This document contains a vocational program guide and Career Merit Achievement Plan (Career MAP) for secondary and postsecondary commercial art. The guide contains the following sections: occupational description; program content (curriculum framework and student performance standards); program implementation (student admission criteria, cooperative education, and student organization participation); instructional resources (student reference materials, service manuals, and periodicals); facility design recommendations and safety, maintenance, and liability considerations; suggested equipment list; and professional development (technical updating and teacher standards with related professional organizations and support services lists). The 13 intended outcomes establish students' proficiency in the following: communication skills; graphic production; technical art skills; design skills; lettering skills; typography; layout and paste-up; illustration skills; applied design; photostat camera skills; airbrush skills; employability skills; and entrepreneurship. The Career MAP displays student performance standards and documents the level of achievement on the standards for each of the 13 student outcomes. (NLA)