SC/SS 115 Ethnobotany Calendar Spring 2003

Day	Date	Area	Topic	Text: Chapter
Tues			A103. Attendance.
Thurs		Ethno	A102. Introduction.	Balick: One
Tues		Botany: Field	Cyanobacteria, algae, fungi, bryophytes, lycopodium, ferns I	Van De Graaff 1 - 7
Thurs		Botany	Preparation	Van De Graaff 1 - 7
Tues		Botany	Group presentations cyanobacteria, algae, fungi, bryophytes, lycopodium	Van De Graaff 1 - 7
Thurs		Test One
Tues		Ethno	Plants that heal lecture. Morinda citrifolia healing uses.	Balick: Two
Thurs		Pohnpei Liberation Day holiday
Tues		Ethno: field	Plant collecting process	Balick: Two p.46
Thurs		Ethno	Plants that heal presentations
Thurs	13 Feb	Ethno	Healing plant individual presentations
Tues	18 Feb	Botany: field	Ferns II, gymnosperms. Botanic garden road trip	Van De Graaff 7, 8
Thurs	20 Feb	Botany	Preparation	Van De Graaff 7, 8
Tues	25 Feb	Botany	Group presentations ferns and gymnosperms	Van De Graaff 7, 8
Thurs	27 Feb	Midterm
Tues	04 Mar	Ethno	Plants as food lecture	Balick: Three
Thurs	06 Mar	Ethno	Plants as food individual presentations
Tues	11 Mar	Botany: field	Vegetative morphology leaf hunt	Van De Graaff 8 p.145 and handouts
Thurs	13 Mar	Botany	Angiosperm: Leaf preparations [tagboard, white glue]
Tues	18 Mar	Ethno	Plants as the basis for material culture lecture.	Balick Four
Thurs	20 Mar	Ethno	Material culture individual presentations
Tues	25 Mar	Botany: field	Material culture individual presentations II Angiosperms: Floral morphology	Van de Graaff 9 p.151 + Handout
Thurs	27 Mar	Test Two
Tues	01 April		Holiday: Founding Day
Thurs	03 April	Ethno	Return test two Entering other worlds lecture: Five types of psychoactive substances	Balick Five
Tues	08 April	Ethno	Memes and Areca catechu and Piper methysticum I Chemistry and Uses
Thurs	10 April	Ethno	Tropical Storm 02W Piper methysticum II Legends
Tues	15 April		Piper methysticum I Chemistry and Uses Finding ethnobotanical information on the web (A204)	Handout
Thurs	17 April		Easter recess
Tues	22 April	Ethno	Kava ceremony
Thurs	24 April	Ethno	Piper methysticum II Legends [Entering the other world optional individual presentations.]
Tues	29 April	Field	[Entering the other world optional individual presentations.] An ethnobotanical garden I
Thurs	01 May	Field	Angiosperms: Floral morphology An ethnobotanical garden II
Tues	06 May	Ethno	Collect genograms. Conservation.	Balick Six
Thurs	08 May		Take home final examination essay question
Tues	13 May		4:15 Final due in F105.

Required Textbooks: Plants, people, and culture: The Science of Ethnobotany. Balick, Michael J.
WH Freeman ($19.95) Barnes & Noble ($19.95) Amazon ($13.96)
A Photographic Atlas for the Botany Laboratory.
Morton ($24.95) Barnes & Noble ($20.95) Amazon ($24.95)
Field days and trips: Rain or shine on and off trail.
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.
No food, drink, or gum in the science laboratories.
Grading: Points are given for tests, midterm, final, attendance, and presentations.
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 reports should be submitted electonically, either via email or on floppy disk. 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