The UAB Undergraduate Immunology Program was established in 2016 as a joint program between the Department of Microbiology in the School of Medicine and the Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences. The goal of the Immunology Major is to insure that undergraduates acquire knowledge in the fundamental aspects of Immunology, including the cells, organs, and tissues that comprise the immune system and how the system functions as a whole to protect humans against infectious diseases.