1. BIOCHEMISTRY NURS1310
IUG, Fall 2018
Dr. Tarek Zaida

2. Introduction Course: Biochemistry for nursing (NURS 1310)
Instructor: Dr. Tarek Zaida;
Mobile:
Office location: C631 (Faculty of Science Building)
Office hours:
Sat, Mon, Wed:

3. 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.

4. Course schedule Biochemistry Week 1-2
NURS 1310
Course schedule
Biochemistry
Week 1-2
Review of selected topics of organic chemistry
Week 3-6
Carbohydrates
Week 7-9
Lipids
Week 10-11
Proteins
Week 12-13
Nucleic acids
Week 14-15
Enzymes and basic concepts of analysis
Perhaps--
Introduction into metabolism

5. 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.

6. Evaluation Course attendance: 10 % Midterm exam: 30 % Final exam: 60 %
NURS 1310
Evaluation
Course attendance: 10 %
Midterm exam: 30 %
Final exam: 60 %