 Syllabus for Division of
Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry (Ch/Env)
Third Year
Chemistry Courses
First semester
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Chem 311-Ch/Env
Hours
Course
Year
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Lecture (3h)
Lab (2h)
Organic chemistry (4,5)
Third
Organic Chemistry (4)
 Chemistry of Carbohydrates: Structure and nomenclature- Classification - Ring
structure- Stereochemistry- Determination of ring structure - lengthening and
shortening of carbon chain- Conformation Mutarotation- General reaction Amino
Acids and proteins: structure and nomenclature - Configuration- Isoelectric Point
- Preparation and reactions- Peptides Determination of structureDenaturation. Lipids: Classification and nomenclature- Fats and oils Saponification- Analysis of fats and oils - Phospholipids. Vitamines.
Organic Chemistry (5)
 Chemistry of Synthetic Polymers Characteristics – Classification - Vinylpolyenes
and polycondensation – polymers.
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Chem 312-Ch/Env
Hours
Course
Year
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Lecture (1h)
Lab (2h)
Analytical Chemistry (2)
Third
Gravimetric -Methods of Analysis
 Mechanism of precipitation, conditions for analytical precipitation, impurities of
precipitates, washing and filtering precipitates, heating the precipitates,
calculating the results, examples for precipitation methods, precipitation from
homogeneous solution.
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Chem 313-Ch/Env
Hours
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Lecture (2h)
Lab (2h)
Inorganic Chemistry (4)
Third
Electronic structure of transition elements, bonding in transition elements,
chemistry of titanium, vanadium, chromium, Mg, iron, Co, Ni, Cu, Zink, second
and third transition series.
Chem 314-Ch/Env
Hours
Course
Year
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Lecture (2h)
Lab (2h)
Physical Chemistry (2) (A,B,C)
Third
A: Chemical Kinetics
 Introduction
 Reaction rate laws
 Determination of reaction order
 Complex reactions
 Theories of reaction rates
 Experimental techniques in chemical kinetics
B: Surface and Catalysis
 Properties of liquid surfaces
 Properties of solid surfaces
 Adsorption
 Thermodynamics of adsorption
 Surface area determination
 Recent techniques in surface characterization
 Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis
 Kinetics of catalytic reactions
 Catalysis by enzymes
C: Electrochemistry
 Reversible process
 Ionic strength
 Type of electrodes
 Chemical potential and activity concept
 Nernest equation arid its application
 Electrochemical cells
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Chem 315-Ch/Env
Hours
Course
Year
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Lecture (2h)
Lab (2h)
Environmental Chemistry (1)
Third
Fundamentals of Environment (1)
 Basic Principles of environmental chemistry and general environmental ecology.
This course examines the dynamics of the biosphere through the study of the
natural state of ecosystems. Emphasis is on the explanation of the relationships
between organisms and their environment and on managing human and water
resources.
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Chem 316-Ch/Env
Hours
Course
Year
Syllabus
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Lecture (2h)
Lab (2h)
Environmental Chemistry (2)
Third
Fundamentals of Environment (2)
 Basic Principles of environmental sampling and analysis of ecological parameters.
The course introduces the students to the variety of microanalysis techniques
and instrumental analysis. Special emphasis on methods of detecting origin,
reactions, distribution, effects and fates of chemicals in the atmosphere, water
and soil as well as the concept of setting standards for each media. During the
lab period the student is introduced to the fundamentals of analytical chemistry
with the stress on environmental applications.
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Chem 317- Ch/Env
Hours
Course
Year
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Lecture (2h)
Lab (2h)
Environmental Chemistry (3, 4)
Third
Environmental Chemistry (3)
Environmental Biochemistry (1)
 Basic Principles of the chemistry of living systems which includes an introduction
to the chemistry of living systems, including plant and animal metabolism, the
interactions of plant and animal organisms with environmental contaminants.
Lab procedures to study the interaction of agricultural, industrial and hazardous
wastes chemicals with living systems.
Environmental Chemistry (4)
Environmental Impact Assessment
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Introduction to the methods and principles of environmental assessment of the
impacts of activities and pollutants (predicting dispersion and ecological
distribution of pollutants during discharge and after emission) with the
introduction of the basics of project formulation.
Second semester
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Chem 321-Ch/Env
Hours
Course
Year
Syllabus
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Lecture (3h)
Lab (2h)
Organic chemistry (6,7)
Third
Organic Chemistry (6)
Helerocyclic Chemistry:
 Classification and nomenclature of heterocyclic compoundsAroma( icty- pideficient and piexcessive heterocycles-Electrophilic and nucleophilic substitution
reactions of heterocycles - Cycloaddition reactions - Synthesis of heterocycles.
