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Programme and Module Handbook

Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2006-2007 (archived)

Module BISS2251: HAEMATOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Department: BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES (BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES) [Queen's Campus, Stockton]

BISS2251: HAEMATOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Type Tied Level 2 Credits 20 Availability Available in 2006/07 Module Cap None. Location Queen's Campus Stockton
Tied to B940
Tied to B941

Prerequisites

  • None.

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • To develop a knowledge and understanding of cellular and molecular aspects of the immune system.
  • haematopoiesis.
  • anaemia.
  • the use of blood banking and transfusion in the clinical setting.
  • haematologic malignancy.
  • To provide practical experience in modern techniques for investigating these issues.

Content

  • Blood cell formation.
  • Anaemia.
  • Haemostasis.
  • Blood banking and transfusion.
  • Myelodysplasia, Leukaemia and Lyphoma.
  • The innate immune system.
  • Adaptive immune system.
  • T cell-mediated immunity.
  • Humoral immunity.
  • Primary and Secondary Immunodeficiency.
  • The Immunobiology of HIV infection.
  • Vaccination.
  • Monoclonal antibodies.
  • Measurement of immune function.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
  • At the end of this module students should be able to demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of cellular and molecular aspects of immunology and haematology
  • Students should have an appreciation of practical issues of blood banking and transfusion science, haematopoiesis, the major anaemias, haematologic malignancies and the role of immune response in vaccination.
Subject-specific Skills:
  • Students should develop an appreciation of modern techniques used to investigate haematology and immunology in a clinical laboratory setting and gain practical experience in these areas.
Key Skills:
  • Students should be able to handle and interpret scientific evidence obtained in different clinical areas.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • Lectures provide a solid foundation for knowledge and understanding, both practical and theoretical, and form a framework for students' self-directed learning.
  • Laboratory sessions are used to reinforce the subject knowledge identified in other teaching and learning modes, but also serve to enhance subject specific skills such as of accuracy, reproducibility, data recording and interpretation as well as health and safety in the biomedical laboratory.
  • CAL is used both to enhance subject specific knowledge, but also to enhance subject specific skills, for example in the handling of biomedical data as well as key skills, such as IT.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
Lectures 41 3 per Week 1 Hour 41
Seminars 1 1 per Year 3 Hours 3
Practicals 6 2-4 Hours 15
Other (CAL session) 1 1 Hour 1
Preparation and Reading 140
Total 200

Summative Assessment

Component: Examination Component Weighting: 60%
Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
examination 2 hours 100%
Component: Continuous Assessment Component Weighting: 40%
Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
web assignment 33.33%
report 33.33%
practical report 33.34%

Formative Assessment:

none


Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University