Undergraduate Course: Microorganisms, Cells and Immunity 2 (BILG08004)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biological Sciences | 
College | College of Science and Engineering | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 20 | 
 
| Home subject area | Biology | 
Other subject area | Biomedical Sciences | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Organisation, growth and interactions of bacterial cells. Interactions of microorganisms with higher organisms. Viruses, viral transformation and oncogenesis. Cell interactions in multicellular organisms: cell diversity, differentiation and growth; tissue organisation and cell communication. Organisation of the mammalian immune system. Innate and acquired immunity. Antibodies. Applications of microbial and immunological techniques. | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13  Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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WebCT enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  None | 
 
	
		| Location | 
		Activity | 
		Description | 
		Weeks | 
		Monday | 
		Tuesday | 
		Wednesday | 
		Thursday | 
		Friday | 
	 
| King's Buildings | Laboratory |  | 1-11 |  14:00 - 17:00 |  |  | or 14:00 - 17:00 |  |  | King's Buildings | Lecture |  | 1-11 |  |  11:10 - 12:00 |  |  |  |  | King's Buildings | Lecture |  | 1-11 |  |  |  |  11:10 - 12:00 |  |  | King's Buildings | Lecture |  | 1-11 |  11:10 - 12:00 |  |  |  |  |  
| First Class | 
First class information not currently available |  
	| Additional information | 
	Tutorial Mon   14.00-15.15 or 15.15-16.30 
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Tutorial Thurs 14.00-15.15 or 15.15-16.30 | 
 
| Exam Information | 
 
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) |  | 2:00 |  |  |  | Resit Exam Diet (August) |  | 2:00 |  |  |  
 
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
| Basic knowledge of the biology of bacteria, viruses and fungi, mammalian tissue orgainisation, and the mammalian immune system. | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
| 1 essay, 1 lab report, 1 literature comprehension test.  In-course assessment 50%; exam 50%. |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
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| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
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| Reading list | 
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| Study Abroad | 
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| Study Pattern | 
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| Keywords | MCI2 | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Prof Nick Read 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5335 
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Course secretary | Mrs Carolyn Wilson 
Tel: (0131 6)50 8651 
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