Instructor: J. John Cohen, MDCM, PhD
The course ran in fall 2020. Dates were 28 August to 13 November. It was online in a flexible format using print course notes, recorded lectures you watch asynchronously (on your own schedule), online Discussion Forums in Canvas which can earn you a lot of extra credit, and Zoom office hours/Q&A/meet-your-classmates sessions. Students had input into the design of our joint learning adventure.
Students in a degree program are enrolled by that program; please email us to tell us you'll be joining the course (since we don't find out any other way until late in the process, and you could miss out on important information). Non-degree students (PRAs, for example) need JJ Cohen's permission and signature to register; please drop him an email. The forms for you to register are on line; follow the steps.
Auditors are welcome, also with permission; please let JJ know your interest before the course starts. We value your input, so contact JJ early.
IMMU 7630 is a course in human-based immunology designed for graduate students, clinicians, and others who are not necessarily immunologists. It considers the broad sweep of immunology and its relationships to other disciplines, focusing on ideas and concepts more than details. Sufficient clinical examples are included to establish relevance, and widely-used immunologically-based methods are discussed. We practice clear communication by constructing and maintaining an online discussion forum to which we all contribute. The course notes on this site serve as our textbook. Scroll down for the schedule, and link from there or via the left-hand navbar to that week's page. There you can download pdf files of each Unit. Look at the files and decide if you want to print them. There is optional supplementary material on each week's page.
This site is continuously revised and updated.
Advice: Read the notes before watching the lecture video.
There's no required text. If you want to consider buying a text, click here for 2020 recommendations.
Important to read: Syllabus, with rules, course organization, grading, schedule, and advice: You can download a hard copy of the 2020 version.
Essential to read: Detailed Description of the Course Experience
Students requiring special accomodations: speak to JJC, and click here.
Information about UCD faculty and staff tuition waivers here.
2020 Course Schedule
(printable version)
Week |
Opens |
Unit |
Topic |
| 1 | 28 Aug | 1 | Innate to Adaptive Immunity |
| 2 | Anatomy & Physiology of the Immune System | ||
| 2 | 04 Sept | 3 | Antibody Structure |
| 4 | Antibody Genes | ||
| 3 | 11 Sept | 5 | Antibody Function |
| 6 | Monoclonal Antibodies and Antibody Techniques | ||
| 4 | 18 Sept | 7 | Development of the Immune System |
| 8 | T Cells 1 | ||
| 5 | 25 Sept | 9 | T Cells 2 |
| 10 | Immunogenetics & Transplantation | ||
| 6 | 02 Oct | 11 | Immunity & Vaccines |
| 12 | Immunodeficiencies | ||
| 7 | 09 Oct | 13 | Immunology of HIV/AIDS |
| 14 | Immunopathology Type III: Immune Complex Disease | ||
| 8 | 16 Oct | 15 | Immunopathology Type II: Autoimmunity |
| 16 | Immunopathology Type I: Allergy & Parasite Immunity | ||
| 9 | 23 Oct | 17 | Immunopathology Type IV: T Cell Mediated |
| 18 | Chronic Frustrated Immune Responses & Regulation | ||
| 10 | 30 Oct | 19 | Immunohematology |
| 20 | Tumor Immunology | ||
| 11 | 06 Nov | 21 | Immunomodulators and Biological Response Modifiers |
| 22 | COVID-19 | ||