Ok there are a lot of contentious reviews for Lannan but this is my personal take. Lannan was very disorganized throughout the quarter. I would think that someone with a Ph.D in biochemistry would know a little bit more about the topic without having to second guess himself, but maybe this comes with time and experience. It was a little frustrating how he'd pretty much start a lot of lectures going over what he got wrong the last time. He didn't really know how to answer some questions that tried to reach beyond the scope of the class, and often said he'd need to look things up to confirm. However, this could also be because he got the class thrown onto him and had barely any time to prepare. I understand that he had a lot of lecture slides to create. His teaching I think got better as the quarter went on, and he's pretty young so he's probably still not confident in his abilities. Everyone has to start somewhere. That being said, it doesn't excuse the fact that we pay around 30k (more if out of state) a year for quality education, so this got frustrating over time, but I do think that with enough practice he'll be a good teacher.

His exams, in my opinion, were fair, but the way that they were graded was not. The TAs would often mark you down points even if you wrote the right answer, and it seems that they would often look for buzz words rather than actually reading your answer. A lot of us got marked off for not writing VERY specific words and phrases, so honestly memorize as much as you can off his slides. The actual content on the exams however was pretty fair and nothing was out of the ordinary. The final was a bit harder, but it was also cumulative and so 10 weeks of biochem memorization was pretty difficult. Ryan himself is pretty nice, and I've heard he teaches better in OH but I've never gone myself to verify if that statement is correct. He definitely does care about his students and wants us to understand biochem, and he is clearly pretty passionate about the topic itself.

The other stuff in the class like the quizzes and HW were pretty easy and manageable, and shouldn't take that long to do or study for. There was also some extra credit offered! Biggest piece of advice is using the campuswire, because there was a lot of helpful info on there. Also, exams were VERY similar to HW questions.

One other negative thing about Ryan tho that I really wish he'd improve is his flexibility and accommodations. If someone got COVID, he'd pretty much make you handle it on your own without helping.

Other than that, you certainly learn a lot in this class and it goes by fast. Don't fall behind and stay on top of things! Good luck!

The class was really difficult. He would give the study guides about 3 days before the exams and he graded them so harshly that you have to have specific words in your answers to get the points. This class would be good if your taking it by itself since it’s a lot of work. Homework and quizzes were pretty manageable and he does offer 2% extra credit. But I would not take this class again since his lecture slides does have a lot of mistakes on them and the exams were graded wrongly.

Honestly, the people roasting professor lannan are just upset about their grade. This man is incredibly accommodating, like I have shown him mistakes and made criticisms and he LISTENS and truly makes changes. He is a super nice guy who was just put into a tough position this quarter.

He knows how to teach biochemistry, like this class honestly had very interesting material that was easy to understand once he broke it down. Yes you need to study for exams, but if you do that you will get a good grade.

The TAs of the class were the main problem tbh they did not know how to grade, but if you brought it to Lannan's attention he fixed it almost immediately.

it is week 6 and i decided to drop this class. This is by far the worst class i ever took at UCLA, Lannan is the worst professor. poor lecturer, disrespectful, and very hard grader. he does not know how to teach and himself doesn't know the contents well as his slides are full of mistakes. the tests has nothing to do with what he teaches in class, extremely hard and very long. the homework are also hard and were harshly graded, he even deduct points for students who didn't assign pages to the grade scope. PLEASE LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR DON'T TAKE HIS CLASS

Ryan Lannan is the worst professor I have ever taken at UCLA. It seems like he doesn't care of students and comes across as dismissive. I wish he was a lot more like Anish Nag. I was really looking forward to this class but now I dread it.

hi I'm not taking his class but my roommate is and professor lannan has ruined her. she always cries now and when I ask why she just mutters "I want my tears to lan on lannan." he's really bad apparently, do not take him.

Y’all are being some pussies and are pissed that you didn’t get the grade you wanted. I’m assuming this is also because people are not used to in person exams anymore and are mad 80 percent of the class didn’t ace the midterm. If you study the right way and actually understand concepts rather than memorizing facts by putting in a little bit of time, you’ll do well in this class. Lannan is literally an amazing lecturer. He explains concepts extremely well and goes through things in different ways. Also he takes feedback very seriously and actually makes changes. He made midterm 2 a lot more reasonable then midterm 1 (MT2 average was a 89 and MT1 average was a 75, but that increased when he gave people points back). The only thing that is sometimes annoying is that his test asks “what term is used to describe this”. Even though I can explain the process being shown, he is looking for unreasonably specific answers that most people won’t think to write. Other than this, his study guides are literally so helpful and organizes his lectures. Gave 2 percent extra credit. I think he did an amazing job for first time teaching this class. I loved the class and would definitely recommend the professor.

Please do not take this class. The professor has no clue how to organize his class. He is very disorganized, messy, and unprofessional. I am seriously sad that UCLA has decided him as a professor for such a big class. He is not ready for teaching and educating students. Tough tests, harsh grading, unreasonable point deductions, unreasonable extra credit option (which of course you will not succeed to get the benefit), and...... He keeps saying sorry and sorry during lectures because he doesn't even know what is going on with his slides. He used Prof. Gobber's slides and information and is teaching based on them, therefore he has no idea what each slide is even talking about. When students ask him questions, he avoids answering them, and if he does, the majority of the time he does not know the answer. He keeps saying do not worry about it. BUT HEY I NEED TO WORRY ABOUT IT BECAUSE I PAID TUITION TO LEARN !!! He is confused about simple math facts (which one is a bigger number from -1/5 and -1/3)???? I am seriously shocked how he became a professor. I do not even know why people disagreed with other comments, but he is not definitely someone you would like to take as he is a serious GPA and quarter ruiner.

I thought that Lannan was a pretty engaging lecturer. It was sometimes all over the place but he was clear about what he wanted us to know and the extent to which he wanted us to know it. He also tried to explain a concept in more than one way to try and help students understand. Before midterms, he sends out a detailed study guide of everything we should know for the exam. So I thought the exams were very fair in terms of the questions reflecting the content that we learned. When a lot of people got marked off for not having specific key phrases in their answers on the first midterm, he went back and gave everyone some points back. He was also super helpful during office hours and always went over time to try and answer everyone’s questions. Overall, I think Lannan is a fair professor and I enjoyed the class!

I actually wanna thank Lannan for restoring my faith in God cause after taking this class, I never wanna go to hell again. Seriously the worst class I have ever taken at UCLA, avoid him if you can. Tests were graded so harshly, he expected us to read his mind or something. If you didn't use specific words you got the question wrong. He would even take off points on the homework if we didn't label PAGES correctly,,,he's just overall ridiculous. Dumped new content days before an exam, gave homework due right before/on exam dates...the list goes on. Also, the final was 4 weeks of new material + cumulative which is just way too much. I get he's a new professor but seriously this class ruined my gpa and mental health lol.