SC/SS 115 Ethnobotany Calendar Spring 2004

Day Date Area Topic Text: Chapter
Tues 13 Jan   A103. Attendance.  
Thurs 15 Jan Ethno A102. Introduction. Balick: One
Tues 20 Jan Botany: field hike. Cyanobacteria, algae, fungi, bryophytes, lycopodium, ferns I Van De Graaff 1 - 7
Thurs 22 Jan Botany Preparation Van De Graaff 1 - 7
Tues 27 Jan Botany Group presentations cyanobacteria, algae, fungi, bryophytes, lycopodium Van De Graaff 1 - 7
Thurs 29 Jan Test One
Tues 3 Feb Ethno Plants that heal lecture. Morinda citrifolia healing uses. Balick: Two
Thurs 5 Feb Ethno: field hike Plant collecting process Balick: Two p.46
Tues 10 Feb Ethno Healing plant individual presentations I
Thurs 12 Feb Ethno Healing plant individual presentations II
Tues 17 Feb Botany: field trip Ferns II, gymnosperms. Botanic garden road trip and walk Van De Graaff 7, 8
Thurs 19 Feb Botany Preparation Van De Graaff 7, 8
Tues 24 Feb Botany Group presentations ferns and gymnosperms Van De Graaff 7, 8
Thurs 26 Feb Midterm
Tues 2 Mar Ethno Plants as food lecture. Middef due. Balick: Three
Thurs 4 Mar Ethno Plants as food individual presentations
Tues 9 Mar Ethno Plants as food individual presentations
Thurs 11 Mar Botany: field Angiosperms: Vegetative morphology Van De Graaff 8 p.145 and handouts
Tues 16 Mar Ethno Plants as the basis for material culture lecture. Balick Four.
Thurs 18 Mar Ethno Material culture individual presentations I. LTWWW. Friday: UN Day.
Tues 23 Mar Ethno Material culture individual presentations II. Course selection begins.
Thurs 25 Mar Botany: field Angiosperms: Floral morphology Van de Graaff 9 p.151 + Handout
Tues 30 Mar Test Two
Thurs 1 Apr Founding Day!
Tues 6 Apr Ethno Return test two. Finding ethnobotanical information on the web (A204). Snake oil and more.
Thurs 8 Apr Spring Break!
Tues 13 Apr Entering other worlds lecture: Five types of psychoactive substances. Balick Five
Thurs 15 Apr Ethno Memes and Areca catechu and Piper methysticum I: Chemistry and Uses
Tues 20 Apr Ethno Piper methysticum II Legends
Thurs 22 Apr Ethno: field trip Kava cultural ceremony
Tues 27 Apr Ethno [Entering other worlds optional individual presentations.]
Thurs 29 Apr Ethno Family forest: Who are my elders? (A204)
Tues 4 May   Ethnobotany and conservation
Thurs 6 May THF Take home final examination essay question
Tues 11 May THF Take home final examination due by 4:15 P.M.