Guided Reading of Ecological Immunology
Course ID: M34012CF
Credits: 3
Course Prerequisites: Biology
Course Description and Goals:
This course will bring students general concept of a new emerged field, Ecological Immunology. The course will start with lectures following the text book. Then, students need to read the regarding references and make a presentation. Through practice of the report, students will not only learn the knowledge from the textbook or published papers, but also get familiar with how to find out a new research space.
Schedule Type:
Lecture (100%)
This course will start at an introduction of what is ecological immunology. After the introduction, the course will go into references reading. I will proved 2 articles regard to this field each week, and have a discussion with students in each lesson. A final report is required for obtaining the credits of this course. In the report, students need to summarize the references and make a brief reviews. Through practice of the report, students will know better in this field.
Course Schedule (subject to change):
1 Ch. 1: Introduction: Ecological immunology
2 Ch. 2: Sickness Behaviour
3 Ch. 3: Maternal Modulation of Offspring Immune Ability
4 Ch. 4: Trad-off, The Energetics of Immunity
5 Ch. 5: Endocrinological Mechansim of the Regulation of Immune Statue
6 Ch. 6: Social Behaviour and Disease
7 Ch. 7: Sex and Immunity
8 Ch. 8: Environmental Challenges
9 Reference discussion
10 Reference discussion
11 Reference discussion
12 Reference discussion
13 Reference discussion
14 Reference discussion
15 Reference discussion
16 Reference discussion
17 Student’s oral report
18 Student’s oral report