Major Biology/ Minor Biochemistry

To supply the Arab Palestinian community with quality graduates who are equipped with scientific knowledge and motivation to work in research and development as well as teaching.

The Program endeavors to graduate pioneers who have:

  • a strong background in biological sciences and biochemistry allowing them to work with new concepts.
  • enhanced practical skills that allow them to work with new technologies in biological sciences and biochemistry.
  • critical thinking and reasoning that allow them to deal innovatively with general problems in biological sciences to find solutions that are in line with community needs.
  • combine sound knowledge of both biological and biochemical problems and solutions.
  • The understanding of the scientific method and its applications to solve biological and biochemical problems
  • Demonstration of basic biological and biochemical concepts
  • Reading and analysis of different academic and scientific texts in various areas of biology and biochemistry
  • Development of analytical and critical thinking and its use to solve problems
  • Development of writing experimental results and analysis and oral communications
  • Development of experimental preparation skills and experimental setup
  • Ability to construct sound scientific arguments from different sources
  • Ability to understand and explain scientific information
  • Ability to work professionally in a medical laboratory context
  • Graduate studies
  • Medical laboratories
  • Ministry of the environment
  • Power authority
  • Water authority
  • Pharmaceutical factories
Study plan

The study plan consists of 128 credit hours distributed as follows:

Requirements

Credit Hours

University requirements

21-22

Faculty requirements

21

Specialization requirements (major and minor)

73

Free electives

13-12

Total

128
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Specialization Requirements (73 credit hours)

1. Compulsory courses: 61 credit hours including the following:

Course No.

Course Title

Prerequisite(s)

BIOL232

Invertebrate zoology

BIOL111

BIOL235

Vertebrate zoology

BIOL232

BIOL241

Botany

BIOL111

BIOL243

General microbiology

BIOL111

BIOL244

Cell biology

BIOL111

BIOL331

Genetics

BIOL244

BIOL332

Ecology

BIOL235

BIOL333

Molecular biology

BIOL244

BIOL411

Seminar in biology

4th year level

BIOL430

Animal physiology

BIOL235, BIOC331

BIOL431

Plant physiology

BIOL241, BIOC331

CHEM112

General chemistry lab 2

CHEM111 and (CHEM132 or concurrent)

CHEM132

General chemistry 2

CHEM141 or CHEM143 for Environmental Engineering students

CHEM221

Organic chemistry lab

(CHEM230 or CHEM242 or concurrent) and (CHEM112 or CHEM113)

CHEM230

Basics of organic chemistry

CHEM132 or CHEM133

CHEM234

Analytical chemistry 1

CHEM112 and CHEM132

BIOC311

Biochemistry lab 1

BIOC331 or concurrent

BIOC312

Biochemistry lab 2

BIOC311, BIOC332 or concurrent

BIOC331

Biochemistry 1

BIOL131, (CHEM242 or CHEM230 or concurrent)

BIOC332

Biochemistry 2

BIOC331

BIOC413

Clinical biochemistry lab

BIOC432 or concurrent

BIOC432

Clinical biochemistry methods

BIOC331, (CHEM221 or CHEM234 or concurrent)

STAT2381

Biostatistics

 

 

2. Elective courses

Group I: Students choose 3 credit hours from biology or biochemistry courses that are 300 level or above.

Group II: 9 credit hours from the following courses, or any course offered by the Department of chemistry that are 300 level or above:

Course No.

Course Title

Prerequisite(s)

BIOC434

Enzymology

BIOC331

BIOC435

Endocrinology

BIOC332

BIOC438

Special topics in biochemistry

4th year level and department approval

CHEM430

Bioinorganic chemistry

CHEM434 or concurrent

CHEM433

Xenobiotic metabolic chemistry

BIOC331, CHEM242