OH MY GOD this class was actual hell on earth. Never in my life have I experienced education as its worst until I took this class with Ryan Lannan (and I come from an underfunded and under-resourced high school environment). I'm currently retaking the class and doing SO much better with a different professor. This class was an ABSOLUTE SH*TSHOW. Lannan was extremely disorganized, rushed, unaware of anything going on, and a hot mess. He did not respond to emails quickly at all, wasn't understanding about issues, literally put us in positions that exposed us to covid, and was so bad at explaining concepts. He would often mess up during lecture and go back and do the whole thing and spend extra time that we didn't have going over things to re-clarify .. but he found a way to make it worse? The other class also had online tests and everything was really beneficial for them -- despite the tests being harder. The grading scale was kind of unfair as other professors have lower scores for an A. Everyone would always complain about this class and honestly justice should be served to the students who struggled, failed, felt unsatisfied, and wasted their time. He did give SUPER stingy extra credit opportunities and tests were not the hardest (were definitely not easy at all though) BUT he was kind of arrogant sometimes. TAs were pretty cool tho. But yeah, please avoid taking a class with this man at all costs.

Lannan very clearly cares for his students and their performance in his course. He is very open to criticism when it comes to exam difficulty. This class is definitely meant to be hard, but he teaches it well. I find his exams to be fair and he even offers extra credit on some.

I am still in his biochem class. I'm retaking biochem from summer which I just didn't go to class and didn't pass. That summer version was SO simple and manageable looking back - the professor seemed like they didn't want to play with you. Just get straight to the point and take your grade. Grade was based on max 3 things - the midterm, final & zoom participation. DR. LANNAN MAKES THIS THE MOST COMPLICATED, HYPER-SPECIFIC GRADING RUBRIC I HAVE EVER SEEN. POINTS COME FROM EVERYWHERE, AND ITS BASED ON A 1000 POINT SCALE???? WHY?? HE IS A HOT YOUNG PROFESSOR WHO REALLY WANTS YOU TO LEARN BIOCHEM BUT ALL WHILE MICROMANAGING THE WAY YOU DO IT. I DON'T NEED HOMEWORK ANYMORE AND WHY DO I HAVE TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE TO RACK UP POINTS FROM YOUR UNNECESSARILY FRACTIONED SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT. HE'S CUTE BUT HE'S DOING TOO MUCH RN. I'M PROBABLY GONNA GET A D OR C HOPEFULLY NOT F.

Lannan definitely learned from previous constructive criticism from past quarters. He is a great lecturer and is very nice and approachable. He knows how to teach the class very well. The material itself, however, is super difficult. His homeworks are reasonable and his midterms are semi reasonable. The grade breakdown goes as follows:
Midterm 1: 20%
Midterm 2: 20%
Quizzes (Memorization): 10%
Homework: 12%
Participation: 8%
Final: 30%

Professor Lannan delivers captivating lectures and equips students with the necessary tools for success in the class. While his midterms may appear challenging, the availability of extra credit and ample practice materials contributes to high average scores. Professor Lannan is notably accommodating and genuinely invested in the success of his students.

I learned so much biochemistry in this class. To be honest, I went to war with a lot of students in group me trying to defend Professor Lannan because he really was a good lecturer. He was trying his hardest and it was mind boggling to me that so many people can complain when someone is doing a good job. His exams were all written response and literally half the time shot for shot with his homework assignments. He looks for KEY WORDS!! So always try to use them. All in all, I really enjoyed the subject (you will see how 7C and 14D kinda all come together). Anyways just glad theres a lot of good reviews for him, wish more people spoke up in the group me.

As someone who hates memorization, I was dreading this class because I had heard from everyone that biochem is pure memorization and that I had heard all of the biochem professors are awful. (It also didn't help that I am a transfer student and this was my first quarter). However, I was greatly surprised by how just how much I loved this class. Sure there is stuff to memorize but Prof. Lannon really tries his best to keep that to the minimum and focus on learning and understanding. He has good lectures that are engaging, although he can work on the wording on his slides to make them more informative but they are pretty good. For some reason though I would always feel like I was falling asleep in that class. I am not sure if that was because I had the class right after lunch or what, but it wasn't anything in his power (his lectures aren't boring). His HWs are also very good at showing you what is important and he also provides practice exams which are definitely useful. His office hours are also very useful (only if you have specific questions), but they do get packed very very fast, so you have to make sure to run there if you don't want to sit on the floor. But I only recommend going to office hours if you have a specific question, else it is mostly a waste of time. He is also very nice for having extra office hours (even during weekends) before exams. He also uses an app called "Campus Wire" which is essentially a worse version of Discord but it is pretty good for getting your questions answered. He also does check attendance with iClicker. The quizzes are very simple memorization and should be free points but he does drop one, and also offers a good bit of extra credit. The worst part about this class was just how AWFUL the majority of TAs were. The majority of the time they had no idea what they were talking about and couldn't answer basic questions, this resulted in lots of incorrect grading on exams (thankfully there are regrades though). This also made it so that you had to write ALOT in specific detail for exam questions because the TAs essentially just check to see if you use keywords that are in the answer key. On the other hand, the LAs were amazing and basically knew way more than the TAs, so if you need help definitely as the LAs instead of the TAs. This class is very dense and covers lots of content, so it is important to understand the concepts and not just memorize them as by the time the final rolls around there will be too much to memorize. Also, start studying for exams at least one week in advance and do a little bit each day. I have heard that some other professors go very in-depth with ochem, but in my opinion, Professor Lannon just does the right amount of ochem and biology. I genuinely enjoyed this class way more than I thought I was going to, and I actually learned a lot of biochem. However, be aware that this class is full of tryhard premeds and for that reason, most of the time the averages for exams are very high (for us it was around 88%) so don't expect a curve.

I loved this class! Lannan is a great professor and deeply cares about his students. He is very approachable for questions both on campuswire, after class, or in office hours. The content was very interesting and the tests were fair. Plus, there is a fair amount of extra credit on exams and a final extra credit group project,

Lannan is a good lecturer and makes biochem a bit more intuitive, although I found myself falling asleep in class sometimes, and I found his office hours to be much more helpful. I don't know why he made MT 2 so hard and ambiguous, and I can tell he wrote/printed them like right before the test date because the papers were still warm. He's a cool dude and gives a lot of point leeway outside the exams, which is also nice and stress-relieving.

Lannan is honestly one of the most knowledgeable professors that I have ever met. He is clearly well-informed and enjoys his subject. He can make connections to different real-world situations, and knows everything he is teaching inside and out. He does talk rather quickly, but it is easy to pick up on with recordings. I do think that sometimes he can go off on tangents, but he does have to cover a lot of content. The intense amount of content on the exams is very overwhelming, though. I think that his exams are quite difficult, but the distribution proves otherwise. Not a class for the weak.