| Wk | Day | Date | Area | Topic |
| 1 | Tues | 17 Jan | Introduction | Balick one. Introduction: Cyanobacteria |
| 1 | Thurs | 19 Jan | Botany | Outdoor lower plants field hike: Bryophytes, SVPs, lycopodium, ferns. WET MUDDY STEEP. |
| 2 | Tues | 24 Jan | Botany | Preparation |
| 2 | Thurs | 26 Jan | Botany | Group presentations cyanobacteria, bryophytes, lycopodium, ferns. |
| 3 | Tues | 31 Jan | Ethnography | Balick two. Plants that heal lecture. Morinda citrifolia healing uses. |
| 3 | Thurs | 02 Feb | Test One | |
| 4 | Tues | 07 Feb | Botany | Outdoor walk: Plant collecting process. |
| 4 | Thurs | 09 Feb | Ethnography | Healing plant individual presentations |
| 5 | Tues | 14 Feb | Ethnography | Healing plant individual presentations |
| 5 | Thurs | 16 Feb | Botany | Outdoor field trip: Gymnosperms and plants with economic value. Botanic garden road trip and walk. |
| 6 | Tues | 21 Feb | Botany | Preparation |
| 6 | Thurs | 23 Feb | Botany | Group presentations: gymnosperms |
| 7 | Tues | 28 Feb | Midterm | |
| 7 | Thurs | 02 Mar | Ethnography | Balick three. Plants as food lecture. |
| 8 | Tues | 07 Mar | Ethnography | Plants as food: Each cultural group brings a traditional food to share. |
| 8 | Thurs | 09 Mar | Botany | Outdoor field walk: Angiosperms: Vegetative morphology |
| 9 | Tues | 14 Mar | Ethnography | Balick four. Plants as the basis for material culture lecture. |
| 9 | Thurs | 16 Mar | Ethnography | Material culture individual presentations |
| 10 | Tues | 21 Mar | Ethnography | Material culture individual presentations |
| 10 | Thurs | 23 Mar | Botany | Outdoor field walk: Angiosperms: Floral morphology. |
| 11 | Tues | 28 Mar | Test Two | |
| 11 | Thurs | 30 Mar | Founding day | |
| 12 | Tues | 04 Apr | Econobotany | URL Lab: World foods and fruits. Finding information on the web. |
| 12 | Thurs | 06 Apr | Botany | Angiosperms: Fruits. Bring a fruit/seed/nut to show and tell or share. Points for rarity: divided down. |
| 13 | Tues | 11 Apr | Ethnography | Family forest. Class in A204. |
| 13 | Thurs | 13 Apr | Spring break | |
| 14 | Tues | 18 Apr | Ethnography | Family forest. Class in A204. Connecting: who can build the most interconnections? |
| 14 | Thurs | 20 Apr | Ethnography | Balick five. Entering other worlds lecture: Five types of psychoactive substances. Memes and Areca catechu. |
| 15 | Tues | 25 Apr | Ethnography | Piper methysticum: Chemistry and Uses, Legends |
| 15 | Thurs | 27 Apr | Ethnography | Field Trip: Kava cultural ceremony |
| 16 | Tues | 02 May | Ethnobotany | Balick six. Conservation efforts lecture |
| 16 | Thurs | 04 May | Ethnogarden | Outdoor hike: Ethnobotanical garden tour |
| 17 | Tues | 09 May | Ethnogarden | Outdoor hike: Ethnobotanical garden BRING A PLANT TO PLANT! |
| 17 | Thurs | 11 May | Take Home Final | |
| 18 | Mon | 15 May | Take home final examination due by 5:00 P.M. | |
| Textbooks | ||||
| Plants, people, and culture: The Science of Ethnobotany | ||||
| A Photographic Atlas for the Botany Laboratory 4th edition. | ||||
| Field trips, hikes, and outings: Rain or shine, on and off trail. | ||||
| Hikes over difficult, steep, muddy, and slippery terrain are conducted. | ||||
| Plants grow where they want to, not where it is convenient for us. | ||||
| Plant knowledge gained on hikes is testable material: Ethnobotany is a listen, watch, and learn field! | ||||
| Office Hours: Monday and Friday afternoons or by appointment or drop on by... | ||||
| Absences: Five absences will result in a withdrawal from the course and a grade of either W or F. | ||||
| No betelnut chewing in class due to college regulations. | ||||
| No food, drink, or gum in the science laboratories. | ||||
| Do not write on the tables, open the taps, or otherwise touch the equipment in the laboratory unless so instructed. | ||||
| Please do not carve your names into anything. | ||||
| Grading: Points are given for tests, midterm, final, attendance, and presentations. | ||||
| Tests and examinations include coverage of student learning outcomes on outline. | ||||
| Grade is based on participation in course activities, performing presentations, and achievement | ||||
| on tests. Being here and being an active participant are crucial to success in this course. | ||||
| Ethnobotanical individual presentations include an individual oral presentation. | ||||
| Healing plants presentation: bring the plant. | ||||
| Material culture: bring the item. | ||||
| The presentation of a traditional food is done as a group. Each culture presents a single food, | ||||
| bringing that food to share with the class. | ||||
| Some students will have to work with the instructor to find suitable material. | ||||
| Instructor: Dana Lee Ling. 320-2480 Extension 228. | ||||
| Home: 320-2962. dleeling@comfsm.fm and dana@mail.fm | ||||
