Day	Date	Area	Topic
Tues	18 Jan	Ethnobotany	Introduction.
Thurs	20 Jan	Ethnography	Lower plants field hike: Cyanobacteria, bryophytes, SVPs, lycopodium, ferns. WET MUDDY.
Tues	25 Jan	Botany	Preparation
Thurs	27 Jan	Botany	Group presentations cyanobacteria, bryophytes, lycopodium, ferns.
Tues	01 Feb	Guest lecture	Tentative: Dr. Balick
Thurs	03 Feb	Test One
Tues	08 Feb	Ethnography	Plants that heal lecture. Morinda citrifolia healing uses.
Thurs	10 Feb	Ethnography	Outdoor walk: Plant collecting process. Early warnings due.
Tues	15 Feb	Ethnography	Healing plant individual presentations
Thurs	17 Feb	Ethnography	Healing plant individual presentations
Tues	22 Feb	Botany	Field trip: Gymnosperms and plants with economic value. Botanic garden road trip and walk
Thurs	24 Feb	Botany	Preparation
Tues	01 Mar	Botany	Group presentations: gymnosperms
Thurs	03 Mar	Midterm
Tues	08 Mar	Ethnography	Plants as food lecture. Middef due.
Thurs	10 Mar	Ethnography	Plants as food individual presentations
Tues	15 Mar	Ethnography	Plants as food individual presentations
Thurs	17 Mar	Botany	Field walk: Angiosperms: Vegetative morphology
Tues	22 Mar	Botany	URL Lab: Sources and world markets for plants of the garden. Class in A204.
Thurs	24 Mar	Holiday	Easter
Tues	29 Mar	Botany	Field walk: Angiosperms: Floral morphology (Rain swapped this with 05 April lecture)
Thurs	31 Mar	Holiday	Rahn en Tiahk
Tues	05 Apr	Ethnography	Plants as the basis for material culture lecture.
Thurs	07 Apr	Ethnography	Material culture individual presentations
Tues	12 Apr	Ethnography	Material culture individual presentations
Thurs	14 Apr	Test Two
Tues	19 Apr	Ethnography	Return test two. Entering other worlds lecture: Five types of psychoactive substances.
Thurs	21 Apr	Ethnography	Memes and Areca catechu and Piper methysticum I: Chemistry and Uses
Tues	26 Apr	Ethnography	Piper methysticum II Legends
Thurs	28 Apr	Ethnography	Field Trip: Kava cultural ceremony
Tues	03 May	Ethnography	Family forest. Class in A204.
Thurs	05 May	Ethnography	Family forest follow-up: Interconnecting. A204.
Tues	10 May	Holiday	FSM Constitution
Thurs	12 May	Ethnography	[Entering other worlds optional individual presentations.] Take home final examination essay question
Mon	16 May	THF	Take home final examination due by 5:00 P.M.
Textbooks (unavailable):
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.
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.
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