This course is structured as a multidisciplinary unit consisting of a series of lectures which provide a basic understanding of the biology, structure, and spread of microbes, parasites, and viruses. The lecture materials incorporate epidemiological aspects of disease risk; transmission and causation; bacterial, viral and parasite morphology; mechanisms of microbial invasion; and parasite survival strategies. Understanding of host-pathogen interactions is provided via discussion of basic immune cells, components, and processes by which the host responds to pathogenic challenge and pathogens evade or subvert protective immunity.
Required:
Recommended/Reference/Resource:
7. Veterinary Immunology; 5th ed., I.R. Tizard (1996)
Examinations
There will be 3 examinations. Exams are non-comprehensive and consist of 100 points each. All exams are given only once. Students with excused absences (confirmed prior to the exam) will be provided a make up test. Absences after the exam may be excused based on conference with the course coordinator. Instructors reserve the option to use an written essay, oral make-up exam, or a grade of zero for unexcused absences. We are doing things in a bit different order this year. What you should look at as ``practice'' for this year's first midterm (it isn't really, the questions on this year's midterm may not all be on exactly the same material) are questions 1, 3, and 4 on last year's first midterm and question 1 on last year's second midterm. Also you might use the density in question 5 on last year's first midterm changing the question from calculate the conditional expectation (which we haven't done) to calculate the marginal densities (which we have). What you should look at as ``practice'' for this year's second midterm (it isn't really, the questions on this year's midterm may not all be on exactly the same material) are question 5 last year's first midterm, questions 2, 3, and 5 on last year's second midterm, and questions 4 and 7 on latst year's final exam. First Midterm: the exam, and the solutions. Second Midterm: the exam, and the solutions. Final: the exam, and the solutions.
Old exams (Spring 2000)
We are doing things in a bit different this year. You should look at old exams as ``practice''.
Exams total 300 points. The grading scale will be no higher than:
| Percentage | Cummunicative Point | Final Grade |
| 90-100% | 270-300 points | A |
| 80-89% | 240-269 points | B |
| 70-79% | 210-239 points | C |
| 60-69% | 180-209 points | D |
| < 59% | 179 points | F |
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