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Calendar 2004

How to do well in this course:

Dates*
Topic
Assignments**
WEEK 1
Monday June 7
Immunity Rules : Overview of the Immune System
Log onto Old Pueblo Moo***
Read: Chapter 1
Learning Objectives: Immunity Rules
9 AM Case 1 available (See also How to Solve Case Studies)
Tuesday June 8
9 AM Case 1 Due
9-10:30 AM On Line Discussion
Case 2 available
Wednesday June 9
Innate Immunity : First Response Team, Antigen Recognition, and Inflammation
Read: Chapter 8 pp 201-223
Learning Objectives: Innate Immunity
Thursday June 10
9 AM Case 2 Due
9-10:30 AM On Line Discussion
Noon Exam 1 available
Friday June 11
Case 3 available
WEEK 2
Monday June 14
12 Noon Exam 1 Due
B cells: Antibody Structure and Function
Read: Chapters 2 and 4
Learning Objectives: B cells
Tuesday June 15
9 AM Case 3 Due
9-10:30 AM On Line Discussion
Case 4 available
Wednesday June 16
T cells: MHC and TCR, Antigen Processing and Presentation
Read: Chapters 3 and 5
Learning Objectives: T Cells
Critique Assignment available (Due 7/7)
Thursday June 17
9 AM Case 4 Due
9-10:30 AM On Line Discussion
Noon Exam 2 available
Friday June 18
Case 5 available
WEEK 3
Monday June 21

12 Noon Exam 2 Due
T Cell-Mediated Immunity

Read: Chapter 6
Learning Objectives: T Cell-Mediated Immunity
Tuesday June 22
9 AM Case 5 Due
9-10:30 AM On Line Discussion
Case 6 available
Wednesday June 23
Humoral Immunity
Read: Chapter 7
Learning Objectives: Humoral Immunity
Thursday June 24
9 AM Case 6 Due
9-10:30 AM On Line Discussion
Noon Exam 3 available
Friday June 25
Case 7 available
Critique Assignment available (Reading: Ch 13)
WEEK 4
Monday June 28
12 Noon Exam 3 Due
Big Picture: Immunity to Pathogens
Immune Evasion & Deficiencies
Read: Chapters 8-9
Learning Objectives: The Big Picture
Tuesday June 29
9 AM Case 7 Due
9-10:30 AM On Line Discussion
Case 8 available

Wednesday June 30

Clinical Immunology: Hypersensitivity and Autoimmunity
Read: Chapters 10-11
Learning Objectives: Clinical Immunology
Thursday July 1
9 AM Case 8 Due
9-10:30 AM On Line Discussion

Exam 4 available

Friday July 2
WEEK 5
Monday July 5
Holiday
Tuesday July 6
Optional
9-10:30 AM On Line Discussion
Wednesday July 7
12 Noon Critique due
Thursday July 8
12 Noon Exam 4 Due

* Important University Dates and Deadlines
** Required text: P. Parham, The Immune System, Garland Publishing, New York, 2000.
*** As a registered student in MIC 419, you should find a link to Old Pueblo Moo under Student Link. Use your U of A email logon and password to access the system. You will enter on the Sleeping Porch. Click on 419classroom to enter the classroom.

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Last modified July 1, 2004