Wk	Day	Date	Area	Topic
1	Tues	23 Aug	Introduction	Introduction.
1	Thurs	25 Aug	Botany	Outdoor lower plants field hike: Cyanobacteria, bryophytes, SVPs, lycopodium, ferns. WET MUDDY STEEP.
2	Tues	30 Aug	Botany	Preparation
2	Thurs	01 Sep	Botany	Group presentations cyanobacteria, bryophytes, lycopodium, ferns.
3	Tues	06 Sep	Ethnography	Plants that heal lecture. Morinda citrifolia healing uses.
3	Thurs	08 Sep	Test One
4	Tues	13 Sep	Botany	Outdoor walk: Plant collecting process. Handout. Early warnings due.
4	Thurs	15 Sep	Ethnography	Healing plant individual presentations
5	Tues	20 Sep	Ethnography	Healing plant individual presentations
5	Thurs	22 Sep	Botany	Outdoor field trip: Gymnosperms and plants with economic value. Botanic garden road trip and walk.
6	Tues	27 Sep	Botany	Preparation
6	Thurs	29 Sep	Botany	Group presentations: gymnosperms
7	Tues	04 Oct	Midterm
7	Thurs	06 Oct	Ethnography	Plants as food lecture.
8	Tues	11 Oct	Ethnography	Plants as food individual presentations
8	Thurs	13 Oct	Ethnography	Plants as food individual presentations
9	Tues	18 Oct	Botany	Outdoor field walk: Angiosperms: Vegetative morphology
9	Thurs	20 Oct	Botany	Outdoor field walk: Angiosperms: Floral morphology
10	Tues	25 Oct	Guest	Dr. Michael Balick<</a>/td>
10	Thurs	27 Oct	Guest	Dr. Michael Balick
11	Tues	01 Nov	Test Two
11	Thurs	03 Nov	Holiday	FSM Independence
12	Tues	08 Nov	Holiday	Pohnpei constitution day
12	Thurs	10 Nov	Ethnography	Plants as the basis for material culture lecture.
13	Tues	15 Nov	Ethnography	Material culture individual presentations
13	Thurs	17 Nov	Ethnography	Material culture individual presentations
14	Tues	22 Nov	Ethnography	Entering other worlds lecture: Five types of psychoactive substances. Memes and Areca catechu and Piper methysticum I: Chemistry and Uses
14	Thurs	24 Nov	Ethnography	Piper methysticum II Legends
15	Tues	29 Nov	Ethnography	Family forest. Class in A204.
15	Thurs	01 Dec	Ethnography	Field Trip: Kava cultural ceremony
16	Tues	06 Dec	Ethnography	Option: Interconnecting family forest or start ethnogarden project.
16	Thurs	08 Dec	Ethnography	Option: Ethnobotanical garden project or conservation lecture
17	Tues	13 Dec	Take Home Final	[Entering other worlds optional individual presentations.] Take home final examination essay question
17	Thurs	15 Dec		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: TBA. For now, by appointment, or walk-in.
• 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.
• Grading: Points are given for tests, midterm, final, attendance, and presentations. Tests and examinations include coverage of student learning outcomes on outline. Grades are calculated based on a percentage of total possible points.
• 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 ethnographic reports should be submitted electonically, preferably via email. Some students will have to work with the instructor to find suitable material. The two botanical presentations include only an oral group presentation.
• Instructor: Dana Lee Ling. 320-2480 Extension 228. Home: 320-2962. dleeling@comfsm.fm and dana@mail.fm