MICR 3254 - Immunology

Credits: (4)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $25.00
Course Fee Purpose: Consumable laboratory supplies including, but not limited to, culture tubes, Petri plates, broth and agar media, gloves, pipets, staining reagents, microscope slides and coverslips, disinfectant, swabs, and chemicals and reagents used in media preparation.
Description: This course will focus on the study of the human immune system and its role in heath 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 consists of 3 one-hour lectures and 1 three-hour laboratory per week.
Pre-requisite(s): MICR 2054 or consent of instructor.