SC/SS 115 Ethnobotany Calendar Fall 2003

Day	Date	Area	Topic	Text: Chapter
Tues	19 Aug		A103. Attendance.
Thurs	21 Aug	Ethno	A102. Introduction.	Balick: One
Tues	26 Aug	Botany: Field	Cyanobacteria, algae, fungi, bryophytes, lycopodium, ferns I	Van De Graaff 1 - 7
Thurs	28 Aug	Botany	Preparation	Van De Graaff 1 - 7
Tues	02 Sep	Botany	Group presentations cyanobacteria, algae, fungi, bryophytes, lycopodium	Van De Graaff 1 - 7
Thurs	04 Sep	Test One
Tues	09 Sep	Ethno	Plants that heal lecture. Morinda citrifolia healing uses.	Balick: Two
Thurs	11 Sep	Pohnpei Liberation Day holiday 12 Sep: Early warning
Tues	16 Sep	Ethno: field	Plant collecting process	Balick: Two p.46
Thurs	18 Sep	Ethno	Healing plant individual presentations I
Tues	23 Sep	Ethno	Healing plant individual presentations II
Thurs	25 Sep	Botany: field	Ferns II, gymnosperms. Botanic garden road trip	Van De Graaff 7, 8
Tues	30 Sep	Botany	Preparation	Van De Graaff 7, 8
Thurs	02 Oct	Botany	Group presentations ferns and gymnosperms	Van De Graaff 7, 8
Tues	07 Oct	Midterm
Thurs	09 Oct	Ethno	Plants as food lecture. Middef due.	Balick: Three
Tues	14 Oct	Ethno	Plants as food individual presentations
Thurs	16 Oct	Botany: field	Angiosperms: Vegetative morphology leaf hunt	Van De Graaff 8 p.145 and handouts
Tues	21 Oct	Ethno	Plants as the basis for material culture lecture.	Balick Four.
Thurs	23 Oct	Ethno	Material culture individual presentations.	LTWWW. Friday: UN Day.
Tues	28 Oct	Ethno	Material culture individual presentations II Alcohol aware week.
Thurs	30 Oct	Botany: field	Angiosperms: Floral morphology	Van de Graaff 9 p.151 + Handout
Tues	04 Nov	Test Two. Course selection begins.
Thurs	06 Nov	Ethno	Return test two. Entering other worlds lecture: Five types of psychoactive substances	Balick Five
Tues	11 Nov	Ethno	Memes and Areca catechu and Piper methysticum I Chemistry and Uses
Thurs	13 Nov	Ethno	Piper methysticum II Legends
Tues	18 Nov	Ethno	[Entering the other world optional individual presentations.]
Thurs	20 Nov	Ethno:field	Kava cultural ceremony
Tues	25 Nov	Ethno	Family forest: Who are my elders?
Thurs	27 Nov	Ethno	Ethnobotany and conservation
Tues	02 Dec	Ethnogarden?
Thurs	04 Dec	Ethnobotany	Finding ethnobotanical information on the web (A204). Snake oil and more.
Tues	09 Dec	THF	Take home final examination essay question

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