Immunology is an undergraduate level course offered by Department of Biotechnology in spring semester of third year (6th semester). It is typically taken by two faculties - Prof. Sudip Kumar Ghosh, head of Immunotechnology lab and Dr. Agneyo Ganguly. It's a 4 credit course with one slot for tutorial class.

Syllabus

BT31014
Course name	Immunology
Offered by	Biotechnology
Credits	4
L-T-P	3-1-0
Previous Year Grade Distribution
	6
	5
	6
	16
	6
	6
	2
Semester	Spring

Syllabus mentioned in ERP

The origin of immunology; inherent immunity; humoral and cell mediated immunity; primary and secondary lymphoid organ; antigen; B cell, T cell and macrophages; major histocompatability complex (MHC); antigen processing and presentation; synthesis of antibody and secretion; molecular basis of antibody diversity, polyclonal and monoclonal antibody, complement; antigen-antibody reaction; regulation of immune response, immune tolerance; hyper sensitivity; autoimmunity; graft versus host reaction.

Concepts taught in class

Student Opinion

Medium to hard on difficulty level
Slow to medium pace of teaching

In general, the course introduces a lot of new concepts that are critical and require careful thinking and attention to detail.

How to Crack the Paper

Attend classes and create or procure class notes
Solve previous year question papers. Since the syllabus and concepts are same, most of the questions will be same (or similar)
Conceptual thinking rather than memorization

The paper contains a lot of objective questions of half mark, one mark and two marks that do require a lot of writing but are conceptual. That, however, also makes it easy to score if you have attended classes and followed notes.

Classroom resources

Books

Janeway's Immunology

Additional Resources

How the Immune Systems Works