This report summarizes the results of a study conducted to provide a complete and documented picture of public secondary education in Massachusetts. The study involved an analysis of questionnaire data and transcripts from about 3,000 graduates in the 1984 school year. Specifically, the study addressed the following questions: (1) How do student distribute their coursework among subject areas? (2) How much academic coursework do students take? (3) How does the coursework of Massachusetts students compare with that of students in the rest of the country? (4) How much of students' coursework is taken in more demanding courses? (5) How is coursework related to requirements? and (6) What particular patterns of coursework exist among Massachusetts students? Students in special programs such as special education, vocational education, and bilingual education were excluded from the study. The report's final section describes the coursework patterns of three types of students: (1) those with a strong academic orientation; (2) those with a strong occupational orientation; and (3) those with a "non-directed" or general orientation. (JD)