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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 1 NURS 1310 Course Objectives NURS 1310 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. 2 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 3 Week 14 NURS 1310 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. 4 NURS 1310 Evaluation Course attendance and course activities: 15 % Participating in different Electronic tools 5% Midterm exam: 30 % Final exam: 50 % 5