This curriculum guide for an advanced course in data processing is for use as a companion publication to a textbook or textbooks; references to appropriate textbooks are given in most units. Student completion of assignments in Volume I, available separately (see ED 220 604), is a prerequisite. Topics covered in the 18 units are introduction, documentation and design tools, systems analysis and design, program design, nested and other IF statements, control breaks, multiple-level control breaks, additional COBOL elements, sequential files, sorting for sequential files I and II, business data processing in BASIC, Report Program Generator (RPG) programming (RPG II business application programs and RPG II tables and arrays), data entry and edit programs, and general business reports. Each unit may contain some or all of the following: unit and specific objectives, suggested instructor and student activities, a list of required instructional materials, notes to the instructor, information sheets in outline form, handouts, transparency masters, assignment sheets, answers to assignment sheets, job sheets, unit examination, and answers to the examination. Three types of activities are provided: hands-on programming, paper exercises, and reading or lecture. Computers that support COBOL and/or RPG programs are required for student completion of assignment and job sheets. (YLB)