BIOCHEMISTRY NURS1310 IUG, Fall 2017 Dr. Tarek Zaida

Introduction Course: Biochemistry for nursing (NURS 1310) Instructor: Dr. Tarek Zaida; tarekzaida@iug.edu Office location: C631 Office hours: Sat, Mon, Wed: 11-12 female students Sun: 11- 12:30 male students

Course Objectives NURS 1310 At the end of the course the student is expected to have: 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 Biochemistry Week 1 NURS 1310 Course schedule Biochemistry Week 1 Review of selected topics of organic chemistry Week 2-4 Carbohydrates Week 5-7 Lipids Week 8-10 Proteins Week 11-13 Nucleic acids Week 14-15 Enzymes and basic concepts of analysis Perhaps-- 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.

Evaluation Course attendance: 5 % Quizzes & Homeworks: 15% NURS 1310 Evaluation Course attendance: 5 % Quizzes & Homeworks: 15% Midterm exam: 30 % Final exam: 50 %