This assessment will examine your comprehension of the learning objectives and activities carried out from weeks 1 - 5 inclusive in the unit, including any pre-tutorial/lectorial learning materials such as the weekly lecture notes and related resources, peer-reviewed articles and other relevant resources provided with the unit content and covered during scheduled classes. The assessment may include (but not be limited to) short answer questions, terminology questions, process and arrangement questions and long answer questions. 

You will be provided with support and examples of the types of questions you are likely to encounter in this assessment during your scheduled classes; this will assist you in learning and understanding the expectations of this assessment. You are therefore strongly encouraged to regularly attend and actively participate in the weekly scheduled classes, ask questions where you are uncertain and ensure you come prepared for each class by having reviewed any pre-class learning material. If you still have questions or areas you do not understand following each weekly tutorial class you will be encouraged to address these promptly by posting your questions on the Discussion forum and engaging in discussion on this/these topics with fellow students and academics, and the Unit coordinators. Doing this will ensure you 'arrive' to this assessment well prepared and give yourself the best possibilities of performing well in and from this assessment. 

Note: This is an individual assessment task. No collusion or teamwork is permitted when answering the quiz questions.

Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) is not approved for use in this online test.

Questions will be marked correct or incorrect at the completion of the online test.  Part marks may be awarded for partially correct answers.

Students need to attend one of the Residential School/Laboratory sessions in Rockhampton or Bundaberg. Attendance at the practical component is mandatory to pass the unit as assessment of various immunological practical skills will be completed during the residential school. You will be required to submit your laboratory manual at the completion of the residential school.

Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) is not approved for use in this assessment.

Students will be assessed on their laboratory competence in the following techniques: ELISA for the screening of Allergen specific IgE, Latex Agglutination assays for the detection of autoimmune antibodies and qPCR for the detection of immunological markers on cancer. 

Students will be required to answer questions relating to the experiments they are performing and show calculations for the results obtained. This is a Pass/Fail Assessment (50% to Pass). Students must pass this assessment to pass the unit.

Students will be presented with a clinical case(s) with immune implications.

Using knowledge of the immune system and it's applications to disease, from the unit's content, coupled with literature research, students are to write a report outlining the clinical disease presented in the clinical case, the immune processes responsible for the clinical presentation, pathology testing to confirm the diagnosis, and the immune-modulating therapies (and how they work) that could be used to treat the disease.

Clinical case(s) and a detailed marking rubric will be provided via Moodle.

Generative AI

Students are permitted to use Generative AI for the assessment in the following ways:

• Developing literature search strategies
• Guidance on developing arguments
• Assistance in formatting and grammar

If Generative AI is used in any way, it must be cited as per the CQU Guidelines (Academic Learning Centre). The following statement must be completed and included on the cover page of the uploaded assessment:

"I have used (insert technology) to (insert how you used this) in accordance with the requirements of this unit. The reason I used this was to (explain why you used it). The details of how I used it as (insert how). I hereby declare that the submission is an appropriate representation of my individual skills and abilities to meet the requirements of the task/s."

As per academic writing requirements and assessment criteria; citations of information should be of the primary source (i.e statistics returned by AI must be fact-checked and referenced from their original source as well as the AI source). Failure to cite primary sources as well as AI sources could be considered breach of academic integrity. 

Any use of Generative AI must be clearly outlined in an appendix including the prompt used and Generative AI response.

Failure to include an appendix may result in academic integrity investigation.

Your cover page should include your name and student number, unit name and code, Gen AI statement as needed. Further details will be provided via Moodle.

You will be assessed on the following criteria:

Identification of the disease
Accurate description of the immune processes involved in the development of the disease
Clear description of diagnostic tests to confirm the disease
Clear description of therapies (at least 1 immunotherapy and how it works) that could be used to treat the disease
Appropriate use of referencing of scientific literature
A detailed marking rubric will be available on the Moodle site for this unit