Introduction Course Biochemistry for nursing NURS 1310 Course

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: B 304 Office hours: To be announced 1 NURS 1310

Course Objectives NURS 1310 At the end of the course the student is expected to have: Øgained a solid back ground on carbon based molecules (organic chemistry) regarding their structures, nomenclature, functional groups and basic reactions. Ølearnt the fundamentals of the structure as well as functions of biological molecules (amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids). Ølearnt 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 ØOrganic Chemistry, a short course; 13 th edition (2012); David Hart, Christopher Hadad, Laslie Craine, and Harold Hart. ØBiochemistry, a short course; 1 st edition (2010); John L. Tymoczko and Jeremy M. Berg, and Lubert Stryer. ØChemistry for the health sciences; 8 th (1998); Georg Sackheim, Dennis Lehmann. 4

Evaluation NURS 1310 ØCourse attendance and course activities: 15 % ØParticipating in different Electronic tools 5% ØMidterm exam: 30 % ØFinal exam: 50 % 5