Undergraduate Course: Immunology Synoptic Examination (IMMU10009)

Course Outline
School	School of Biological Sciences	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This course aspects of Immunological techniques, experimental design, analysis and interpretation of results as well as tutorials and will help prepare students for the Immunology Research Project in Semester 2.
Course description	This course covers central aspects of experimental design, analysis and interpretation of results. The course will discuss commonly used immunological techniques such as ELISA, in vivo adoptive transfer, flow cytometry and cell sorting (FACS), as well as experimental design, statistics and bioinformatics. This will be complimented by tutorials based around the reading, analysis and discussion of primary scientific papers, The tutorials will provide preparation for the open book paper analysis exam (January, Semester 2) and will support all our core modules and optional electives, for which reading and analysis of primary literature is an essential aspect. The experimental design and analysis sections will help prepare students for their assessed 11 week Research Project in Semester 2.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Immunology 3 (BILG09007)	Co-requisites	Students MUST also take: Immunobiology (IMMU10001) AND Molecular Immunology (IMMU10003)
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: A good understanding of current immunological techniques Attainment of advanced skills in reading and understanding the primary literature Ability to develop scientific problem-solving skills, scientific questions and hypotheses Ability to interpret results Ability to summarise techniques and data