1 credit
Fall 2025 Distance Learning
The goal of this course is to expose the student to the basic principles of immunology and enable the student to use these principles to understand how the immune system combats infections. This goal will be achieved through online recorded lecture and out of class reading assignments and quizzes. The student will be expected to understand basic immunological concepts and apply this knowledge to solving problems involving the integration of the various components of the immune system. Permission of department required.
Learning Outcomes1Discuss the basic components of the immune system and their roles in innate and adaptive immunity.
2Discuss the development and function of lymphocytes in adaptive immunity.
3Discuss the molecular basis of antibody diversity.
4Discuss how antigens are recognized by T cells.
5Discuss how B cells develop and function in the body.
6Discuss how T cells develop in the body and differentiate into specialized subsets.
7Discuss how lymphocytes undergo positive and negative selection.
8Discuss how B cells and T cells are activated and participate in adaptive immunity.
9Discuss the basis of MHC polymorphism and the role in the immune response.
10Discuss how the complement system is activated and plays a its role in immune responses.
11Discuss how the cellular components of the innate and adaptive immune systems combine to generate an effective response against pathogens.
12Discuss how the body remembers a previous infection.
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