IMM2022 - Immunology in health and disease

Overview

The immune system has a central role in many aspects of health and disease in both humans and animals. While the immune system is critical for protecting us from pathogens, it also has an important role in cancer surveillance and is the reason why tissue transplantation is difficult to achieve. Many debilitating conditions such as allergy and autoimmune diseases including type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis are caused by the immune system. This unit progresses from IMM2011 which focused on the development, structure and function of the immune system to now, in IMM2022, examining the broad role of the immune system in a range of disease and health states. By selecting a range of real life examples, we can not only examine the nature of how the immune system is actively involved but also broaden our understanding of social and ethical implications and the role that medical research has in improving health outcomes. This unit will give you the opportunity to learn how immunology is important in many aspects of our society while developing and reinforcing a range of academic skills through defined teaching and assessment tasks.

Offerings

S2-01-CLAYTON-ON-CAMPUS

Rules

Enrolment Rule

Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Dr Kim Murphy

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Kim Murphy

Associate Professor Mark Wright

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:

Define the key features and immune system associations in a range of human immune-mediated diseases;

Evaluate the mechanisms of immunity and inflammation used in a range of immune-based diseases or conditions;

Work constructively individually and in a team to design, research and create novel immunological content;

Critically evaluate the research literature and other source material.

Teaching approach

Enquiry-based learning

This unit builds upon the foundations of immunology learnt in IMM2011 to explore the role of immunity or the immune system in a range of health and disease settings. The involvement and participation of students as part of this learning process is built into the unit design and delivery. Students will work in teams and as individuals in designing and completing assessments task (written and/or other output forms) from initial provided information with subsequent sourced and integrated material sourced by students sourced material.

Assessment

1 - Online quizzes

2 - Tutorial classes and tasks

Tutorial classes assessment items that may consist of annotated bibliographies, worksheets, discussions and case study styled tasks.

Value %:50

Hurdle type:Threshold

Hurdle description:

Where you fail the hurdle but would have otherwise achieved a mark of 45 or above you will be awarded a mark of 45 and an NH (hurdle fail) for the unit.

Where you fail the hurdle and would also have failed the unit with a mark of 44 or below, you will be awarded your mark and an N (fail) grade for the unit.

3 - Examination (2 hours and 10 minutes)

Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities

Lectures

Tutorials

Workload requirements

Workload

Learning resources

Required resources

Availability in areas of study

Human pathology
Immunology