As most of the reviews have already said, Dr. Esdin is a fantastic lecturer. He and his accent are very engaging and he brings a lot of energy every time he comes into class. I think he does a very good job of explaining the material in a digestible way, especially when it comes to the clicker questions. His lectures felt a little more built around the clicker questions than Dr. Cooper's but I didn't mind too much because it also means that he spends a great deal of time explaining the answers and how you can figure out similar ones in the future.

Dr. Esdin is pretty clear about what you can expect on an exam, at least as much as I think he could have been. The exam questions for the entire quarter were almost all True/False, which meant that a lot of them are written in a convoluted way so that they will actually be difficult. This is pretty annoying, especially since the TAs are of literally no help during the exams (I asked a TA if one of the questions had a typo and she told me to treat it like a typo if I thought it was one or answer the question normally if I thought it wasn't??). But it means that it's much harder to completely bomb the exam if you don't know anything.

To be honest, I was pretty scared to take this class after reading a lot of reviews. Here's my honest take.

Dr. Esdin is an excellent lecturer. He is funny, knowledgeable, makes class engaging and prepares you well. Dr. Cooper is also a great lecturer. Although his lectures are a lot more information dense and can sometimes be overwhelming, definitely study his diagrams and take good notes to succeed in this class. Class participation and having a good pod are important.

I remember Dr. Esdin telling us on the first day that this class would be extremely relevant and useful for life. That has proven to be more than true. I genuinely learned so much from this class, and for me it was extremely interesting. I believe anyone interested in the medical field will feel the same. I can see the meanings behind many bodily processes now and I know much more about the world and my own self after taking this course.
This class absolutely strengthened my love for medicine and human biology.

LS7C was not an easy class but it was extremely enjoyable and insightful for me. The first midterm was difficult, and the following ones were not easy but better. The way the exams are written are unfair, in my opinion. There is a lot of tricky questions and things specifically incorporated to throw you off. The workload for this class is also quite a lot, and it will be a substantial time commitment. My best advice is study and do work in a smart way. Attend lectures, take good notes, be on top of assignments, and don't overdo the textbook reading guides because a lot of them go above the scope of what you need to know- focus on what's taught in class. Definitely go to problem solving sessions, they help for the exams too. When taking the exams, read the questions carefully and don't get caught up in the paragraphs of stimulus they give you- reference it, but don't spend too much time reading. Know big ideas and how processes work and have a clear understanding of everything talked about in class.

This class is difficult, but it is doable. If you put the work in and take class time seriously, you will succeed. Dr. Esdin and Dr. Cooper are great teachers and if you do your part, they will enable you to succeed. Best of luck!!

*at time of writing the final grade hasn't been posted for me yet*

I know people dog on the ls7 series all the time, but it's not as bad when esdin and cooper is teaching it. Esdin a fun guy and the class is really interesting, while Cooper hand-draws diagrams for the slides which is very cool. Format is pretty much like the rest of the 7 series except for midterms. Expect to see your pcrq, peqs, clickers, etc.

For the exams, they do individual then group, but it's weighed 85/15. The individual is all MCs (read questions carefully like always) and IN PERSON now, but the group section is where things get funky -- you better pray you got a good learning pod for this. The first part of the group section is fine and dandy, infinite time to answer some gradescope questions that is just individual section questions, but the second part is where things go crazy. 15 minutes, 5 questions. Each question has like 6 parts to it, and it can be check all that apply, choose which answer choice is best, or some matching. You need EVERY second for that, and you need to read it carefully. In all honesty, if you have access to a test bank, it's probably the best way to prep for the exams.

Lecture content is pretty cool, just some biological systems but some of them they didn't really touch too much upon that was tested on the exams (e.x. set points). The diagrams they DO test on, they do give handouts in class which is nice, but you need to know what the hell is going on in those diagrams. Usual clickers, but they also grade it on accuracy too (more points given at the end of quarter to help boost clicker grade btw). Just do your best and you should do fine.

Discussions were... interesting to say the least. They delve more into course content, but you should definitely pray that you get a good learning pod where everyone gets along and knows what they are doing. This class also has LAs and they were very cool and helpful in helping you figure out what's going on. Discussions are mandatory... like pretty much everything in the 7 series if you want a good grade.

Oh yeah extra credit is offered, so use campuswire like crazy for up to 3 points.

