A SUGGESTED POST-SECONDARY CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR ELECTRO-MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY ORIENTED SPECIFICALLY TO THE COMPUTER AND BUSINESS MACHINE FIELDS WAS DEVELOPED BY A GROUP OF COOPERATING INSTITUTIONS, NOW INCORPORATED AS TECHNICAL EDUCATION CONSORTIUM, INCORPORATED. SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THE COMPUTER AND BUSINESS MACHINE INDUSTRY WERE DETERMINED FROM DATA SUPPLIED BY SEVERAL LARGE CORPORATIONS IN THE FIELD. THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE REPRESENTS MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW AND FINAL APPROVAL, AND IS COMPLETE EXCEPT FOR PHOTOGRAPHS, LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS, AND SCHEMATICS. GRADUATES OF THIS PROGRAM, AS COMPETENT ELECTRO-MECHANICAL TECHNICIANS, ARE EXPECTED TO FIND EMPLOYMENT WITH MINIMUM ON-THE-JOB TRAINING IN SUCH TECHNOLOGICAL FIELDS AS (1) CUSTOMER ENGINEERING, (2) RESEARCH, (3) QUALITY CONTROL, (4) TECHNICAL WRITING, (5) SALES ENGINEERING, (6) SPACE, (7) MEDICINE, (8) ATOMIC ENERGY, AND (9) CHEMISTRY. THEY WILL HAVE ATTAINED (1) SKILL IN MATHEMATICS (ALGEBRA, TRIGONOMETRY, AND HAVE ACQUAINTANCE WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS), (2) PROFICIENCY IN APPLICATIONS OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE PRINCIPLES, (3) UNDERSTANDING OF MATERIALS AND PROCESSES USED IN TECHNOLOGY, (4) EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION, (5) PROFICIENCY IN COMMUNICATION SKILLS, AND (6) ABILITY TO GET ALONG WITH PEOPLE. SPECIFIC SKILLS AND ABILITIES ARE DISCUSSED, AS WELL AS (1) FACULTY REQUIREMENTS, (2) STUDENT SELECTION, (3) TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCES, (4) VISUAL AIDS, (5) LABORATORY EQUIPMENT, (6) PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES, AND (7) CURRICULUM CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES. THE SUGGESTED FOUR SEMESTER CURRICULUM IS GIVEN AND FOR EACH COURSE THERE IS A COURSE OUTLINE. A LIST OF REFERENCES AND SUITABLE TEXTBOOKS IS INCLUDED. (DH)