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This course is designed for graduate students wanting to learn biochemistry that is characteristic of plants. The course is taught in two 75-minute lectures per week with two exams, midterm and final. Grading is based on the exams, oral presentation and plant biochemistry mini-review.
The course will consider the chemical constituents of plants, their synthesis, their contribution to key metabolic processes and the regulation of their biosynthesis. Included will be discussions of photosynthesis, carbohydrates, lipids, isoprenoids and phenylpropanoids; nitrogen fixation, reduction and assimilation; the synthesis of alkaloids and general secondary compound biosynthesis.
phD, 2006/2007 first simester, 2007/2008 second semester, 2009/2010 first semester, 2011/2012 first semester
  
This course is designed for graduate students wanting to learn bioinformatics. The course is taught in two 75-minute lectures per week with two exams, midterm and final. Grading is based on the exams, oral presentation and plant biochemistry mini-review
MSc, 2006/2007 second semester, 2007/2008 second semester, 2008/2009 second semester, 2011/2012 second semester,
  
This course is designed for graduate students wanting to learn about plant hormones. The course is taught in two 75-minute lectures per week with two exams, midterm and final. Grading is based on the exams, oral presentation and a mini-review.
The course will consider the chemical constituents of plant hormones, their synthesis, their signal transduction pathway and their roles in plants. Included will be discussions of plant hormones biosynthesis, signal transduction pathways, final action, auxin, gibberellins, cytokinin, ethylene, abscisic acid, brassinosteroids, jasmonates, Salicylic acid, peptide hormones and the functions of hormones in plant growth and development.
Second Year, 2007/2008 first semester, 2008/2009 first semester, 2012/2013 first semester
  
This course focuses on plant structure, classification, growth, reproduction and
utilization of cultivated plants. Methods to illustrate these areas include, plant
identification and nomenclature, plant propagation in general, vegetative and
reproductive growth, and development. Soil and water management, land preparation.
The discussion includes information on photosynthesis, respiration and translocation, and factors affecting plant growth and development including climatic influences on crop production
First Year, 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2011/2012
  
This course is designed for graduate students wanting to learn about plant tissue culture. The course is taught in two 75-minute lectures per week with two exams, midterm and final. Grading is based on the exams, oral presentation and laboratory work.
Plant tissue culture is the science of growing plant cells, tissues or organs isolated from the mother plant, on artificial media. It includes techniques and methods used to research into many botanical disciplines and has several practical objectives.
MSc, 2005/2006 second semester, 2009/2010 second semester, 2013/2014 second semester
  
General University Prerequisite course dealing with the Agriculture in Jordan
First Year, 2006-2007 second semester, 2007-2008
  
General University Prerequisite course dealing with the home gardening
First Year, 2005/2006 second semester, 2006/2007, 2007/2008 first semester, 2008/2009 first semester, 2009/2010, 2011/2012 fisrt & summer semesters,