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Undergraduate Courses

Key: (A) - Advanced Course, (L) - Laboratory Course
Note: only courses labeled (A) will count toward the required 15 hours of advanced coursework in MCB

Course # Title/Description Hours SP FA SU Web Site
MCB 100 Introductory Microbiology
3 SP FA Web Site
MCB 101 Intro Microbiology Laboratory
2 SP FA Web Site
MCB 150 Molec & Cellular Basis of Life
4 SP FA Web Site
MCB 151 Molec & Cellular Laboratory
1 (L) SP FA Web Site
MCB 170 Society and the Brain
3 FA
MCB 180 Human Reproduction & Society
3 FA Web Site
MCB 199 Undergraduate Open Seminar
1 to 5 SP FA Web Site
MCB 215 Foundation in Mol & Cell Bio
3 SU
MCB 244 Human Anatomy & Physiology I
Offered in standard format during summer of odd numbered years. Online during summer of even numbered years.
3 FA Web Site
MCB 245 Human Anat & Physiol Lab I
Offered in summer of odd numbered years only.
2 FA Web Site
MCB 246 Human Anatomy & Physiology II
Offered in standard format during summer of even numbered years. Online during summer of odd numbered years.
3 SP SU Web Site
MCB 247 Human Anat & Physiol Lab II
Offered in summer of even numbered years only.
2 SP SU Web Site
MCB 250 Molecular Genetics
3 SP FA Web Site
MCB 251 Exp Techniqs in Molecular Biol
2 (L) SP FA Web Site
MCB 252 Cells, Tissues & Development
3 SP FA Web Site
MCB 253 Exp Techniqs in Cellular Biol
2 (L) SP FA Web Site
MCB 290 Individual Topics
1 to 5 SP FA
MCB 297 MCB Honors Discussion
1 SP FA
MCB 298 MCB Honors Lab Discussion
1 SP FA
MCB 299 MCB Merit Program Discussion
1 SP FA
MCB 300 Microbiology
3  (A) SP FA Web Site
MCB 301 Experimental Microbiology
3  (A) (L) SP FA Web Site
MCB 312 Applied Microbiology Methods
2 SP Web Site
MCB 314 Introduction to Neurobiology
Equivalent to: NEUR 314
3  (A) FA Web Site
MCB 316 Genetics and Disease
4  (A) FA Web Site
MCB 317 Genetics and Genomics
4  (A) SP Web Site
MCB 354 Biochem & Phys Basis of Life
3 SP FA Web Site
MCB 395 Special Topics Human Physiol
2 FA Web Site
MCB 396 Special Topics Brain Physiol
2 SP
MCB 400 Cancer Cell Biology
3  (A) FA Web Site
MCB 401 Cell & Membrane Physiology
3  (A) FA Web Site
MCB 402 Sys & Integrative Physiology
3  (A) SP Web Site
MCB 403 Cell & Membrane Physiology Lab
1 or 2  (A) (L) FA Web Site
MCB 404 Sys & Integrative Physiol Lab
1 to 2  (A) (L) SP Web Site
MCB 408 Immunology
3  (A) SP Web Site
MCB 410 Developmental Biology
4  (A) SP Web Site
MCB 413 Endocrinology
3  (A) FA Web Site
MCB 419 Brain, Behavior & Info Process
Equivalent to: BIOE 419, BIOP 419, NEUR 419
3  (A) SP Web Site
MCB 421 Microbial Genetics
3  (A) SP Web Site
MCB 424 Microbial Biochemistry
Offered in spring of even numbered years only.
3  (A) SP
MCB 426 Bacterial Pathogenesis
3  (A) FA Web Site
MCB 428 Bacterial Pathogens Laboratory
2  (A) (L) FA Web Site
MCB 429 Cellular Microbiology &Disease
3  (A) SP Web Site
MCB 431 Microbial Physiology
3  (A) FA Web Site
MCB 432 Computing in Molecular Biology
3  (A) SP Web Site
MCB 433 Virology & Viral Pathogenesis
Equivalent to: PATH 433
3  (A) SP
MCB 434 Food & Industrial Microbiology
Equivalent to: FSHN 471
3  (A) SP
MCB 435 Microbial Ecology & Evolution
3  (A) SP Web Site
MCB 436 Global Biosecurity
1  (A) FA
MCB 442 Comparative Immunobiology
Equivalent to: ANSC 450, PATH 510
Offered in spring of even numbered years only.
4  (A) SP
MCB 446 Physical Biochemistry
Equivalent to: BIOC 446, CHEM 472
3  (A) SP Web Site
MCB 450 Introductory Biochemistry
3 SP FA Web Site
MCB 461 Cell & Molecular Neuroscience
Equivalent to: NEUR 461
3  (A) FA
MCB 462 Integrative Neuroscience
Equivalent to: NEUR 462
3  (A) SP
MCB 480 Eukaryotic Cell Signaling
3  (A) SP Web Site
MCB 492 Senior Thesis
3 to 5 SP FA
MCB 493 Special Topics Mol Cell Biol
Sections ACB, BAW, BHP, DFC, GGA, HMD and MHD of MCB 493 will count as Advanced Courses.
1 to 4  (A) SP FA Web Site
BIOC 199 Undergraduate Open Seminar
1 to 5 SP FA
BIOC 290 Individual Topics
1 to 5 SP FA
BIOC 440 Physical Chemistry Principles
Equivalent to: CHEM 440B
Only Section B is approved as an advanced MCB course.
4  (A) FA Web Site
BIOC 445 Current Topics in Biochemistry
3 SP
BIOC 446 Physical Biochemistry
Equivalent to: CHEM 472, MCB 446
3  (A) SP Web Site
BIOC 455 Technqs Biochem & Biotech
4  (A) (L) SP Web Site
BIOC 460 Biochemistry Senior Seminar
3 FA
BIOC 492 Senior Thesis
2 to 6 SP FA
BIOP 401 Introduction to Biophysics
3 FA
BIOP 419 Brain, Behavior & Info Process
Equivalent to: MCB 419, BIOE 419, NEUR 419
3  (A) SP
BIOP 432 Photosynthesis
Equivalent to: CPSC 489, IB 421
3  (A) FA
NEUR 314 Introduction to Neurobiology
Equivalent to: MCB 314
3  (A) FA
NEUR 403 Memory and Amnesia
Equivalent to: PSYC 403
3 or 4  (A) SP
NEUR 413 Psychopharmacology
Equivalent to: PSYC 413
3 or 4  (A) SP
NEUR 414 Brain, Learning, and Memory
3 or 4  (A) SP FA
NEUR 419 Brain, Behavior & Info Process
Equivalent to: MCB 419, BIOE 419, BIOP 419
3  (A) SP
NEUR 421 Principles of Psychophysiology
3 or 4 FA
NEUR 453 Cog Neuroscience of Vision
3 or 4 FA
NEUR 461 Cell & Molecular Neuroscience
3 FA
NEUR 462 Integrative Neuroscience
3 SP