Appendix C

College of Micronesia-FSM

Course Outline Cover Page
                  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

Course Outline Format
  1. Program Learning Outcomes:
    1. GE 1.2 Make a clear, well organized verbal presentation.
    2. GE 3.4 Define and explain the concepts, principles, and theories of a field of science.
    3. GE 4.2 Demonstrate knowledge of the major cultural issues of a person's own culture as well as other cultures.
    4. MSP 2 Demonstrate proficiency in the geographical, historical, and cultural literacy of the Micronesian region.

      GE - General Education, MSP = Micronesian Studies Program

  2. Course Learning Outcomes:
    1. Identify local plants, their reproductive strategies, and morphology.
    2. Communicate and describe the cultural use of local plants for healing, as food, as raw materials, and in traditional social contexts.

  3. CLOPLO GE 1.2 PLO GE 3.4 PLO GE 4.2 PLO MSP 2
    1 I, D I
    2 I, D I, D I, D

    CLOPLO GE 1.2PLO GE 3.4PLO GE 4.2 PLO MSP 2
    1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.1
    2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.42.1 2.2 2.3 2.4

  4. Student Learning Outcomes:
    CLO1 Identify local plants, their reproductive strategies, and morphology.
    Student learning outcomesAssessment strategies
    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.

    CLO2 Communicate and describe the cultural use of local plants for healing, as food, as raw materials, and in traditional social contexts.
    Student learning outcomesAssessment strategies
    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.

  5. Required Texts and Course Materials
    1. Micronesian Ethnobotany: A Course Companion. Dana Lee Ling 2007 or subsequent editions. Locally published.
    2. Ethnobotany of Pohnpei: Plants, People, and Island Culture. Balick et al. University of Hawai'i Press, 2009. http://uhpress.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/ethnobotany-of-pohnpei/
  6. Reference materials
  7. Methods of instruction: This course emphasizes participation via presentations by students, hikes on which students learn to field identify plants, the preparation of local foods to share with other students, field trips to botanic gardens and ethnobotanically relevant ceremonies. Students engage in group work, hikes, field trips, presentations. Other methods include lectures and guest speakers. Evaluation will include tests, a midterm, essay questions, and evidence of work done via presentations.
  8. Course content
    1. Cyanophyta, mosses, lycophytes, and monilophytes
    2. Healing plants
    3. Gymnosperms
    4. Food plants
    5. Angiosperms: vegetative morphology
    6. Material culture plants
    7. Angiosperms: floral morphology
    8. Psychoactive plants
  9. Instructional costs Field trips or hikes to a local botanic garden where possible. Each term the course on Pohnpei also observes a kava ceremony.
  10. Evaluation Grade is based on participation in course activities, performing presentations, and achievement on tests. A final percentage will be calculated by dividing the total points earned by the the total points possible. Grades will be assigned according the following: 90-100% A; 80-89% B; 70-79% C; 60-69% D, below 60% F.
  11. Attendance policy As per COM-FSM policy in current catalog.
  12. Academic honesty As per COM-FSM policy in current catalog.
  13. Credit by Examination None.