Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

MCB 307 — Immunology

MCB department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• explain the basic concepts of immunology and diagnostic immunology
• describe the types of immunity; Sciences 552 New
• elucidate the structure of antibodies(immunoglobulins) and antigens
• explain the origin of the B and T cells
• discuss the role of immunity in protection against diseases
• describe the harmful effects of immunological responses

Course contents

Introduction; historical background. Innate and acquired immunity. Antigens, antibodies, cellular immunity. Immunological tolerance and suppression. Surgical grafting. Complement system. Hypersensitivity. Immunological anomalies. Diagnostic immunology. Vaccines, effect or systems of parasite killing and nature of resistance in plants.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study MCB 307.

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