required. 101071 Broadcast Captioning or 101061 Judicial Reporting or 321071 Broadcast Captioning or 321061 Judicial Reporting.
10-106-105 REALTIME REPORTING II ...prepares the learner to write multi-syllabic words; punctuation and special symbols, short forms and phrases, prefixes and suffixes; numbers, frequently used words and phrases, contractions using the Z-rule, the "Flagged Alphabet;" apply realtime conflict elimination principles; apply realtime theory and write dictation using a realtime theory at a minimum speed of 110 wpm. (Concurrent registration in Realtime Reporting II Lab is required.)
10-106-108 REALTIME REPORTING SPEED DEVELOPMENT ...further develops skills acquired in Realtime Reporting II on literary, jury charge, and testimony material beginning at 120 wpm. Scheduled during the summer term, students must pass two, 3-minute timings at a minimum speed of 110 words per minute.
10-106-109 LITERARY I ...prepares the learner to write literary material at 150 words per minute for 3 minutes and transcribe at least 3 timings with a minimum of 95 percent accuracy, write and read back current events dictation, and prepare salable transcripts. (Concurrent registration in Literary I Lab is required.)
10-106-111 LITERARY II ...expands the student's ability to write literary material at 180 words per minute for 5 minutes and transcribe at least 3 timings with a minimum of 95 percent accuracy, write and read back current events dictation, and prepare salable transcripts. (Concurrent registration in Literary II Lab is required.)
10-106-128 JURY CHARGE 1 ...prepares the student to write jury charge material at 160 words per minute for 3 minutes and transcribe at least 3 timings with a minimum of 95 percent accuracy and prepare salable transcripts. (Concurrent registration in Jury Charge 1 Lab is required.)
10-106-129 JURY CHARGE II ...expands the student's ability to write jury charge material dictated at a minimum speed of 200 words per minute for 5 minutes and transcribe at least 3 timings with a minimum of 95 percent accuracy and prepare salable transcripts. (Concurrent registration in Jury Charge 2 Lab is required.)
10-106-142 JUDICIAL REPORTING PROCEDURES ...introduces the student to reporting procedures for which reporters are responsible in the courtroom, deposition, and real-time reporting environments, including preparing salable transcripts, researching legal citations, and developing professional development plans.
10-106-143 JUDICIAL REPORTING INTERNSHIP ...prepares the student to write machine shorthand verbatim for a minimum of 40 hours of actual writing time in the courtroom, classroom, and deposition environment under the supervision of a working reporter; prepare a 40-page transcript, and summarize the internship experience in a narrative report.
10-106-144 REALTIME REPORTING ORIENTATION ...prepares student to use computer-assisted, real-time transcription software, Windows, e-mail, a steno machine, and a laptop in writing machine shorthand in court reporting and to complete and submit required coursework. 101071 Broadcast Captioning program requirements met or 101061 Judicial Reporting program requirements met.
10-106-156 TESTIMONY I ...prepares the student to write 2-voice testimony at 160 words per minute for 3 minutes and transcribe with a minimum of 95 percent accuracy. (Concurrent registration in Testimony I Lab is required.)
10-106-157 TESTIMONY II ...expands the student's ability to write 2-voice testimony at 225 words per minute and transcribe with 95 percent accuracy a minimum of three 5-minute, 2-voice timings at 225 words per minute; complete a mock RPR exam. Concurrent registration in Testimony II lab is required.
10-106-158 REALTIME REPORTING TECHNOLOGY ...prepares the student to use CAT (Computer-Assisted Transcription) and real-time software; build personal dictionaries; and read, translate, and edit transcripts. Students are introduced to real-time translation procedures in court, depositions, captioning, and educational environments.
10-106-159 LEGAL TERMINOLOGY ...provides the student with the ability to spell, pronounce, and define legal terms.
10-106-171 MEDICAL REPORTING & TERMINOLOGY ...prepares the student to write medical terminology in machine shorthand using appropriate medical terminology from material dictated at a minimum speed of 150 wpm for 5 minutes with a minimum of 95 percent accuracy. The student will research medical information, prepare salable transcripts, and submit timings.