This class is awful.... I loved PS107 soooo much even tho it was 100x harder. This class was unorganized and clearly an afterthought. It is making me second guess if the physci department even cares about having a good major for its students. There are 3 professors for ONE class, which is divided into 4 units. This wasn't the biggest deal UNTIL it came to the exams. They were basically ALL of our grade in this class and it was horrible having to adapt to different professors' exams. I got a 73% Tidball's exam which is just wild considering i studied so much and learned a lot. The exams were just not fair at all and defintely NOT a reflection of what we learned at alllllll. This goes for all 3 professors but mostly tidball. But for all 3 professors you could just tell they threw together the exam last minute and really didnt care to see if the students learned the million random things they spent all this time teaching us. Its just crazy because i have had wayyyy harder classes and i studied just as hard for this one as I did those ones but this one I just didn't do well in because the professors don't know how to make a fair exam. All the professors were nice and welcoming for the most part but I dont care about that. i want a good teacher with good exams so i can demonstrate how much i learned. oh also theres no homework except a weekly article summary or quiz which probably contributes to the fact that the exams were such a shock all 3 times. I will say Esdin's test was by far the most fair out of the 3 but it still feels like it was thrown together the day before and weirdly focused on certain topics and completely ignored a lot of other ones that we spent so much time learning and/or studying.

Honestly for a GE you should not take this class. There are much easier life science GEs that you can take and seeing as all the previous reviews were made when this class had non proctored online tests, they simply do not apply to this class anymore. The tests are very vague and ask questions that do not correspond to the course reader. Also they are proctored now with lockdown browser and your webcam is required. The lab sections were incredibly boring and I feel bad for the TAs since honestly no one is interested. Overall, the amount of time you have to spend for this class is not worth it for a GE. Save yourself and take another class.

Dr. Esdin is a good professor. His class is super interesting and not too difficult. He does take attendance but you should go to class anyways because a lot of what he covers isn't posted on the slides but he talks about. He has a big quarter-long project, a midterm, a final, lab quizzes, and lecture quizzes. Both the midterm and final were all MCQ and online.

This class is as introductory as it gets for Physiology. I would recommend taking this class if you just want to breeze through. The material is interesting and Esdin is an engaging professor. The exams are fair, with a couple of curveball questions. The big project is super simple, just relatively time consuming. Overall, definitely a GPA booster.

I really liked this class. While the class now requires location on for iclicker, the overall content and material is pretty easy to learn. My midterm was in person but the final was online. But, I heard this quarter the midterm and final are both online. 8/10 class, professsor is nice and the project is not to bad if you just follow format

**7C RANT WARNING: Professor Esdin was an amazing teacher. I would recommend him over the other 7C professors for sure. Always funny and engaging, great knowledgeable and personable man, very clearly explaining the slides, and understanding of students and willing to help ---- when possible. I say when possible because this class f-ing sucks and sometimes he himself had no idea what the hell was going on - I'll explain later in my rant. This rant is about 7C, not Esdin.

I have never been able to say that my blood pressure raises by 40 mmHg just by thinking back to my experience of a class, until this class. Jesus Christ please be prepared for the worst class of your life. Whoever created the curriculum for 7C deserves a life sentence in prison because I have never felt such a LACK of guidance and clarity in a class.

For starters, a usual 7 series lab discussion is a time for learning and explanation of the subjects being taught in lecture. For some reason, 7C does not allow TAs or LAs to give you the answers to like anything, especially what's going on in lab discussion. BRUHHHHH. HOW TF AM I SUPPOSED TO LEARN????

Next, be aware of the tests. I somehow did well, way above average actually, which for the first midterm was rumored to be in the 40s. Still, they made me want to kill myself and whoever wrote them. I kid you not, every single question was so unclear that they were testing your ability to fucking read the test writer's mind at this point. They could all be interpreted to make sense for each answer choice, which mind you was pretty much either true or false 90% of the time. Yeah....

No knowledge based testing, purely your ability to reason through a logical hellhole with those double-double-double-negative phrased questions they love to ask.

About Esdin having no idea what he is talking about sometimes: One time students asked him about a wacky ass problem solving session question that was one of these logical mind-reading stupidity ones, and he literally could not figure it out for himself. I mean WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE DOING HERE if the professor can't even understand the curriculum?? Poor guy, who is very intelligent mind you, has no clue what is going on because of the idiots that made this series.

They had to curve the class because everyone did so terribly. This quarter they decided to make the tests webcam and then in person, and boy they must have known they fucked up. When they initially made the class online before and switched it this quarter, I'm sure they thought everyone was going to be frolicking in a meadow or something, because they did not adjust for the unspoken of "collaboration" that was going on under the rug beforehand, and everyone did so poorly. Don't get me wrong, this speaks to the incompetence of many students as well, and was a necessary step to take. But the class is so bad, that it was taken too far.

So yeah, take Esdin because he is the guy who will take the singular straw off your back so that it doesn't break with all the rest of the horrible shit in this class (reference to straw that broke the camel's back). But be prepared.... *ominous music*

Super chill professor that is really passionate about the subject. Requires iclicker, but the location isn't tracked so I would do it from my dorm. I got an A because the project and assignments are pretty easy and not too demanding, but you do need to go to lab/discussion