This teacher's manual presents a course outline for the first semester (270 hours) of a four-semester course in beauty culture. The syllabus is divided into six sections and includes the following areas of instruction: shop, school, and the cosmetologist; sterilization practices in the beauty salon; scalp and hair applications and shampooing; hair styling; manicuring; and hairpressing and iron curling. Each of these major divisions consists of two or more unit plans which cover objectives, lesson sequence and lesson plans, teacher preparation, teaching tips, student activities, and evaluation procedures. The remainder of the manual includes a suggested weekly plan book, 39 handout sheets, 17 tests with answer sheets, 107 transparency masters, and a suggested evaluation and record system. (Author/BM)