13189 (v.2) MT 631 - Advances in Immunology

Area:

School of Biomedical Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Seminar:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Selected topics, determined in consultation with the unit coordinator, examine theoretical and applied aspects of immunology. The topics may include - cellular immunology, molecular biology of antigens, antibodies and immune regulation, immune response to infectious agents, or a selected agent, aspects of immunoassay and blotting methods, production and use of monoclonal antibodies and engineered antibodies, roles of the complement system and MHC in infections, immune mechanisms of tissue damage and their roles in immunological diseases. Diagnosis of infections, advances in immunisation, genetics of infection, molecular genetics of the immune system, psychoimmunology and its applications. The student focuses on selected topics from the list rather than attempting to cover all topics in depth.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

060100 Medical Studies (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

09 - Dentistry, Medicine, Veterinary Science

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1			Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External