Khankan is one of the best lecturers I've ever had at UCLA. She explains concepts and clicker questions very clearly and her office hours are so helpful if you want to do well in the class. She's super understanding and caring. LS7C is a pretty tough class so I would definitely recommend taking it with Khankan!

Took Khankan over Esdin because Khankan Bruincasted and I knew from friends who took the class already that Esdin did not (maybe changed now?). 7C was definitely the hardest class out of the LS 7 series. I did bad on the first midterm, but when I started watching every Bruincast they helped A LOT and I was able to do better on midterm 2 and the final. I'd basically watch every Bruincast again, something I barely did in 7A and 7B, to hear her explanations for every clicker question. A lot of the stuff on Launchpad is NOT helpful, especially when it talks about all the body systems in different organisms, so I would only look at Launchpad for super specific questions about something when studying.
Khankan lived on the Hill so it was super convenient when she held OH/Reviews the night before the midterms and final on the Hill at like 10 pm. I only went to one of her OH though because they were pretty crowded but I went to my TA's before every midterm to ask specific questions and practically no one else was there. Final was weird--it was super easy for all the gene editing/bacteria stuff (Weeks 7-10) but everything else pertaining Weeks 1-6 (30% of questions on the final) was pretty hard. Definitely study Weeks 1-6 for the final.

This class was quite literally the bane of my existence for the quarter. Dr. Khankan was a funny and engaging professor, but that was it. She only delved into the simple topics and rarely the more complex ones you will see on the midterms and final. I only ever went to her office hours once, and truly, they did not help at all. It only made me more confused and overthink the topics that I understood perfectly before. Most of the TAs were not helpful either and truly made the content only more confusing because it seemed as if most of them did not know the content in the first place. There was one TA, Ryan, who made me understand the topics very well. He is really passionate about the class and truly wants you to succeed. Besides Ryan, everyone else was not helpful, but I say would go to the PSS sections for help (in hopes there are better TAs/LAs) and to do the worksheet for weekly practice. The midterms and final were truly a fever dream, and what you learn in class is WAY easier than what is on the exams. You think you know the information before the exam, but then when you take the exam, you start to contemplate your answer and existence. Truly good luck to the future students.

This class was very interesting I liked it, overall the tests were very hard but still engaging and glad I took the class

Note: My review is not for Prof Khankan, but rather this is a review for the course because even if a prof is excellent, the terrible curriculum overpowers any benefits the prof brings to the class.

7C has been my least favorite course in the 7 series, and the 7 series overall has been the lower division requirement that I have thought to be the greatest waste of my time and non-conducive to my learning. As mentioned before, the multiple-choice format of the course causes biology, a fundamentally flexible discipline, to be taught in an extremely rigid, black-and-white format. I don't enjoy this course because I don't think any of the exams or assignments correctly test my understanding of the content. There is no wiggle room for an explanation, there is only: you lost a point because you selected A instead of B, or True instead of False. I am incredibly glad to be done with 7C and I hope that there are major improvements made to the course for future students, improvements that will actually allow students to learn biology in a way that gives them grace and the ability to think beyond five multiple choice options.

If there's one thing a life science major at UCLA should be traumatized from, it's this class. It was such a funky class at such a quick pace, and the organization was a little hard for students to follow.

The questions on the PEQs and the midterms/finals made you question your life choices as a STEM student (since they are INFINITELY MORE in-depth compared to what is taught in lecture/reading guides), and the funny thing is that sometimes the professors said different things, causing a large group of people to get questions wrong on the group midterm. What's even more hilarious is that when people brought it up on Campuswire, the professors either ignore you or refuse to acknowledge their mistakes. Oh well, at least the class is over. Good luck to whoever is taking the class. Study hard and go to those lectures.

Standard LS series work but with graded iclickers. This class is very difficult as you go through almost every new system each week until the last 3 weeks which is about DNA editing. This class felt very applicable and interesting and the professor did everything she could to help and cared a lot about student learning and understanding the content. As expected, the exams are difficult and very conceptual. Going over every worksheet, iclicker, and PEQ isn't enough and I'm not sure what I could've done more. However. I was able to increase my score with each test and got an A so it is possible. I highly recommend finding a test bank as some questions were topics that were brushed over.

I can't tell you to avoid this class, because if you're reading this, 7C is probably a requirement for you. But I can tell you to prepare. If you've taken 7A and 7B already then you know what the workload looks like. So imagine that, but with concepts that aren't intuitive or familiar. You will have to study quite hard to succeed in this class, because you need both memory and really solid application of knowledge skills. The first midterm for my class was a joke. I think the average was like 55%. No one was prepared because it's simple enough to review the material, but when you open the test and realize that not a single question will be something that was directly said to you, things go downhill real quick.

Once you get the hang of the testing style and do a TON of practice problems, it's not so bad. You still get the free points from readings and PCRQs and all that, but the PEQs are much harder and the midterms and final takes up a larger percent of your grade, too. I only got an A- because I really locked in on the final and got over 95%.

Khankan herself is a really good professor and genuinely tries her best to make sure you understand the material. If you reach out to her she's really responsive and helpful. The lectures go really fast because of how much material needs to be covered, but she does a good job at explaining thoroughly and answering questions in a way that makes sense.

Good luck soldier.

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I have never put so much work into a class nor have I ever performed so poorly in a class.