These business education curriculum guidelines are designed as a guide for teachers, counselors, and administrators involved with business education in Montana. Introductory materials include the goals of business education and suggested curriculum patterns for different business and office education programs. Guidelines are provided for 17 courses: accounting, basic business, business communications, business law, business machines, business mathematics, consumer economics, cooperative office education, data processing, economics, keyboarding, office procedures, recordkeeping, shorthand and transcription, simulated office laboratory, typewriting, and word processing. For each course, some or all of these components are included: length of course; grade level; brief overview; objectives; a topical outline; teaching methods; evaluation, standards of performance, testing, and grading; listings of textbooks and references, audiovisual aids, and equipment and supplies; and layout and facilities. Names and addresses of publishers, distributors, and suppliers are appended. (YLB)