This learning module is one in a series of 127 performance-based teacher education learning packages focusing upon professional competencies of vocational teachers. The module consists of three learning experiences designed to (1) help prospective teachers gain an understanding of the purposes and basic components of a course of study, (2) critique the performance of a teacher in a given case study in developing a course of study, and (3) develop a course of study in an actual teaching situation. Included in each learning experience are some or all of the following: an overview, an enabling objective, an instructional test, one or more learning activities, a self-check activity, and model answers to the feedback exercise. The final learning experience also includes a checklist of performance criteria. (MN)