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

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.

Course schedule Weeks Topics Week 1 Introduction to organic chemistry NURS 1310 Course schedule Weeks Topics Week 1 Introduction to organic chemistry Week 2 Saturated Hydrocarbons (Alkanes, and their halogen derivatives Week 3 Unsaturated hydrocarbons, and their halogen derivatives Week 4 Alcohols, thiols, phenols, and ethers Week 5 Aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids FIRST EXAM Biochemistry Week 6-7 Carbohydrates Week 8-9 Lipids Week 10-11 Proteins Week 12-13 Nucleic acids Week 14 Enzymes and basic concepts of analysis Week 15 Introduction into metabolism

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.

Course attendance and course activities: 15 % NURS 1310 Evaluation Course attendance and course activities: 15 % Participating in different Electronic tools 5% Midterm exam: 30 % Final exam: 50 %