Introduction to Computer Science (CSC101)

This course provides an introduction to a disciplined approach to computer programming and problem solving, utilizing a block-structured high level language, with an emphasis on procedural abstraction and good programming style. Students will apply programming skills in solving a variety of problems. Algorithmic concepts are also introduced. This course also provides a survey study of data structures and data abstraction, and an introduction to complexity considerations and program verification. There will also be an overview of general and introductory computer science concepts.

Preparatory Algebra 2 [Business] - PAB112

Course Description:

This course will focus on rational expressions, complex numbers, complex fractions, roots and radicals. There will also be a focus on quadratic equations and functions, exponential and logarithmic functions and systems of nonlinear equations All topics include applications and problem solving techniques.

Students will be provided with clear and logical presentations on techniques to evaluate problems both analytically and graphically, apply theorems and solve problems.

List of Topics:

 Simplify rational and radical expressions
 Determine the domain of a rational or radical function
 Solve rational and radical equations, including the solution for complex roots
 Develop and solve rational equations from advanced word problems
 Completing the Square
 The Quadratic Formula
 Quadratic Functions and Their Graphs
 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions and Their Graphs
 Properties of Logarithms
 Exponential and Logarithmic Equations
 Exponential Growth and Decay
 Systems of Nonlinear Equations in Two Variables

Preparatory Precalculus 2 - PPC112

Course Description:

This course reviews and develops intermediate and advanced Algebra skills. The primary
general education learning outcome for this course is quantitative reasoning, which will require
students to read and analyze data, develop mathematical models, draw inferences and support
conclusions based on mathematical reasoning. A graphical approach will be utilized throughout
the course with an emphasis on solving application problems.

List of Topics:
 Angles and Radian Measure
 Trigonometric Functions (The Unit Circle and Right Triangles)
 Trigonometric Functions of Any Angle
 Graphs of Sine, Cosine and Tangent Functions
 Inverse Trigonometric Functions (Sine, Cosine and Tangent)
 Applications of Trigonometric Functions
 Verifying Trigonometric Identities (Sum, Difference, Double-Angle and Half Angle)
 Trigonometric Equations§ Law of Sines and Cosines
 Systems of Linear and Nonlinear Equations
 Introduction to Limits
 Introduction to Derivatives and Integrals

Business Calculus

This course is an introduction to Calculus and its applications mainly to business and economics related problems. The course covers an introduction to the fundamentals of single variable calculus. Topics covered include an introduction to limits, continuity, derivative, differentiation rules, derivative tests, graphing functions, Riemann sums, integral, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, some integration techniques, and applications to problems.

The objectives of the course are to provide the student with analytical skills and expose him/her to the basic theory and applications of the calculus of a single variable. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will develop the skills required  to employ calculus on elementary problems in business and economics. 

College Math - Precaluclus (MAT100)

This course builds sound and strong basic mathematics that are required for studying undergrad mathematics. This course is particularly important to students, whose mathematical skills are not sufficiently developed at high school levels. This course covers materials that include algebraic operations, radical and rational expression, equalities and in-equalities, functions and analytic geometry, special types of functions (linear, quadratic, inverse, polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric), solution to equations, and identities involving some types of functions.

The student is expected to understand the basic concepts on the following topics that are covered in the course:

1. Exponents and Rational Exponents 2. Polynomials 3. Rational Expressions 4. Equations (Linear, Rational, Radical, Quadratic) 5. Functions and Their Graphs 6. Linear Functions and Slope 7. Composite and Inverse Functions 8. Quadratic Functions and Their Graphs 9. Rational Functions and Their Graphs 10. Polynomial and Rational Inequalities 11. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions 12. Exponential and Logarithmic Equations 13. Exponential Growth and Decay 14. Trigonometric Functions 15. Systems of Linear Equations in Two and Three Variables 16. Systems of Nonlinear Equations in Two Variables

BIO 346, Biochemistry I

Semester Schedule:

The schedule is subject to change according to the need of the class and the instructor, as determined by the instructor.

date

chapter #

                                                topic

Sept 1

 

Introduction

Sept 3

chapter 1

The foundations of biochemistry (introduction, 1.1 cellular foundations)