Organic Chemistry (7)
 Chemistry of Alicyrlic and Aromatic Hydrocarbons:
 Nomenclature- Synthesis -Reactions- Small ring compounds - Orbital picture of
angle strain- Conformation and stability of cycldalkanes- Conformation analysis
cyclohexane and
its derivatives- stereolsomerism-Structureand reactivity
Stereochemistry of elimination from alicyclic compounds. Chemistry of systems
such as biphenyl.
 Dyes and pigments classification and applications- Atropisonerism- Chemistry of
naphthalene, anthracen, phenanthene and their derivatives
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Chem 322-Ch/Env
Hours
Course
Year
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Lecture (1h)
Lab (2h)
Analytical Chemistry (3)
Third
Spectrophotomtric Methods of Analysis
 Absorption of radiant energy, Beer's law, spectrophotometer, spectrophotometric
methods. Molecular fluorescence and phosphorescence. Atomic absorption
spectrophotometry (flame and flameless), atomic emission spectrophotometry,
analytical and environmental applications.
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Chem 323-Ch/Env
Hours
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Year
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Lecture (1h)
Lab (2h)
Inorganic Chemistry ( 5 )
Third
Introduction, historical account of coordination chemistry, coordination bond,
stereochemistry, preparation and reaction of coordinated compounds,
complexion stability.
Chem 324-Ch/Env
Hours
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Year
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Lecture (3h)
Lab (2h)
Physical Chemistry (2) (D,E,F)
Third
D: Electrochemistry
 Irreversible process
 Electrochemistry processes under non- equilibrium conditions
 Concentration polarization
 Activation polarization
 Ohmic polarization
 Applications
E: Colloidal Chemistry
 Introduction
 Thermodynamic foundation
 Statistical thermodynamic foundation
 Interaction
 Electrochemistry
 Transport phenomena
 Optics and applications
F: Quantum Chemistry
 The failures of classical physics
 Dynamics of microscopic systems (Schrodinger equation)
 Translational motion
 Vibrational and rotational motion
 Hydrogen atom
 Atomic structure and atomic spectra
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Chem 325-Ch/Env
Hours
Course
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Lecture (1h)
Lab (2h)
Environmental Chemistry (5)
Year
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Third
Fundamentals of Environment (3)
 Continued from First term course with special emphasis on the explanation of
relationships between organisms and their environment and on managing
human, air and soil resources.
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Chem 326-Ch/Env
Hours
Course
Year
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Lecture (2h)
Lab (1h)
Environmental Chemistry (6)
Third
Fundamentals of Pollutant Evaluation
 This analytical course introduces the student to the fundamentals of
ecological and laboratory evaluation and measurement of pollutants. The
student is to acquire the basic skills for chemical separation of a mixture of
pollutants and how to plan and prepare for simultaneous multi-component
system analysis.
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Chem 327-Ch/ Env
Hours:
Course:
Year:
Syllabus:
Lecture (2h)
Lab (2h)
Environmental Chemistry (7, 8)
Third
Environmental Chemistry (7)
Environmental Monitoring
 Introduction to the principles and methods of environmental monitoring of
pollutants and the effect of meteorological facts upon their ambient
distribution during discharge and after emission with an introduction to the
basics of some modern techniques such as remote sensing and computer
aided methods. The course also provides insight on chemical
thermodynamics, transport properties, phases and equilibrium reactions,
distribution, effects and fates of chemicals in the atmosphere, water and soil
as well as giving background for the concept of setting standards for each
media.
Environmental Chemistry (8)
Environmental Inorganic Chemistry (1)
 The course provides an introduction to the chemistry of inorganic chemicals
of environmental importance present in nature with focus on uses in industry,
agricultural and at home with the provision to provide the basis for waste
identification methods.
Mathematical Courses
Second semester
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Math 320-Ch/Env
Hours
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Lecture (1h)
Lab (2h)
Course
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Programming Languages
Year
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Third
Syllabus
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 Introduction to C++ Language
Geology Courses
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Geo 321 -Ch/Env
Hours
Course
Year
Syllabus
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Lecture (2h)
Lab (1h)
Environmental Geology (1)
Third
(Not Definite)
Botany Courses
First semester
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Bot 311 -Ch/Env
Hours
Course
Year
Syllabus
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Lecture (2h)
Lab (2h)
Plant Ecology (1)
Third
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Physical features of the environment - Soil Chemical Analysis -Interpretation
of Climatic Data - Different types of pollution: - Atmospheric, Aquatic, and soil
with examples - Effect of pollution on plant habitat, ecosystem, plant ecology.
Other Courses
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Language 311- Ch/Env
Hours
Course
Year
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Lecture (2h)
Foreign Language (3)
Third