College of Liberal Arts & Sciences School of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Undergraduate Courses

400-level Courses

Course # Title/Description Hours ADV LAB SP FA SU Syllabus
MCB 400  Cancer Cell Biology
    Offered odd numbered years only.
3 ADV FA PDF
MCB 401  Cellular Physiology 3 ADV FA PDF
MCB 402  Sys & Integrative Physiology
    Not offered spring 2025
3 ADV SP PDF
MCB 406  Gene Expression & Regulation
    Equivalent to: BIOC 406
3 ADV SP PDF
MCB 408  Immunology 3 ADV FA PDF
MCB 410  Developmental Biology, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine 3 ADV SP PDF
MCB 413  Endocrinology 3 ADV FA PDF
MCB 421  Microbial Genetics 3 ADV FA PDF
MCB 424  Microbial Biochemistry 3 ADV SP PDF
MCB 426  Bacterial Pathogenesis 3 ADV SP PDF
MCB 428  Microbial Pathogens Laboratory 2 ADV LAB FA PDF
MCB 430  Molecular Microbiology 3 ADV SP PDF
MCB 431  Microbial Physiology 3 ADV FA PDF
MCB 432  Computing in Molecular Biology 3 ADV FA PDF
MCB 435  Evolution of Infectious Disease 3 ADV SP PDF
MCB 436  Global Biosecurity 1 ADV FA PDF
MCB 438  Virology 3 ADV FA
MCB 442  Comparative Immunobiology
    Equivalent to: ANSC 450, PATH 410
4 ADV SP
MCB 450  Introductory Biochemistry 3 SP FA SU PDF
MCB 460  Neuroanatomy Laboratory 2 ADV LAB SP FA PDF
MCB 461  Cell & Molecular Neuroscience
    Equivalent to: NEUR 461
3 ADV FA PDF
MCB 462  Integrative Neuroscience
    Equivalent to: NEUR 462
3 ADV SP PDF
MCB 465  Human Metabolic Disease 3 ADV SP PDF
MCB 466  Neuro & Molecular Pharmacology 3 ADV SP PDF
MCB 471  Cell Structure and Dynamics 3 ADV FA PDF
MCB 474  Genetic Disorders & Counseling 3 ADV FA PDF
MCB 480  Eukaryotic Cell Signaling 3 ADV SP PDF
MCB 492  Senior Thesis 3 to 5 SP FA SU
MCB 493  Special Topics Mol Cell Biol
    See sections for details; only some are approved as ADV MCB (lecture) Courses.
    CPP: Cancer Pathophysiology SP only; ADV MCB Course
    EPI: Epigenetics FA only; ADV MCB Course
    FMO: Functional Multi-omics SP only; ADV MCB Course
    MOH: Microbiomes and One Health FA only; ADV MCB Course
    MTB: Modern Technologies in Biological Research SP only; ADV MCB Course
    NMI: Neurobiology of Mental Illness SP only; ADV MCB Course
    NOS: Neurobiology of Senses SP only; ADV MCB Course
    PBC: Physical and Biological Chemistry FA only; ADV MCB Course
    REM: Research Experience in Microbiology SP only; NOT an ADV MCB Lab, is ADV MCB Course
1 to 4 ADV SP FA Link
BIOC 440  Physical Chemistry Principles 4 FA
BIOC 446  Physical Biochemistry
    Equivalent to: CHEM 472, MCB 446
3 ADV SP PDF
BIOC 455  Technqs Biochem & Biotech 4 ADV LAB SP FA PDF
BIOC 460  Biochemistry Senior Seminar 3 ADV FA PDF
BIOC 492  Senior Thesis 1 to 6 SP FA SU
BIOP 401  Introduction to Biophysics 3 ADV FA PDF
BIOP 432  Photosynthesis
    Equivalent to: CPSC 489, IB 421
3 FA
BIOP 470  Computational Chemical Biology
    Not currently being offered
3 or 4
NEUR 403  Memory and Amnesia
    Equivalent to: PSYC 403
    Only approved for students with catalog year prior to Fall 2016.
3 or 4 FA
NEUR 405  Cognitive Neuroscience 3 or 4 SP
NEUR 413  Advanced Neuropsychopharmacology
    Equivalent to: PSYC 413
    No longer an approved advanced course. Only approved as an ADV MCB course for students who took before 2022.
3 or 4 SP FA
NEUR 414  Brain, Learning, and Memory
    Not offered spring 2024
3 or 4 ADV SP
NEUR 417  Neuroscience of Eating & Drinking 3 or 4 FA
NEUR 421  Principles of Psychophysiology 3 or 4 FA
NEUR 432  Genes and Behavior 3 SP
NEUR 433  Evolutionary Neuroscience 3 or 4 FA
NEUR 445  Cognitive Neuroscience Lab 4 SP
NEUR 450  Cognitive Psychophysiology 3 or 4 SP FA
NEUR 453  Cog Neuroscience of Vision 3 or 4 FA
NEUR 460  Evol of Intelligent Systems 4 FA
NEUR 461  Cell & Molecular Neuroscience 3 FA
NEUR 462  Integrative Neuroscience 3 SP
School of Molecular & Cellular Biology College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

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505 South Goodwin Avenue

Urbana, IL 61801

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