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Introduction
Course: Biochemistry for nursing (NURS 1310)
Course time: Sunday , Tuesday: 8-9:30 (M) 9:30 – 11 (F)
Instructor: Dr. Ramy Y Morjan
Office location: B304
Office hours: To be announced
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Course Objectives
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At the end of the course the student is expected to have:
gained a solid back ground on carbon based molecules (organic
chemistry) regarding their structures, nomenclature, functional groups
and basic reactions.
learnt the fundamentals of the structure as well as functions of
biological molecules (amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids,
nucleic acids).
learnt
the basic concepts of enzyme catalysis and intermediary
metabolism.
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Course schedule
Weeks
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6-7
Week 8-9
Week 10-11
Week 12-13
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Topics
Introduction to organic chemistry
Saturated Hydrocarbons (Alkanes, and their halogen
derivatives
Unsaturated hydrocarbons, and their halogen
derivatives
Alcohols, thiols, phenols, and ethers
Aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids
FIRST EXAM
Biochemistry
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
Nucleic acids
Enzymes and basic concepts of analysis
Textbooks
NURS 1310
Organic Chemistry, a short course; 13th edition
(2012); David Hart, Christopher Hadad, Laslie Craine,
and Harold Hart.
Biochemistry, a short course; 1st edition (2010);
John L. Tymoczko and Jeremy M. Berg, and Lubert
Stryer.
Chemistry for the health sciences; 8th (1998); Georg
Sackheim, Dennis Lehmann.
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Evaluation
Course attendance and course activities: 15 %
Participating in different Electronic tools 5%
Midterm exam: 30 %
Final exam: 50 %
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