Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Ethnobotany Division of Social Sciences SC/SS 115 Course Title Department and Number
Students will be able to identify, compare, and contrast the distinguishing morphological and reproductive characteristics of plants used by Micronesians; observe, describe, communicate, and experience the uses of plants in their cultural context.
Course Prepared by: Dana Lee Ling Campus/site: National site
Course Type Hours Per Week No. of weeks Total Hrs Divisor Sem. Credits Lecture 3 × 16 = 48 /16 = 3 Total Semester Credits = 3
(Hours per week × number of weeks = total hours) (Total hour/divisor = semester credits)
Divisors
Lecture: /16 Co-op education /30 Workshop: /48 Practicum: /48
Lect/Lab: /16 Internship: /48 Field study: /48
Studio: /48 Lab: /48
Purpose of Course: Degree requirement Degree elective X [Science or Social Science] Certificate Other
Prerequisite Course: ESL 089 Reading V
Signature, Chairperson, Curriculum Committee: ________________________ Date: ________
Signature, President, COM-FSM: ________________________ Date: _________________
Appendix B
College of Micronesia-FSM
CLO | PLO GE 1.2 | PLO GE 3.4 | PLO GE 4.2 | PLO MSP 2 |
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1 | I, D | I | ||
2 | I, D | I, D | I, D |
CLO | PLO GE 1.2 | PLO GE 3.4 | PLO GE 4.2 | PLO MSP 2 |
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1 | 1.1 1.2 1.3 | 1.1 | ||
2 | 2.1 2.2 2.3 | 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 | 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 |
Student learning outcomes | Assessment strategies |
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1.1 Identify local plants by local and scientific names. | Field experiences, presentations, development and maintenance of an ethnobotanical garden, tests. |
1.2 Compare and contrast the distinguishing reproductive characteristics of different phyla of plants including mosses, seedless vascular plants, gymnosperms, and angiosperms. | |
1.3 Label the key morphological features of the different phyla of plants including mosses, seedless vascular plants, gymnosperms, and angiosperms including the morphology of the reproductive structures. |
Student learning outcomes | Assessment strategies |
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2.1 Communicate and describe the healing uses of local plants and the cultural contexts in which that healing occurs. | Field experiences, presentations, tests. |
2.2 Contribute, participate in, and experience eating local food made from plants and describe the production process. | |
2.3 Communicate and describe the use of plants for transportation, for shelter, and in other material culture applications. | |
2.4 Describe and observe the use, role, and importance of psychoactive plants within their traditional ceremonial cultural contexts. |