It is argued that course content should be specified as explicitly as possible in terms of what is expected of the student in the future. Four levels of details are addressed: (1) customary course objectives; (2) behavioral questions; (3) behavioral objectives; and (4) exams. The report described the Statistical Test Item Collection System (STICS), a support system consisting of a national file of statistical questions and answers and a series of computer programs. The three major points made by this document are: (1) statistics courses often vary wildly in content and requirements; (2) much of the variation can be traced to a failure to clearly specify what the course is to accomplish and what is to be required of students; (3) one way to provide the kind of specification needed is to record the behavioral objectives and the exam items that apply to a course. (MP)