BIOS 486A/586A IMMUNOLOGY
BIOS 486A/586A IMMUNOLOGY
Term: Winter 2006
Credit hours: 3 hr
Meeting times and rooms: lectures T & TH 1:10-2:30 p.m., Grover E304
Instructors: Kenneth J. Goodrum, Ph.D. & Mario J. Grijalva, Ph.D., Dept. Biomedical Sciences
Office hours: by appointment
Textbook: Immunobiology, The Immune System in Health and Disease, 6th edition, C.A. Janeway, Jr. and P. Travers, M. Walport, M. J. Shlomchik, 2005 x , Garland Publishing, Inc., New York. ISBN 0-8153-3642-X.
Course Description: Lectures will present the basic structures and functions of immune molecules and cells. Concepts such as regulation of immune responses and immune functions in health and disease will be emphasized. Students will be assigned readings in the textbook and in other resources in the Health Sciences section of Alden library.
Website: Information about the course and access to lecture slide presentations is available at http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/dbms-grijalva/teaching.htm. Slides presented in lecture will be published after the schedule class date.
Evaluation and Grading of students:
The grading scheme is different for 486a and 586a. Please refer to table below.
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BIOS 486a |
BIOS 586a |
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Midterm I |
30 points |
25 points |
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Midterm II |
30 points |
25 points |
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Final |
35 points |
35 points |
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Questions |
5 points |
5 points |
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Term paper |
N/A |
10 points |
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Total |
100 points |
100 points |
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Two written midterm exams and a comprehensive final examination will be given. Questions will be handed out every class concerning issues that will be covered the next class. Students will have to investigate and turn in written responses at the beginning of each lecture. Students taking 586a will be required to find, read, and write a short paper (5 pages or less, single spaced, 12 point font) on a recent journal article (from a scientific periodical) which deals with a clinically applied aspect of one of the following areas: Vaccine development, Tumor immunology, Transplantation immunology, Type I hypersensitivity, AIDS, or their choice of an autoimmune disorder. The paper should explain the immunological basis of the disease and the basic immunology of the paper itself. The emphasis would be on the basic immunology behind the clinical application. Papers are due the last day of class.
Academic Misconduct: Students must abide by the Ohio University Student Code of Conduct as described in the OU Student Handbook. Incidents of Academic Misconduct (cheating, etc. as defined in the OU Student Handbook) will result in a grade of F on the assignment or in the course and a referral to Student Judiciaries.