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2011/2 Provisional Module Catalogue - UNDER CONSTRUCTION & SUBJECT TO CHANGE
 Module Code: BMS2045 Module Title: INTRODUCTION TO IMMUNOLOGY
Module Provider: Biosciences Short Name: BMS2045
Level: HE2 Module Co-ordinator: OVIEDO-ORTA E Dr (Biosciences)
Number of credits: 15 Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
 
Module Availability
Semester Two
Assessment Pattern

50%  -  5 MCQs + short answers

 

15%  -  3 practical write-ups (deadline two weeks after each practical)

 

35%  -  examination MCQ

 
Module Overview
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
Module Aims

·         To help students become familiar with the terms used in immunology

 

 

 

 

·         To develop their understanding of how immunity works by starting from the fundamental components of the reactions involved and building on these to describe the cellular and biochemical events which protect an organism against disease

 

 

 

 

·         To provide an understanding and hands-on experience of techniques used in immunology together with experimental design and data analysis

 

 

 

 
Learning Outcomes

                  On successful completion of this module you should:-

 

 

 

 

                  ·     Have a sound knowledge of the cells and tissues which comprise the immune system

 

 

 

 

                  ·     Have a thorough command of the basic principles of immunology

 

 

 

 

                  ·     Be able to illustrate and understand some useful applications of the principles of immunology

 

 

 

 

·         Have learned the basis of a number of laboratory techniques used in immunology

 

 

 

 

 

 
Module Content

Activity

 

Number

 

 

Lecturer

 

 

Topic

 

1 - 2

 

KB-S, EO-O

 

Introduction to the module

 

 

KB-S

 

Lecture - Cells and tissues in the immune system

 

 

3

 

KB-S, EO-O

 

Tutorial - Cells and tissues in the immune system

 

 

 

 

4 - 5

 

EO-O

 

MCQ - Cells and tissues in the immune system

 

 

 

 

P1

 

KB-S

 

Practical – Phagocytosis

 

 

 

 

 

EO-O

 

Lecture - Antigens and antigen receptors

 

 

6

 

KB-S, EO-O

 

Tutorial - Antigens and antigen receptors

 

 

 

 

7 - 8

 

EO-O

 

MCQ - Antigens and antigen receptors

 

 

 

 

P2

 

S H

 

Practical – Enzyme Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)

 

 

 

 

 

KB-S

 

Lecture - Innate immunity

 

 

9

 

KB-S, EO-O

 

Tutorial - Innate immunity

 

 

 

 

10 - 11

 

EO-O

 

EO-O

 

MCQ - Innate immunity

 

Lecture - Acquired immunity

 

 

12

 

KB-S, EO-O

 

Tutorial - Acquired immunity

 

 

 

 

13 - 14

 

EO-O

 

EO_O

 

MCQ - Acquired immunity

 

Lecture - Mucosal immunity, hypersensitivity and tolerance

 

 

P3

 

EO-O

 

Practical – Flow Cytometry

 

 

 

 

15

 

KB-S, EO-O

 

Tutorial - Mucosal immunity, hypersensitivity and tolerance

 

 

 

 

16 - 17

 

KB-S, EO-O

 

MCQ - Mucosal immunity, hypersensitivity and tolerance

 

Revision session

 
Methods of Teaching/Learning
Lectures, tutorials
Selected Texts/Journals

Recommended Books:

 

Basic Immunology, Functions and Disorders of the Immune System, 3rd Edition,

 

Abbas and Lichtman (2008)  Saunders/Elsevier, ISBN: 1416046887

 

 

Immunology, 6th Edition, Goldsby, Kindt, Osborne and Kuby (2007)  W.H. Freeman, ISBN: 0716767643

 

 

Practical Immunology. 4th Edition, Hay and Westwood (2002)  Blackwell Publishing, ISBN: 0865429618

 

 

Complementary resource:

 

Immunology, 7th Edition, Roitt/Brostoff/Male (2006) Mosby, ISBN: 0323033997

 
Last Updated

19 April 2011