Dr. Maloy is an AWESOME professor!!! If you need to take LS7A (or any other class for that matter), I highly recommend you take it with him! I felt like he genuinely cared for his students' wellbeing (especially given the Covid situation amongst other things) and tried to accommodate students who were having a difficult time. His lectures are very clear and he clearly outlines which information is relevant to the exams. He also explains the clicker questions very thoroughly. Overall, 20/10 professor, would take him again.

I took 7A with Maloy and Braybrook and they were the most amazing professors! I absolutely loved them. They were both very engaging during lecture. They always looked through the chat and answered questions concisely. I would say that sometimes the launchpad reading homework assignments were pretty redundant and boring, but they are useful to at least skim through. The midterms and finals were a bit difficult (they are comparable to AP bio MC exam questions) but they had a group section that you would basically have the chance to discuss the midterm with a group of your classmates and change your answers if you wanted to. Overall, I would definitely recommend taking this course with Maloy if you have the chance!

A teacher who really seems to care about their students. Maloy is all about studies on learning so he uses a "reverse classroom" way to teach. You have to click through assigned readings on Launchpad (which by the end of the quarter I was not even reading because it was so long) before nearly every lecture for points. Exams I thought were pretty fair and mostly based off of the clicker questions for points during lectures and from the lecture slides. I'm not sure if it was because my class was online or not but we were allowed to work with assigned groups of 3-4 people and use our notes on going over the test -- probably why my average on the final and midterm were mid to low A's. Also Maloy is very accommodating to students (even gave us 100% on our final when BLM protests were picking up and many students were concerned about testing in these circumstances).

Maloy is a fantastic professor. He is extremely accommodating and understanding. As for every LS class, you have to purchase LaunchPad, the online textbook. If you buy it online, it gives you the option to buy it for one year. LaunchPad is pretty easy points, and although it is a lot, you should only pay attention to the learning objectives. We had an individual portion and then a group portion for the exams, which was extremely helpful. You have to answer why you changed your answer if you choose to do so during the group portion. Maloy himself is a wonderful professor. He has so much passion for this subject, which makes it way easier to stay engaged during lecture. All the lectures are recorded as well, but you have to attend to receive participation points via iClicker Reef.

Maloy was a great professor! He was understanding of the needs of students and kept his lectures very informative and engaging.

He structured the midterms and final to be first done by yourself and then second done with a group and then averaged those two scores which was really nice.

Overall would very much recommend taking it with him.

Highly recommend taking genetics with prof. Maloy! Everything is extremely clear and the exams are very doable. Pay attention in class and the pre-class quizzes, then you'll ace it. A great upper elective!

Professor Maloy is an excellent lecturer; concepts are always clearly explained and applied(in fun and interesting ways too!). I highly recommend getting questions answered directly in class either by raising your hand or using the chat function. Prior to an exam, it is really helpful to review Launchpad PEQs, Clicker Q's, and to attend the Problem Solving Sessions that the professor administers. I also found doing the LA worksheets to be very useful as well as reviewing learning objectives that were on the weekly slides. Launchpad for me was beneficial in learning the details of the course topics, and lectures would solidify the bigger picture and how to apply those concepts. Discussion Sections for this class were also really great for elevating understanding. Overall, just stay on top of your work and don't miss out on participation points and getting to solidify your understanding during group phases of exams(and you'll enjoy it)!

107 was by far the easiest science class I've taken at UCLA. Material is incredibly straightforward even without remote learning, and exams had this group phase portion which made grading really chill. This class should not be 5 units. Maybe they do that to standardize LS 107 with the 7 series, but it's more of a 3 or 4 unit class at most. Minus three or so concepts in the middle of the quarter, I didn't really learn anything new. The only thing that took up time was pre-class videos, and you can play them at 2x speed.

Take this class!!

There are a lot of reviews about this class being tough, and maybe that was true before, but Professor Maloy was EXTREMELY accommodating during the remote learning transition.

His lectures were reasonably engaging, especially since the clicker questions (graded for participation, not correctness) forced you to pay attention. The online textbook and activities were a bit tedious, but they are very easy. You read through the textbook, do some brief quizzes (many of which have multiple attempts available) and you get participation points. It tracks your progress, and a lot of people lost points here for no reason.

Aside from the easy participation and clicker points, discussion worksheets were fairly simple and our TA went over everything in depth at the end of each session.

Exams were designed for our success. You completed the exam individually and then worked as a group to compare answers. If the group decided to change an answer, you simply filled out an answer change reasoning form to show that you actually understood the concept and learned. Then you'd be graded on your corrected collaborative exam (as well as your participation with the group.)

Even if this class were in person and more difficult, I'd take it again because Professor Maloy is a great instructor who genuinely cares about his students.