This prospectus for a bookkeeping course is one of a series of business education position papers/curriculum guides developed for high schools in Connecticut to demonstrate that business courses can be used as part of an integrated academic and vocational curriculum. The guide is organized into the following six sections: (1) business department philosophy; (2) course philosophy for bookkeeping; (3) mathematics standards included in bookkeeping; (4) 7 course goals; (5) 13 student outcomes or competencies; (5) 26 methods of assessment of student outcomes; and (6) a list of 7 references to books and computer software used to prepare the guide. (KC)