SC/SS 115 Ethnobotany Calendar Fall 2004

Day	Date	Area	Topic	Text: chapter/pages
Tues	24 Aug		Attendance.
Thurs	26 Aug	Ethno	Introduction.	Balick: One
Tues	31 Aug	Botany: field hike.	Cyanobacteria, algae, fungi, bryophytes, lycopodium, ferns I	Van De Graaff 1 - 7
Thurs	02 Sep	Botany	Preparation	Van De Graaff 1 - 7
Tues	07 Sep	Botany	Group presentations cyanobacteria, algae, fungi, bryophytes, lycopodium	Van De Graaff 1 - 7
Thurs	09 Sep	Test One
Tues	14 Sep	Ethno	Plants that heal lecture. Morinda citrifolia healing uses.	Balick: Two
Thurs	16 Sep	Ethno: field hike	Plant collecting process	Balick: Two p.46
Tues	21 Sep	Ethno	Healing plant individual presentations I
Thurs	23 Sep	Ethno	Healing plant individual presentations II
Tues	28 Sep	Botany: field trip	Ferns II, gymnosperms. Botanic garden road trip and walk	Van De Graaff 7, 8
Thurs	30 Sep	Botany	Preparation	Van De Graaff 7, 8
Tues	05 Oct	Botany	Group presentations ferns and gymnosperms	Van De Graaff 7, 8
Thurs	07 Oct	Midterm
Tues	12 Oct	Ethno	Plants as food lecture. Middef due.	Balick: Three
Thurs	14 Oct	Ethno	Plants as food individual presentations
Tues	19 Oct	Ethno	Plants as food individual presentations
Thurs	21 Oct	Botany: field	Angiosperms: Vegetative morphology	Van De Graaff 8 p.145 + handouts
Tues	26 Oct	Ethno	Plants as the basis for material culture lecture.	Balick: Four
Thurs	28 Oct	Ethno	Material culture individual presentations I.	LTWWW.
Tues	02 Nov	Ethno	Material culture individual presentations II.
Thurs	04 Nov	Botany: field	Angiosperms: Floral morphology	Van de Graaff 9 p.151 + handouts
Tues	09 Nov	Test Two
Thurs	11 Nov	Ethno	Return test two. Five types of psychoactive substances.	Balick: Five
Tues	16 Nov	Ethno	Entering other worlds lecture: Five types of psychoactive substances.
Thurs	18 Nov	Ethno	Memes and Areca catechu and Piper methysticum I: Chemistry and Uses
Tues	23 Nov	Ethno	Piper methysticum II Legends
Thurs	25 Nov	Ethno: field trip	Kava cultural ceremony
Tues	30 Nov	Ethno	[Entering other worlds optional individual presentations.]
Thurs	02 Dec	Ethno	Family forest: Who are my elders? (A204)
Tues	07 Dec		Ethnobotany and conservation
Thurs	09 Dec	THF	Take home final examination essay question
Tues	14 Dec	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