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Unit of Study MDC72010 - Immunology (2017)

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Unit description

Extends students' knowledge of the immune system, including concepts of innate and acquired immune responses and how specificity and diversity develops. Provides foundations in haematology and transfusion science, including blood cell development, haemostasis, coagulation and transfusion reactions.

Unit content

Topic 1: Foundation concepts, cells, organs and microenvironment of the immune system
Topic 2: Cell, organs and microenvironment of haematopoiesis, and the development of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets
Topic 3: Innate immunity and the complement system
Topic 4: Antibody structure and function
Topic 5: T cell receptors, MHC and antigen presentation
Topic 6: Cellular immunity: T cell development, activation, differentiation and memory
Topic 7: Humoral immunity: B cell development, activation, differentiation and memory
Topic 8: B and T cell receptor signalling, and associated cytokines and chemokines
Topic 9: Effector responses: cellular and humoral-mediated immunity; immune responses in space and time
Topic 10: Allergy, hypersensitivity and chronic inflammation; Haemostasis and coagulation
Topic 11: Tolerance, autoimmunity and the importance of ABO and MHC cross-matching in tissue transplantation
Topic 12: Immunodeficiency disorders, immune responses to infectious diseases and vaccine development

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Location Domestic International
Gold Coast Session 2 Session 2

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 discuss immune system development, innate and adaptive immunity, and the generation of immune memory and tolerance
2 explain the development of blood cells, and discuss the different types of cells and their roles in haemostasis and coagulation
3 describe the major histocompatibility complex molecules, their gene subtypes,and their importance in tissue transplantation
4 explain the activation of immune cells, and compare immune responses to different groups of infectious diseases, and how this influences vaccine development
5 compare and contrast dysfunctions of the immune system
6 compare immunological laboratory techniques and discuss their applications in medical diagnosis and biomedical research
7 generate, present and critically analyse experimental laboratory-based data to solve scientific problems

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. discuss immune system development, innate and adaptive immunity, and the generation of immune memory and tolerance
    • GA4:
  2. explain the development of blood cells, and discuss the different types of cells and their roles in haemostasis and coagulation
    • GA4:
  3. describe the major histocompatibility complex molecules, their gene subtypes,and their importance in tissue transplantation
    • GA4:
  4. explain the activation of immune cells, and compare immune responses to different groups of infectious diseases, and how this influences vaccine development
    • GA4:
  5. compare and contrast dysfunctions of the immune system
    • GA4:
  6. compare immunological laboratory techniques and discuss their applications in medical diagnosis and biomedical research
    • GA4:
  7. generate, present and critically analyse experimental laboratory-based data to solve scientific problems
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:

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