10-106-184 ENGLISH FOR REALTIME REPORTERS ...enhances the student's ability to use proper English grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and vocabulary techniques in the transcription of the spoken word.
10-106-804 REALTIME REPORTING 1 LAB ...prepares the learner to use machine shorthand to write consonants, vowels, numbers, multi-syllabic words, multi-consonant words, punctuation and special symbols, short forms, phrases, words in singular and plural forms, prefixes and suffixes. (Concurrent registration in Realtime Reporting 1 is required.) Co-requisite: 10106104 Real Time Reporting 1.
10-106-805 REALTIME REPORTING II LAB ...expands the learner's ability to write multi-syllabic words; punctuation and special symbols, short forms and phrases, prefixes and suffices; numbers, frequently used words and phrases, contractions using the Z-rule, the "Flagged Alphabet;" apply realtime conflict elimination principles; apply realtime theory and write dictation using a realtime theory. (Concurrent registration in Realtime Reporting II is required.)
10-106-809 LITERARY I LAB ...expands the student's ability to write literary material dictated at a speed of 150 words per minute for 3 minutes and transcribe at least 3 timings with a minimum of 95 percent accuracy.
10-106-811 LITERARY II LAB ...expands the student's ability to write literary material at 180 words per minute for 5 minutes and transcribe at least three timings with 95 percent accuracy. (Concurrent registration in Literary II is required.)
10-106-828 JURY CHARGE I LAB ...prepares the student to write jury charge material dictated at a speed of 160 words per minute for 3 minutes and transcribe at least 3 timings with a minimum of 95 percent accuracy.
10-106-829 JURY CHARGE II LAB ...expands the student's ability to write jury charge material at 200 words per minute for 5 minutes and transcribe at least three timings with 95 percent accuracy. (Concurrent registration in Jury Charge II is required.)
10-106-857 TESTIMONY II LAB ...expands the student's ability to write 2-voice testimony at 225 words per minute and transcribe with 95 percent accuracy a minimum of three, 5-minute, 2-voice timings at 225 words per minute; complete a mock RPR Exam. (Concurrent registration in Testimony II is required.)
10-106-859 TESTIMONY 1 LAB ...expands the student's ability to write 2-voice testimony at 160 words per minute for 3 minutes and transcribe at least 3 timings with a minimum of 95 percent accuracy.
10-170-101 CAPTIONING/CART ...prepares the learner to write dictation at 180 wpm, broadcast 10 minutes non-stop, write new punctuation and symbols, new flagged alphabet characters, environmental sounds, web/Internet addresses, common/proper names, common female and male first names, governmental/political terms, terms applicable to food, the names of animals, finger-spell words, increase vocabulary, use terms applicable to criminology, and manage dictionaries. (Concurrent registration in Captioning/CART I Lab at student's campus is required.)
10-170-143 INTERNSHIP IN BROADCAST CAPTIONING/CART ...prepares the learner to caption live broadcast, use television broadcast terminology, describe television broadcast operations, and provide CART services to a hearing-impaired person. Students must be writing at 180 words per minute literary prior to enrolling in this course.
10-801-136 ENGLISH COMPOSITION 1 ...learners develop knowledge/skills in planning, organizing, writing, editing. Students will also analyze audience/purpose, use elements of research, format documents using standard guidelines, and develop critical reading skills. (Prerequisite: Accuplacer-Sentence Skills =75 AND Accuplacer-Reading =55 OR ACT-English =16 AND ACT Reading =15 OR 77-851-759; BE Communication Prep IIB OR 10-831-103, Intro to College Writing with "C" or better OR equivalent) 3 cr.
10-809-198 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY ...survey of theoretical foundations of human behavior such as sensation and perception, motivation, emotions, learning, personality, psychological disorders, therapy, stress, and human diversity in personal, social and vocational settings. (Prerequisite: Accuplacer-Sentence Skills =60 AND Accuplacer-Reading =55 OR ACT-English =16 AND ACT Reading =15 OR 77-851-759 BE Communication Prep IIB OR 77-858-759 BE Reading Prep IIB w/ a "C" or better) 3 cr.
