MVI292 The Immune System, Food and Health
Credits (ECTS):10
Course responsible:Siv Kjølsrud Bøhn
Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås
Teaching language:Engelsk
Limits of class size:100
Course frequency:Annually
Nominal workload:Lectures: 30 hrs per semester, group activities: 60 hrs per semester, self studies: 210 hrs per semester, total: 300 hrs.
Teaching and exam period:This course starts in the autumn parallel. This course has teaching/evaluation in the autumn parallel, .
About this course
Learning outcome
Knowledge: After completing the course, the students will have gained advanced knowledge on the structure and function of the immune system.
Skills: The students will be able to explain how the immune system responds to infections and cancer. They will also understand the mechanisms involved in problems with immunological tolerance, such as celiac disease and other hypersensitivity reactions associated with food such as allergies. Furthermore, the students will also be able to explain why diet is important for the composition of the intestinal microbiota and how the interaction between the diet and the intestinal bacteria affects health.
General competence: Through lectures and supervised discussion groups, the students will have the opportunity to work through central theoretical issues that are relevant for their future careers and practice.
- Lectures (in English), supervised discussion groups and exercises (in Norwegian/English).
The course responsible may be contacted via e-mail: sivb@nmbu.no.
Canvas.
- Background in cell biology equivalent to BIO100, background in biochemistry equivalent to KJB200, background in microbiology equivalent to BIO130.
- Knowledge of human anatomy and physiology equivalent to HFX201.
Final digital written English campus exam (3 hrs) with exercises from central parts of the curriculum. Counts 90 %.
Two partial exams during the parallell, counts 10 %.
Written exam Grading: Letter grades Permitted aids: C1 All types of calculators, other aids as specified Partial exam Grading: Letter grades- An external examiner will assess a minimum of 25 selected exam papers.
- The two first lectures are compulsory. Two, mandatory multiple choise (MP) tests must be passed (grade E or better) to be able to take the final exam. The first MP test will be given in the first third of the course; the second in the last third of the course. In total the two mandatory MP will count 10% of the total grade for the course.
- Lectures: 2 hrs/week. Group activities: 4 hrs/week. Some group sessions will be replaced by extra lectures.
- B-MAT, M-MAT, B-BIOTEK, M-BIOTEK
- Special requirements in Science