This curriculum guide recommends the essential content for high school programs in business education in South Carolina. It contains course outlines which are based on competencies needed in the labor market and/or for personal business management. The guide contains 20 course descriptions which are arranged in alphabetical order. Each course is presented according to the following format: description, purpose, topical outline, competencies, objectives, learner checklist, and formal rating sheet. Courses contained in the curriculum are accounting 1, accounting 2 with computer applications, business communications, business English, business law, business mathematics, business principles and management, business data processing 1 and 2, introduction to business, machine dictation and transcription, office machines, office supervision and management, recordkeeping 1 and 2, shorthand 1 and 2, typewriting 1 and 2, and word processing. Appendixes to the guide provide a suggested equipment list by course title, recommended grading scales for keyboarding and shorthand, and suggestions for organizing a local Future Business Leaders of America chapter. (KC)