b. Problems of Political and Economic Change

c. Sociology of Race and Ethnic Relations.

The number of special fields will be expanded as student needs require and as personal and resources are increased.

III. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

1. Every student will be asked to submit a proposed plan of study to the Chairman of the AAS committee or to his chief assistant at the beginning of sophomore year. Naturally, this study plan will be subject to revision as course offerings are expanded.

2. Every student will take AAS 90 before the end of sophomore year. It will be a full year graded colloquium designed as an intensive interdisciplinary introduction to Black Studies. By the end of sophomore year, every concentrator will be expected to have completed one lower level course from a discipline related to his intended special field. This might include Ec1, Gov. 1, Soc. Rel. 10, English 10, English 70, etc. Where no lower level courses are available, as in American History, such courses as History 161 (political), 163 (social), 165 (southern), and 169 (intellectual) would be appropriate.

4. Honors candidates will take AAS 99 (devoted primarily to writing a thesis) during their senior year as an eighth course within the concentration.

5. The Committee on AAS will administer general exams to all concentrators in their junior and/or senior year designed to measure:

a. interdisciplinary understanding of Afro-American Studies.

b. specific understanding of the workings of a chosen discipline related to their special field (e.g., history, government, economics, social relations)

c. specific knowledge of a selected field in Afro-American Studies

6. Pass-Fail: The question of ungraded courses (Pass-Fail and Independent Study) has not yet been determined, but a pattern similar to those in other concentrations will be followed. Since Independent Studies will naturally play a useful role in providing flexibility, students are encouraged to consider using their ungraded options for this purpose.

IV. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH SPECIAL FIELD (besides AAS 90 and AAS 98):

Each special field (and additional fields to be created) will emphasize an area of concern within Afro-American Studies. Each one draws on the strengths of related disciplines: the first on history and the humanities, the second on political economy, the third on social relations.

A. Problems and Contexts of Afro-American History and Culture.