A tentative SYLLABUS...

1. Immunity: innate and acquired
2. Cells of the immune system
3. Immunogens, antigens, epitopes, and haptens
4. Antibodies
   1. Structure(s)
   2. Genetic specification
   3. Development of Ab production (and clonal selection)
5. The interaction of antigens and antibodies
6. The ternary complex
   1. Major histocompatibility complexes (MHC's)
      1. Structure
      2. Function
      3. Genetic specification
      4. Types and occurrence
      5. Antigen processing and presentation
   2. T-cells
      1. Types / distinguishing features
      2. Functions
   3. T-cell receptors (TCR's)
      1. Structure
      2. Function
      3. Genetic specification
      4. Types and occurrence
      • Subtopics A, B, & C are easily listed as separate topics. Considering them as separate entities is both artificial and difficult.
7. Communication among immunologically competent cells
8. Selection and activation of immunologically competent cells
9. The integrated acquired immune response
   1. Organs
   2. Cells (review)
   3. Inflammatory response
10. Complement

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11. Hypersensitivities
12. Infectious diseases
13. Vaccines
14. AIDS
15. Autoimmunity
16. Transplantation
17. Cancer

Topics I - X treat immunity as a biological phenomenon; topics XI - XVII place more emphasis on clinical aspects of the immune response.