This course outline is intended as a guide to using the American Institute of Small Business' text entitled "How To Set Up Your Own Small Business." The outline, which is based on a 20- or 21-week course cycle, is organized around the following topics: the nature of small business and entrepreneurship; sources of information about entrepreneurship and small business; site selection; methods of predicting the success of a small business; ways of financing a business; legal needs of different types of business organizations; business plans; procedures entailed in purchasing supplies, inventory items, raw materials, and services; advertisement; public relations and salesmanship; bookkeeping; accounting; personnel management and self-improvement; policy and problem-solving needs of small businesses; procedures in conducting a business plan review; and pitfalls and helpful hints. (MN)