Really easy class. Khankan is super clear about everything and if you use the resources she gives you you’ll easily get an A. I didn’t do any launchpad readings or go to any extra office hours. All you do is the day before the final, review all the clicker questions discussion sheets and the practice exam questions. Understand exactly why the answer is the best choice and none of the other answers are correct and you should be good to go.

Dr. Khankan is a great teacher. She's very knowledgeable, clear, and helpful during her lectures and office hours. I would highly recommend taking LS 7A with her. She's also very good at explaining clicker questions. For me, I would take notes for every launchpad but some students don't and just click through. I'm not sure how you can retain information without taking notes. Also, the CLC sessions are pretty helpful so try to go to those. Discussion sections are just worksheets but help you master the content. Honestly, everything designed in the LS series curriculum is pretty well done except for the fact that there is a lack of practice exams and problems. I know that there are clicker questions but it would help if they gave everyone a practice exam so students know what the format of the exam is going to be like because you kind of feel blindsided your first midterm. Just know that it is more application than memorization in the course and that this is a weeder class so some of the questions aren't even testing your knowledge but just whether or not you see what they are trying to test. So don't be discouraged even if your first midterm grade is low. And also, don't go to the TA Sean's office hours - his attitude is super standoffish and asking him for explanations of midterm problems made it seem like him doing the students a favor. He literally told me, "I don't know. I didn't look at the midterm beforehand. I don't know" and also, "if it's a true false question, then why are you asking me, you already have the answer". He was jsut not helpful at all and instead made the review process that much more negative. Sorry if you have him as a TA

I would highly recommend taking this class with Professor Khankan! Her teaching style is great; her lectures are very clear, she answers questions and makes herself available to students.
This class focuses more on problem-solving skills applied to course material rather than intensive memorization of the material. Hence, you are better off studying the hand-outs, graphs, rather than learning every piece of information.

Prof. Khankan was one of the greatest professors I have had so far at my time at UCLA. She was very good at explaining complicated topics and offered many office hours for more options to understand. She was very straightforward and cared about her students. This quarter was online, but she handled it very well and offered many resources and alternatives for students in special circumstances. If you have the option to take her, do it.

Khankan is hands down the best LS professor I have encountered. I think by 7C the points and wording on questions and worksheets were pretty standard, 7C just felt like there was a lot more material than the others. That being said it was the most interesting material. The first midterm was pretty easy, the second midterm required you to have some material just memorized which was unexpected(bc they're literally always harping about how we do not have to memorize anything), and the final was about on par with the second midterm--the new material was extremely easy and the review was a lot of "yeah sure sounds about right". I did not put in that much work for this class in terms of studying (maybe like 2 hours total for the first midterm, 6 hours for the second, and a fair amount for the final) but I also tend to do well on the logical way the questions are worded on the exams. Overall what changed this course for me was going to her office hours almost every single time. They were so helpful and honestly really enjoyable to the point that even if you felt you understood everything or knew nothing, you would come out having learned a lot and feeling better. She is incredibly nice and genuine, but she's also just not afraid to act like a real human being with us. 10/10 would recommend. she also ended up curving our course at least 2% in the end fyi.

This class was so great! Professor Khankan was an amazing lecturer, and I honestly found it difficult to not understand things when she explained. The material covered in the course was still difficult and required much review and analysis (CLC sessions are SO important for this), but Professor Khankan makes herself available as often as possible after lecture or during office hours. Some of the questions on Launchpad (the online homework/textbook platform) were sort of unfair, in my opinion, which was exacerbated by the fact that every point counted in this class. However, if you attend CLC sessions, office hours, and make the most of every lecture, you will succeed. Be sure to practice analyzing every physiological system (from genes to skin to digestive system to the whole body) for each of the three exams in this course.

Dr. Khankan is the BEST! I fell in love with biology in this class and Khankan just made the experience even better. She gives engaging lectures and does not hesitate to help her students out. If you have the chance to take any class with her, jump on it -- your grade and learning will thank you.

If you're taking this class, you're probably already used to the 7 series and know the level of difficulty of tests. I would say I found 7B tests harder but only because I didn't enjoy the content so I didn't learn as well. In this class, human physiology is so damn interesting and it more or less came as second nature to me on the tests. However, this class being online meant the midterms had short answers (which was new to the 7 series) and the professors did NOT allow us to look at what we missed on the MCs (which definitely hindered my understanding and learning) so in general the class did mediocre on the midterms.

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.

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!

Prof. Khankan is easily one of the best LS professors. She is clear, organized, and explains concepts well. She also was able to answer questions during lecture in a clear and efficient manner. Lecture was synchronous on Zoom and clickers were done on iClicker Reef (we got free access), but she only taught the first half of the course. Discussions were also synchronous and mandatory for the whole quarter. The Launchpad assignments were similar in length to 7A. One big difference for online vs in-person classes was that the midterms were a combination of multiple choice and free response (throwback to AP Bio) instead of all multiple choice. The first midterm was broken down into 60 pts MC and 30 pts FRQ, but after receiving feedback the second midterm was 70 pts MC and 20 pts FRQ to reduce the time crunch. Exams were open from 4pm to 8pm, and we had an hour to do each portion of the exam. We were given full credit for the final due to protests.

Grading breakdown:
Midterm 1 - 90 pts
Midterm 2 - 90 pts
Final - 180 pts
Discussion - 72 pts
Lecture Participation - 54 pts
Launchpad Activities - 45 pts
PCRQs - 45 pts
PEQs - 45 pts
Total - 621 pts