Engaging and understandable. LS7a content is complicated, but this professor is patient enough to answer all questions about the material you have for him, and he is very warm when he explains things so you don't feel dumb.
The slideshows don't do well to prepare for AoLs, and he goes through them more quickly than I'd like. I have to admit that sometimes I can't understand some of his wordings. You have to attend all lectures because of Clicker lecture questions, which count for a hefty chunk of the participation grade. His Clicker questions are more accurate to the test type. Writing down his answers and walkthroughs of the Clickers helped me get good without having to attend any extra sessions.
This class emphasized busywork, but no curve, so everyone can get an A or F if you try hard. Lots of reading. Week 0 no lectures. The LS7a experience depends not on the professor (because the curriculum is shared across all the professors) but rather what pod members you get, if you understand textbook concepts, being able to read the AoLs' convolutedly worded questions, and how the TA helps you through discussion assignments. Pay attention to discussion assignment sheets, because those concepts/questions are similar (as in occasionally word for word the same) to exam questions.
I have to emphasize that the way things are written is not controlled by the professor; the exam questions are written by someone else, and the way they are written is unnecessarily grammatical, twisting concepts backwards in a way that makes you wonder why we learn things straightforwardly if they are going to be tested with an absurd amount of double-negative phrases. My grades for the AoLs ranged from Cs to As. The exam questions should be rewritten and reworded so that people can understand what they are being asked to do, rather than get it wrong from unclear writing and not any real misunderstanding. The English hurdles are wholly unnecessary to understanding biology concepts.
All in all, I recommend this professor.

Pham was such a kind middle-aged man. He is such a happy teacher and he always asks "is that good?" "do we understand?". He did have an accent but if you listen carefully, he explains things very well. Granted, I actually had Malloy/Burton for this class and Pham was just an occasional substitute but I did thoroughly enjoy when he came :))))

Launchpad is the most annoying and boring thing ever. You use it for all the LS7 series, it's awful-- for that part, good luck. You can get by most of the time if you just read the highlighted/bold terms, but if it doesn't make sense then def read the chapter.

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Professor Pham was awesome. He teaches a flipped classroom so you will be watching videos at home and then coming into class to solve problems with clickers. He's also very accommodating and understanding to students who have outside issues (i.e. family death/illness). Go to his office hours, he is super helpful and will try to help you where he can. He posts a TON of past exams for you to practice with and some of those problems are either similar or exactly the problem that will be on the exam. There was 2 midterms and 1 final (although the final was optional for students because of the the coronavirus and campus closure). I still have most of the course material if anyone needs help! *************

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Awesome professor. 7C was definitely not an easy class but Pham made it honestly really enjoyable for me. Going to his office hours was really helpful since sometimes things in class weren't the most clear, and I did notice that lectures sometimes felt a bit rushed. Pham was always super nice and willing to explain things; taking this class with him is something I'd easily recommend to anyone

I thought that Dr. Pham was easy to understand even with his accent. He makes ample time for students to ask questions as he goes through the slides, which I really appreciated. He's a funny, thorough lecturer, and he's really kind and approachable. You can tell that he really loves his teaching and biology. The tests in 7C, specifically midterm 1, are known to have pretty ambiguous wording that can make you lose points on content you understand due to misunderstanding the semantics of the question, but that's just how it is, and all the professors give the same test. Regardless, it gets better as the quarter goes on! The content overall is fascinating, and Dr. Pham does an awesome job teaching it. All lectures are recorded.