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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2020/2021

SIL 3014 ADVANCED IMMUNOGENETICS
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MICROBIOLOGY
The course gives an understanding of the importance of the PROGRAMME
failure and deficiency of the immune system in providing
protection. The introduction will focus on various major
components of the immune system and in situations when Career Prospects
it fails in its function as a result in deficiency of its various The career prospects for graduates of this program are
components, and the different resulting manifestation in the wide. Graduates will have opportunities to be employed in
host. These resulting immune failure diseases will be the public or private sector.
discussed: 1. The importance of a balance between
tolerance and autoimmunity; 2. In certain situation, when Public sector:
cells do not respond in the correct manner to growth, Research Officer (Q41) in various ministries/ department;
resulting in tumour or cancer. 3. The importance and Science Officer (C41) in various ministries/ department;
understanding of transplant immunology as a cure for Adminitrative Officer (N41) in various ministries/
certain diseases with organ or cell function failures. 4. The department;
undesired effects resulting from reactions of effector Training Officer (E41) in various ministries/ department;
molecules in hypersensitivity or allergy. 5. The inability of Quality Controller in various ministries/ Environmental
the immune system to protect the host from various Department / Agriculture;
congenital and acquired (such as AIDS) immunodeficiency Postgraduates in Public Institutions of Higher Learning;
diseases. 6. The current therapeutic status and protection Graduate school teachers in government schools.
with a focus on vaccines for the undesired immune Private sector:
responses. Research technicians in pathology units of private
hospitals; Laboratory officers in pathology units of private
Assessment Methods: hospitals or diagnostic/ pathology laboratories or forensic
Continuous Assessment: 40% laboratories; Researchers in biotechnology and
Final Examination: 60% pharmaceutical industries; Marketing executives in
companies retailing reagents, scientific equipments, and
Medium of Instruction: medical equipments; Quality Controller in food production
English firms and restaurants; Postgraduates in Private Institutions
of Higher Learning; Writer / Researcher in the media
Main References: industry; Graduate school teachers in private schools/
1. Immunology 5th edition Richard A. Goldsby, Thomas colleges.
J. Kindt, Barbara A. Osborne and Janis Kuby
2. Cellular and Molecular Immunology 7th edition Abul K.
Abbas, Andrew H. Lichtman & Shiv Pillai SIR 2001 EUKARYOTIC MICROORGANISMS
3. Immunobiology: The Immune System in Health and
Disease 4th edition, Charles A. Janeway, Paul This course will cover the origin and evolution of eukaryotic
Travers, Mark Walport and J Donald Capra microorganisms, diversity and classification of fungi,
importance of fungi to plant and animal health, the economy
and environment, symbiotic relationship of fungi as
SIL 3015 CURRENT TOPICS IN GENETICS AND mycorrhiza and lichen, diversity and importance of algae to
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY health and the environment, diversity of protozoa and their
importance to human health, and the use of
This couse will expose the students to methods in writing, Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model eukaryote.
presenting and scientific discourse through current issues
in Genetics and Molecular Biology. Through this approach Assessment Methods:
the student will be exposed to issues in bioethics, biosafety, Continuous Assessment: 40%
biocommunication as well as legal and social issues. In Final Examination: 60%
addition to lectures and tutorials, students will also be
assigned to collect and analyse information on various Medium of Instruction:
current topics (such as gene theraphy, genetic English
fingerprinting, genetics in forensics, stem cell research,
RNAi, genome projects, the patenting of life forms etc) and
be required to discuss critically the topic through the writing Main References:
of an essay and a class presentation. 1. Tortora, GJ, Funke, BR and Case, CL (2015)
Microbiology: An introduction, books a la Carte, 12nd
Assessment Methods: ed., Pearson.
Continuous Assessment: 100% 2. Johnson, TR, Case, CL (2012) Laboratory
Experiments in Microbiology, 10th e.d., Benjamin
Medium of Instruction: Cummings.
English 3. Schaechter, M (2011) Eukaryotic microbes, 1st ed.,
Academic Press.
Main References:
Lecture notes, references in the library and e- reading SIR 2002 INSTRUMENTATION, MICROBIOLOGY
materials. METHODS AND DATA MANAGEMENT

Principles in using equipment and various methods
common in microbiological research e.g. various types of
microscopes, instrumentation growth measurement,
colorimetry, spectrophotometry, chromatography, various
types of electrophoresis, ph measurement, centrifugation,
autoclave, pcr thermocycler, uv transilluminator etc. lab
safety. data management including using computer
software packages.

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