This guide, which is intended for classroom teachers, supervisors, and administrators in Alabama, contains the minimum required content (core program) for public school instruction in business education in grades 7-12. Presented first are the following: introduction examining the mission, purpose, goals, and structure of business education; conceptual framework of Alabama's business education course of study; discussion of instruction-related elements; and directions for interpreting the minimum required content. The next two sections consist of parallel lists of topics and content standards for courses in the following: accounting I and II, administrative office management, business careers, business computer applications, business communications, business law, business mathematics, business organizations and management, computer applications, financial management, keyboarding applications, rapidwriting, related study, and word processing and desktop publishing. For each course, the curriculum includes a course description and topics linked to content standards. Two appendixes provide diploma requirements and guidelines for local time requirements and homework. Contains 20 references. (KC)