The document contains an outline of a course developed for an adult class meeting five hours per week for 18 weeks. The objectives of the course are to develop: an appreciation of the growing uses of automatic data processing; an entry level job proficiency in the operation of the keypunch machine; work habits conducive to job proficiency; and basic terminology in this field of employment; and to provide an understanding of a total unit record system. (There is a glossary, bibliography, and list of audiovisual aids.) (PT)