This publication is a comprehensive curriculum guide designed to assist local educators in planning for comprehensive business programs at the secondary and postsecondary levels. Information is of value for use by teacher educators when preparing students for teaching careers. The curriculum guide is divided into 18 sections. The first five sections and the last section deal with major philosophical as well as current issues relevant to business education. The other sections deal with specific subject areas: Orientation and Exploration in the Business, Marketing and Management Occupational Area; Infusion of Career Education, Metrics, and Economic Education; Mathematics for Business; Basic Business and Economic Education Programs; Accounting Programs; Data Processing Programs; Clerical, Secretarial, Word Processing, and Administrative Office Careers; Business Communications and Word Processing Programs; Marketing and Distributive Education Programs; Cooperative Method in Vocational Education; Adult and Continuing Education Programs; and Small Business Administration Programs. These sections provide materials for development of programs and courses and include discussion of course objectives, issues and problems, content, methodology, and sources of teaching aids. Extensive appendixes include a community occupational survey, values continuum, mainstreaming resources, recommended program sequences, and annotated bibliographies for several areas. (Author/YLB)