The eight books on the reading list will include works by Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Calhoun, Frederick Douglass and W.E.B. DuBois. Students will also read several Supreme Court cases and excerpts from presidential speeches.

The course heads are preparing for anywhere between 200 to 500 students. According to Berger, the class will not be lotteried unless more than 500 people enroll.

"We also have Science Center B, which accommodates up to 500," Berger said. "The monkey wrench is the timing. It could be a problem for people with varsity athletics."

Teaching fellows have expressed concern that upperclass study cards are due an hour after the first class meeting.

"Students need a little more time," said teaching fellow Joel L. Kurtzberg '91. "It really gives students only one hour to leave our class, make the decision about what to take, get their study card signed and turn it in. It really doesn't seem reasonable."

Kurtzberg said the study card deadline might affect class enrollment, but that there are no plans to end the class early.

"I really don't think the burden should be on us because Harvard has set up an unreasonable time to have study cards due," he said.

In response to those concerns, registrar Georgene Herschbach said that students could turn in their study cards at the registrar's office, 20 Garden St., if they don't have enough time to return to their houses.

"There's time between four and five to do that," Herschbach said. "We're always happy to resolve these [problems]. We basically want study cards. We want to enroll students, and we want to tell faculty members the next morning who's enrolled.