Unit Synopsis
On completion of this unit you will be able to advise on the human immune system and its function in complex disease states. This includes autoimmune disorders, hypersensitivity reactions, immunodeficiencies and neoplastic diseases. You will also advise on the diagnostic use of antibodies, vaccine design and use of vaccines in disease prevention.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 9 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Prerequisite LMED28003 Immunopathology 1 Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Term 2 - 2026 Profile
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Online Test | 20% |
| 2. Case Study | 40% |
| 3. Examination | 40% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Term 2 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 20.45% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Student feedback
Students enjoyed the use of kahoot quizzes to enhance engagement in tutorials.
Retain kahoot quizzes in tutorials.
Kahoot quizzes were retained in tutorials to support engagement and formative assessment across all cohorts.
Source: Sute and student feedback
Students benefited from the delivery of clinical and immunological content from experts in the area.
Continue to utilise a teaching team approach to the delivery of content.
A team-teaching model was continued, with content delivered by clinical and immunological experts to enhance relevance and depth of learning.
Source: Student feedback
Students valued interactive tutorial activities that supported engagement and real-time feedback on their understanding.
Continue to embed interactive learning activities, such as Kahoot quizzes and guided problem-solving exercises, to promote active participation and formative learning.
In Progress
Source: Student feedback
Students appreciated the flipped classroom model with worksheets and interactive tutorials as they strongly supported student engagement and understanding of complex topics
Continue the use of the flipped classroom model and interactive tutorials to encourage student engagement and success.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Apply deep knowledge of cells and tissues of the immune system to clinical contexts
- Evaluate the moderation of the innate and adaptive immune systems in the immune response
- Apply research of the pathogenesis of immune dysfunctions and the mechanism of action of their associated treatments
- Analyse clinical cases of immunopathologies to derive a provisional diagnosis and suggest further testing to improve patient management.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Online Test | • | • | ||
| 2 - Case Study | • | • | ||
| 3 - Examination | • | • | • | |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Communication | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Research | • | • | • | • |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |