SC/SS 115 Ethnobotany Calendar Spring 2004

Day	Date	Area	Topic	Text: Chapter
Tues	13 Jan		A103. Attendance.
Thurs	15 Jan	Ethno	A102. Introduction.	Balick: One
Tues	20 Jan	Botany: field hike.	Cyanobacteria, algae, fungi, bryophytes, lycopodium, ferns I	Van De Graaff 1 - 7
Thurs	22 Jan	Botany	Preparation	Van De Graaff 1 - 7
Tues	27 Jan	Botany	Group presentations cyanobacteria, algae, fungi, bryophytes, lycopodium	Van De Graaff 1 - 7
Thurs	29 Jan	Test One
Tues	3 Feb	Ethno	Plants that heal lecture. Morinda citrifolia healing uses.	Balick: Two
Thurs	5 Feb	Ethno: field hike	Plant collecting process	Balick: Two p.46
Tues	10 Feb	Ethno	Healing plant individual presentations I
Thurs	12 Feb	Ethno	Healing plant individual presentations II
Tues	17 Feb	Botany: field trip	Ferns II, gymnosperms. Botanic garden road trip and walk	Van De Graaff 7, 8
Thurs	19 Feb	Botany	Preparation	Van De Graaff 7, 8
Tues	24 Feb	Botany	Group presentations ferns and gymnosperms	Van De Graaff 7, 8
Thurs	26 Feb	Midterm
Tues	2 Mar	Ethno	Plants as food lecture. Middef due.	Balick: Three
Thurs	4 Mar	Ethno	Plants as food individual presentations
Tues	9 Mar	Ethno	Plants as food individual presentations
Thurs	11 Mar	Botany: field	Angiosperms: Vegetative morphology	Van De Graaff 8 p.145 and handouts
Tues	16 Mar	Ethno	Plants as the basis for material culture lecture.	Balick Four.
Thurs	18 Mar	Ethno	Material culture individual presentations I.	LTWWW. Friday: UN Day.
Tues	23 Mar	Ethno	Material culture individual presentations II. Course selection begins.
Thurs	25 Mar	Botany: field	Angiosperms: Floral morphology	Van de Graaff 9 p.151 + Handout
Tues	30 Mar	Test Two
Thurs	1 Apr	Founding Day!
Tues	6 Apr	Ethno	Return test two. Finding ethnobotanical information on the web (A204). Snake oil and more.
Thurs	8 Apr	Spring Break!
Tues	13 Apr		Entering other worlds lecture: Five types of psychoactive substances.	Balick Five
Thurs	15 Apr	Ethno	Memes and Areca catechu and Piper methysticum I: Chemistry and Uses
Tues	20 Apr	Ethno	Piper methysticum II Legends
Thurs	22 Apr	Ethno: field trip	Kava cultural ceremony
Tues	27 Apr	Ethno	[Entering other worlds optional individual presentations.]
Thurs	29 Apr	Ethno	Family forest: Who are my elders? (A204)
Tues	4 May		Ethnobotany and conservation
Thurs	6 May	THF	Take home final examination essay question
Tues	11 May	THF	Take home final examination due by 4:15 P.M.

Required Textbooks:
Plants, people, and culture: The Science of Ethnobotany
A Photographic Atlas for the Botany Laboratory 3rd edition.
Field days and trips: Rain or shine, on and off trail. Hikes over difficult, steep, muddy, and slippery terrain are conducted, participation in such a hike is at the students option due to the conditions. Plants grow where they want to, not where it is convenient for us.
Office Hours: 1:00 to 3:00 in F105 MWF, appointment, or walk-in.
Absences: Five absences will result in a withdrawal from the course.
No betelnut chewing in class due to college regulations.
No food, drink, or gum in the science laboratories.
Grading: Points are given for tests, midterm, final, attendance, and presentations. Tests and examinations include coverage of student learning outcomes on outline. Grades are calculated based on a percentage of total possible points.
Ethnobotanical individual presentations include an individual oral presentation, specimen, and a brief written report. There are three of these (healing, food, and material culture). The written ethnographic reports should be submitted electonically, preferably via email. Some students will have to work with the instructor to find suitable material.
Botanical presentations include only an oral group presentation.
Instructor: Dana Lee Ling. Extension 106. Home: 320-2962. dleeling@comfsm.fm and dana@mail.fm