I felt like this was a lot of review from AP Bio, and there is so much LaunchPad work. You do learn a lot of material, and the pace is pretty quick. That said, if you're reading this you probably have to take LS7A, and the curriculum is all the same for every class. Professor Pham is nice and helpful, and he sends out reminders when assignments are due which has saved me a couple times. His explanations of clicker questions are crucial for the exams. I liked this class, but it probably doesn't matter too much which professor you get.

Dr. Pham is a fantastic professor who cares deeply about his students and their success. His lectures are engaging and complete with cute anecdotes about his wife, and he is more than accommodating when the need arises. Whenever students have questions during lectures, Dr. Pham will answer the question in depth or invite others in the class to try to help, but makes sure that the student who asked the question understood before moving on. He offers many extra credit opportunities to boost your grade, and the group portions of the exams are very helpful. The tests are heavily concept-based, but with the lectures, discussion sections and launchpad assignments, students are usually very prepared. I enjoyed the class with Dr. Pham and highly encourage others to take LS7A with him.

Dr. Pham is a very sweet man who cares a lot about his students' success. His assessments are fair and they don't trick you at all, and he takes time to make sure that we go through the important clicker questions in class. He is not always a very clear lecturer because he goes off on tangents, which can make the class a little bit tedious, but he goes over all of the important material and tells you what will be on the exam and what you should study.

The exams themselves are not terrible if you study, but you must study! Practice the clicker questions and pay special attention to the practice online exams he gives out before, because they have very, very similar questions to the exam. You must understand how to do every single question on the practice online exams (including the theory behind it and how to do it if the numbers/question was changed slightly) and you will be fine!

Very low workload, and I enjoyed learning about genetics. I feel like I came out of this class with a much better understanding of and interest in the subject.

Pham is one of the best professors I have had. He took his time explaining topics in lecture, and the pre-lecture videos were clear and concise. He is also super approachable and is always willing to answer questions. Discussion sections were really helpful, where we would go over that week's worksheet and concepts. Between the clicker questions from lecture, weekly worksheets, and previous exams that he posts, there were never any surprises on the exams. As long as you study the material that is given, you will get the grade you want. The weekly quizzes were also really helpful to know where you need to focus more time during studying. I cannot recommend this class enough.

This class is def very content-heavy, and focuses on cell and molecular bio and can get confusing and difficult if you don't have a strong foothold in it from high school + don't consistently study and figure out your weak spots. Exams have individual and group phases and your final grade for those are the averages, so that should def help your grade if your group is good (mine was and I ended up getting very close to perfect on the group section). Pham is amazing and super nice and responsive to emails. To succeed in this class: DO NO FALL BEHIND. It's really hard to get back on track and there's so much content to learn. The grading scheme for this class makes it easier to get an A, so as long as you understand the Launchpad + Launchpad quiz/exams, Clickers, Discussion, and PLF sheets, you are more than prepared to do really well in this class. Good luck!

He is popular for a reason. Best thing about him is that his class and especially the review sessions are organized and timely. He cares about students in OHs too. Great professor. Homework and stuff should be all the same regardless who you take.

I was super stoked to take this class because Pham has one of the highest ratings for this course, however I felt a little disappointed. His accent + the mic + his mask made it very hard to understand him, and although that's an uncontrollable situation, I found that if I zoned out for 2 seconds I could no longer follow along. As someone who sometimes struggles with maintaining focus for extensive periods of time, I ended up learning more from my TA and review sessions than I did actual lectures.

This class was still very interesting and there were still a lot of extra credit opportunities to help bump final grades up. DO THE EXTRA CREDIT! You won't regret it; grades are based on total points, so those extra few points can make or break your grade.

Professor Pham is one of my favorite professors that I had last quarter. You can tell that he genuinely cares about his students and he is always a very helpful resource. This class has a lot of pre-class work of taking notes and reading on LaunchPad, it is a lot of work but it's manageable. The 7 series tests are pretty challenging, but an A is definitely attainable in this class.

Professor Pham was an incredible professor. He was super patient with everyone and would spend hours helping students outside of class. The class itself has some busy work, but I could not recommend taking LS7B with Professor Pham more.

GOAT as usually. Cares a lot about whether students can learn well, and he also does the work into making information clear. He may either do lecture recordings of more content or do faster lectures and have you all ask questions during OHs. Either way, he is very helpful and clear. Exams are the same for all and can be quite hard. Regardless, passing is easy since relatively no brainer homework and labs should earn you a significant portion of points guaranteed.