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Course Code | Course Title | Weekly Hours* | ECTS | Weekly Class Schedule | ||||||
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NS207 | Organic Chemistry | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
Prerequisite | None | It is a prerequisite to | ||||||||
Lecturer | Altijana Hromić-Jahjefendić | Office Hours / Room / Phone | Tuesday: 8:00-12:00 Wednesday: 9:00-11:00 |
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ahromic@ius.edu.ba | ||||||||||
Assistant | MSc Abas Sezer | Assistant E-mail | asezer@ius.edu.ba | |||||||
Course Objectives | The course aims at equipping the students with common organic chemistry knowledge, including general structures of biological molecules and the reactions between them. Moreover, it also focuses on techniques used of determination of the structure of organic compounds. | |||||||||
Textbook | Wade -Organic Chemistry 8th edition, Pearson; Bruice - Essential Organic Chemistry, 2nd edition, Pearson; Soderberg - Organic Chemistry with a Biological Emphasis, Vol.1, | |||||||||
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Learning Outcomes | After successful completion of the course, the student will be able to: | |||||||||
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Teaching Methods | Lecturing. Class discussions with examples and problem solving. Lab tutorials. | |||||||||
Teaching Method Delivery | Face-to-face | Teaching Method Delivery Notes | ||||||||
WEEK | TOPIC | REFERENCE | ||||||||
Week 1 | Introduction and syllabus | - | ||||||||
Week 2 | Introduction to hydrocarbons and naming | TBD | ||||||||
Week 3 | Organic structure and bonding | Chapter 2-Soderberg | ||||||||
Week 4 | Stereochemistry | Chapter 5-Wade | ||||||||
Week 5 | QUIZ 1 | - | ||||||||
Week 6 | Acids and bases | Chapter 2 -Wade | ||||||||
Week 7 | Delocalized electrons and pKa; UV/Vis | Chapter 7 - Bruice | ||||||||
Week 8 | Aromaticity, reactions of Benzene | TBD | ||||||||
Week 9 | Midterm exam | - | ||||||||
Week 10 | IR and MS Spectroscopy | Chapter 12 - Wade | ||||||||
Week 11 | NMR - Student presentations | Chapter 13 - Wade | ||||||||
Week 12 | Organic reactivity and catalysis/ Study visit* | Chapter 6 - Soderberg | ||||||||
Week 13 | QUIZ 2 | - | ||||||||
Week 14 | Enzyme catalysis and organic chemistry of vitamins | Chapter 24 - Wade | ||||||||
Week 15 | Important organic compounds/Review for the final exam | TBD |
Assessment Methods and Criteria | Evaluation Tool | Quantity | Weight | Alignment with LOs |
Final Exam | 1 | 40 | 1,2,3,4,5 | |
Semester Evaluation Components | ||||
Lab Tutorials | 5 | 15 | 1,2,3,4,5 | |
In-term Examination | 1 | 20 | 1,2,3,4,5 | |
Quizes | 2 | 10 | 1,2,3,4,5 | |
Presentations | 1 | 10 | 1,2,3,4,5 | |
Attendance and participation | 1 | 5 | 1,2,3,4,5 | |
*** ECTS Credit Calculation *** |
Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | |||
Lecture | 3 | 13 | 39 | Laboratory | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||
Home Study | 2 | 14 | 28 | In-term Exam Study | 4 | 6 | 24 | |||
Final Exam Study | 1 | 15 | 15 | Presentations | 2 | 13 | 26 | |||
Lab reports | 2 | 6 | 12 | |||||||
Total Workload Hours = | 150 | |||||||||
*T= Teaching, P= Practice | ECTS Credit = | 6 | ||||||||
Course Academic Quality Assurance: Semester Student Survey | Last Update Date: 08/04/2024 |