Course syllabus for Molecular immunology

Molekylär immunologi

Specific entry requirements

A grade of at least E in all courses at term 1-3, and at least 40 higher education credits from term 4-5.

Outcomes

To provide an updated view of the interesting and dynamic areas of immunology, with special emphasis on current aspects of immunological research.
After completing this course the student should be able to:
- Show deeper understanding and theoretical knowledge of current immunological problems
- Present and discuss immunological problems
- Show skill in laboratory work, which includes partly independent laboratory work
- Present in writing and orally their own laboratory work, where discussion of their own results in relation to previously published works is an important part.

Content

The course will consist of lectures about current problems with focus on both scientific and methodological aspects. In parallel, the students will have a group work in which an immunological problem is studied, that will end with a presentation to the other students on the course. The students will also do a laboratory project that they will present orally and as a written report at the end of the course.

Teaching methods

The teaching is held in the form of lectures, group work and a laboratory project which is supervised by an active KI researchers. In the group work the students are studying an immunological problem in such depth that they can present to and discuss with other students on the course on the theory and practice of the issue. Laboratory work in immunology aimed at providing an insight into how to work with an immunological problems, usually with techniques such as cytotoxicity tests, flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, molecular biology, immunofluorescence, etc. By two presentations and a written report, the students will be trained in presentation skills, and to express themselves with a scientific approach.

Examination

The group work and the laboratory project are examined through oral presentations and a written report of the laboratory project with grades U / G.

Compulsory attendance: The first half of Day 1 is mandatory. Active participation in the presentation of the group's work, and active participation in the lab project and the presentation of this at the end of the course is compulsory.

The course director assesses if and, in that case, how absence can be compensated. Before the student has participated in all compulsory parts or compensated absence in accordance with the course director's instructions, the student's results for respective part will not be registered in LADOK.

Limited number of examinations or practical training sessions
Students who have not passed the regular examination are entitled to participate in five more examinations. If the student is not approved after four examinations, he/she is recommended to retake the course at the next regular course date, and may, after that, participate in two more examinations. If the student has failed six examinations/tests, no additional examination or new admission is provided.

The number of times that the student has participated in one and the same examination is regarded as an examination session. Submission of a blank examination is regarded as an examination. An examination for which the student registered but not participated in, will not be counted as an examination.

Transitional provisions

The course has been cancelled.

Other directives

The course language is English.
The course will be given if at least 5 students sign up for the course.