The purpose of this publication is to serve as a course of study for Data Processing I, which is designed for 11th and 12th grade students in a business education program. Intended to give guidelines to school staff and teachers for planning and organizing instructional programs, it lists program goals, student outcomes, and unit activities. The structure of the guide permits use for traditional group, small group, or self-paced instruction. The nature of the course requires the use of equipment for hands-on training, and the material presented is oriented to the use of a computer system. An annotated bibliography includes teacher reference materials and supplementary books. Appendices include basic concepts of data processing, computer concepts, computer operations I and II, introductory and intermediate Report Program Generator Programming, and introductory and intermediate COBOL. (VT)