 Sept 8

chapter 1

The foundations of biochemistry (1.2 chemical foundations)

 

Sept 10

chapter 1

The foundations of biochemistry

(1.3 physical , 1.4 genetic, 1.5 evolutionary)

Sept 12

Lab 0

Basics of safe techniques

 Sept 15

chapter 2

Water (2.1 Weak Interactions in aqueous systems)

Sept 17

chapter 2

Water  (2.2 Ionization of water, weak acids and weak bases)

Sept 19

Lab 1

Titration curves of amino acids

 Sept 22

chapter 2

Water

(2.3 Buffering; 2.4 Water as reactant; 2.5 The fitness of water for living)

Sept 24

chapter 3

Amino acids, peptides and proteins (3.1  Amino acids)

Sept 26

Lab 2

The absorbance curves of two colored compounds

Sept 29

chapter 3

Amino acids, peptides and proteins

 (3.2  Peptide and proteins; 3.3 Working with  proteins)

Oct 1

chapter 3

Amino acids, peptides and proteins (4.3 Primary structure)

Oct 3

Lab 3

General properties of amino acid

 Oct 6

chapter 4

Protein tertiary and quaternary structures

Oct 8

 

Midterm examination I

 

 

Eid Aladha Holiday (Oct 11-Oct 22)

Oct 22

chapter 5

Protein function (5.1 Reversible binding of a protein to a ligand)

Oct 24

Lab 4

Separation of amino acid by paper chromatography

 Oct 27

chapter 5

Protein function (5.3 Protein interactions modulated by chemical energy)

Oct 29

chapter 6

Enzymes (6.1 Introduction to enzymes; 6.2 How enzymes work)

Oct 31

Lab 5

General properties of protein

 Nov 3

chapter 6

Enzymes

(6.3 Enzyme kinetics as an approach to understanding mechanism)

Nov 5

chapter 6

Enzymes

(6.4 Examples of enzymatic reactions; 6.5 Regulatory enzymes) 

Nov 7

Lab 6

Quantitation of proteins

 Nov 10

chapter 8

Nucleotides and nucleic acids

(8.1 Some basics; 8.2 Nucleic acid structure)

Nov 12

chapter 8

Nucleotides and nucleic acids

(8.3 Nucleic acid chemistry; 8. 4 Other functions)

Nov 14

Lab 7

Preparation of an enzyme extraction

 Nov 17

chapter 0

Lipids.  (10.1 Storage Lipids; 10.2 Structural lipids in membranes)

Nov 19

chapter 10

Lipids

(10.3  Lilpids as signals, cofactors and pigments; 10.4 Working with lipids)

Nov 21

Lab 8

General properties of lipids

 Nov 24

 

Midterm examination II

Nov 26

chapter 11

Biological membranes and transport

(11.1 Composition and architecture of membranes)

Nov 28

Lab 9

General test for carbohydrate

 Dec 1

chapter 11

Biological membranes and transport

(1.3  Solute transport across membranes)

Dec 3

chapter 12

Biosignaling (12.1 General features of signal transduction )

 Dec 8

chapter 12

Biosignaling 

(12.2 G Protein-Coupled Receptors and second messengers)

Dec 10

chapter 12

Biosignaling  (12.3 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases)

 Dec 15

chapter 13

Bioenergetics and biochemical reaction types

(Introduction;  13.1 Bioenergetics and thermodynamics )

Dec 17

chapter 13

Bioenergetics and biochemical reaction types

(13.2 Biochemical logic and common biochemical reactions )

Dec 22

chapter 13

Bioenergetics and biochemical reaction types

(13.3 Phosphoryl group transfers and ATP)

Dec 24

 

Midterm Examination III         

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Organic Chemistry II, (CHM 212)

 

CHM 212 Continuation of CHM 211. Nomenclature, properties, reactions and synthesis of conjugated dienes, aromatics, organometallics, alcohols, phenols, ethers, aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids and derivatives, and amines. Mechanisms include electrophilic aromatic substitution and nucleophilic addition. Carbohydrates, amino acids, proteins and nucleic acids. Laboratory stresses single and multi-step syntheses along with mass spectrometry, ultraviolet, and carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and integrated spectral analysis.