10-801-196 ORAL/INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION ...the communication process, perception and self-concept, language, listening, nonverbal communication, interpersonal relationships, communication in groups and public communication; prepare and deliver an oral presentation. (Prerequisite: Accuplacer- Reading =55 OR ACT- Reading =15 OR 77-858-759, BE Reading Prep IIB with "C" or better OR equivalent) 3 cr.
10-801-198 SPEECH ...fundamentals of effective oral presentation to small and large groups: topic selection, audience analysis, methods of organization, research, structuring evidence and support, delivery techniques, and the listening process. (Prerequisite: Accuplacer- Reading =55 OR ACT- Reading =15 OR 77-858-759, BE Reading Prep IIB with "C" or better OR equivalent) 3 cr.
10-809-172 RACE ETHNIC & DIVERSITY ...basic American values of justice and equality by teaching vocabulary, history of immigration/conquest, transcultural communication, legal liability, multicultural majority/minority relations, ageism, sexism, gender, sexual orientation, the disabled/ADA. (Prerequisite: Accuplacer-Sentence Skills= 60 AND Accuplacer-Reading =55 OR ACT-English =16 AND ACT Reading =15 OR 77-851-759 BE Communication Prep IIB OR 77-858-759 BE Reading Prep IIB w/ a "C" or better) 3 cr.
10-809-122 INTRO TO AMER GOVERNMENT ...introduces American political processes and institutions: focusing on rights/responsibilities of citizens and the process of participatory democracy. Examines separation of powers and checks/balances & the roles of different groups. 3 cr.
10-809-196 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY ...the nature and variety of groups; inequality, race and ethnicity; family, population, social integration, and change; collective behavior; politics, economics, religion, education, and the effects of technology. (Prerequisite: Accuplacer-Sentence Skills= 60 AND Accuplacer-Reading =55 OR ACT-English =16 AND ACT Reading =15 OR 77-851-759 BE Communication Prep IIB OR 77-858-759 BE Reading Prep IIB w/ a "C" or better) 3 cr.
10-804-123 MATH W BUSINESS APPS ...real numbers; basic operations; proportions/one variable; percents, simple/compound interest; annuity; apply math concepts to purchasing/buying process, selling process; and basic statistics with business/consumer applications. (Prerequisite: Accuplacer-Arithmetic=65 OR ACT-Math=15 OR 10-834-109, PreAlgebra OR 77-854-759, BE Math Prep IIB with "C" or better OR equivalent) 3 cr.
10-804-107 COLLEGE MATHEMATHICS ...an introductory level course designed to review and develop fundamental concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and statistics. Emphasis will be placed on computational skills and applications of rational numbers; problem solving skills with ratios, proportions, and percent; basic principles and application of algebra, geometry, graphing, and statistics; measurement skills in U.S. Customary and Metric Systems; and the use of calculators as a tool. (Prerequisite: Accuplacer-Arithmetic=65 OR ACT-Math=15 OR 10-834-109, PreAlgebra OR 77-854-759, BE Math Prep IIB with "C" or better OR equivalent) 3 cr.
10-806-112 PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY ...prepares the student to develop sustainable literacy, analyze the interconnections among the physical and biological sciences and environmental systems, summarize the effects of sustainability on health and well-being, analyze connections among social, economic, and environmental systems, employ energy conservation strategies to reduce the use of fossil fuels, investigate alternative energy options, evaluate options to current waste disposal and recycling in the U.S., and analyze approaches used by your community to promote and implement sustainability. (Prerequisite: Accuplacer-Reading=55 OR ACT-Reading =15 OR 77-858-759, BE Reading Prep IIB OR equivalent) 3 cr.
10-809-195 ECONOMICS ...scarcity, resources, alternative economic systems, growth, supply and demand, monetary and fiscal policy, inflation, unemployment, and global economic issues. (Prerequisite: Accuplacer-Sentence Skills= 60 AND Accuplacer-Reading =55 OR ACT-English =16 AND ACT Reading =15 OR 77-851-759 BE Communication Prep IIB OR 77-858-759 BE Reading Prep IIB w/ a "C" or better) 3 cr.