MICR 3203 - The Immune System in Health & Disease

Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem Online, Full Sem]
Spring [Full Sem Online]
Summer [Full Sem Online]

This course will focus on the study of the human immune system and its role in health and disease. The course topics include the innate and adaptive immune responses and their role in host defense as well as immunodeficiency and hypersensitivity responses. Manipulation of the immune system through pharmacological means, vaccination or transplantation will also be studied. This course is intended for the student studying Medical Lab Sciences or someone who wants to know more about the human immune system and who has already taken a course in Microbiology. The course is not intended as a first course in biology and it cannot be used as a Microbiology elective course for Microbiology majors. This course is only offered online with the exception of Fall Semester which also offers a face-to-face option consisting of 3 one-hour lectures per week.