Professor

Rana Khankan

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Easiness 2.6 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Workload 2.8 / 5 How light the workload is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Clarity 4.2 / 5 How clear the professor is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Helpfulness 4.3 / 5 How helpful the professor is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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LIFESCI 7A
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March 17, 2021
Quarter: Winter 2021
Grade: A-

The main issue with the LS7 series is how HORRIFICALLY AWFUL the tests are. Every single test has typos and multiple incorrect answers that needed to be corrected. Questions are so vague they are honestly not even fairly written. I've worked as a tutor for many years and the quality of actual education in this class was abysmal, but the worst part by far are the tests. Even if you study every provided resource, the test questions are not even tangentially related to the course content, they rely on badly communicated assumptions and extremely generalized concepts.
Restructure the LS7 series, its really really really bad.

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LIFESCI 7A
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March 29, 2021
Quarter: Winter 2021
Grade: A

Dr. Khankan was great! I have a few qualms with the structure of the LS series courses (way too much busywork, poorly written exams, etc..), but that will be the case with any professor (as the courses are standardized). Khankan is super engaging and she really cares about her students. She was super accommodating (covid-related but also disability-related) and always checking in on students. She wasn't the best at answering questions (she often misinterpreted my questions), but her lectures were mostly very clear and engaging. She also gives many EC opportunities!

tldr: I would highly recommend Dr. Khankan as a professor for LS7A!

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LIFESCI 7A
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March 31, 2021
Quarter: Winter 2021
Grade: A

Definitely feel like grading was more lenient b/c of the online format (we were given a group portion of each midterm and final exam). The material isn't too hard (it's like retaking AP Bio), but the tests can be a pain. She offered some extra credit but I honestly don't know how much it helped lol

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LIFESCI 7C
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June 23, 2021
Quarter: Spring 2021
Grade: A

As you know by now, the LS7 series SUCKS. 7C was by far my least favorite (and the hardest/densest) of the series. I never wanted to be a doctor, but now I KNOW that I could never be a doctor. Khankan is cool though. She's really great at explaining everything and has fun office hours.

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June 24, 2021
Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: A

There was a lot of material in this class but Khankan managed to do a good job of covering it. This class is a "flipped" class, where we're supposed to do a lot of the learning on or own, in reading the textbook, and then lecture is more of a review of what we were supposed to have learnt. Idk, I like biology so it wasn't too hard for me to stay engaged. I did get behind in material a little in the middle of the course, which made lectures confusing, but once I got caught up they started making more sense. You get out of it what you put in. Stay on track and try to ask lots of questions, and you should be fine.
Khankan is generally very friendly and clear, and she genuinely tries to help students. If anything is confusing you all you have to do is ask.

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Dec. 28, 2021
Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A

Dr. Khankan is AMAZING and is probably one of the best professors for 7C! As a class, LS 7C is tough mostly because you go through so much content every week. Launchpad is such a drag (as it usually is) and the exams feel impossible because exam questions are worded so weirdly. At this point though, you should understand how the LS 7 series is ran, so I would honestly recommend going over the diagrams provided in lecture, do all of the extra credit offered, and go over the learning objectives before each exam. I did not think the CLC sessions were too helpful in terms of mimicking exam questions, but they did help me understand concepts so I would still recommend attempting them! Dr. Khankan is also a very helpful and clear professor, so you will be in good hands with her!

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LIFESCI 7C
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Jan. 1, 2022
Quarter: Spring 2021
Grade: B

I have no clue how I got a B for this class, I failed every exam. A big part of that was the structure of the class. I despise launchpad. Nevertheless, the material is super interesting (coming from a physiological science major). If I could do it so can you!

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Jan. 1, 2022
Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A-

Nice enough professor. LS 7C just another stop in the LS series, boring and designed to make teaching as easy as possible for the professor.

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Feb. 3, 2022
Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: C-

I really enjoyed the content of this class and found professor khankan very engaging and friendly. She used slides during lecture and used clicker questions (you need to buy an iclicker and participation matters), and she thoroughly explained every clicker so we knew what was going on. Discussion is also mandatory, you work in groups and do worksheets together on gradscope and it's briefly gone over at the end of section. There are 2 midterms and 1 final, all of them are very difficult (but you must have taken ls7a and ls7b so it's the same gist as those tests). She is a very kind and understanding professor and really tries to help you pass the class. There is also some extra credit available by talking on campuswire and helping other students on there.

Overall, would take again for another course.

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March 26, 2022
Quarter: Winter 2022
Grade: A

I found 7C to be by far the most interesting class of the 7 series. Dr. K was extremely caring and super available to help. The exams can be really tough and 7C gets a really bad rap as the final 7 series class but if you are proactive, you can definitely do well in this class. You can't go wrong with taking this class with Dr. K.

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LIFESCI 7A
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Quarter: Winter 2021
Grade: A-
March 17, 2021

The main issue with the LS7 series is how HORRIFICALLY AWFUL the tests are. Every single test has typos and multiple incorrect answers that needed to be corrected. Questions are so vague they are honestly not even fairly written. I've worked as a tutor for many years and the quality of actual education in this class was abysmal, but the worst part by far are the tests. Even if you study every provided resource, the test questions are not even tangentially related to the course content, they rely on badly communicated assumptions and extremely generalized concepts.
Restructure the LS7 series, its really really really bad.

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LIFESCI 7A
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Winter 2021
Grade: A
March 29, 2021

Dr. Khankan was great! I have a few qualms with the structure of the LS series courses (way too much busywork, poorly written exams, etc..), but that will be the case with any professor (as the courses are standardized). Khankan is super engaging and she really cares about her students. She was super accommodating (covid-related but also disability-related) and always checking in on students. She wasn't the best at answering questions (she often misinterpreted my questions), but her lectures were mostly very clear and engaging. She also gives many EC opportunities!

tldr: I would highly recommend Dr. Khankan as a professor for LS7A!

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LIFESCI 7A
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Winter 2021
Grade: A
March 31, 2021

Definitely feel like grading was more lenient b/c of the online format (we were given a group portion of each midterm and final exam). The material isn't too hard (it's like retaking AP Bio), but the tests can be a pain. She offered some extra credit but I honestly don't know how much it helped lol

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LIFESCI 7C
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Spring 2021
Grade: A
June 23, 2021

As you know by now, the LS7 series SUCKS. 7C was by far my least favorite (and the hardest/densest) of the series. I never wanted to be a doctor, but now I KNOW that I could never be a doctor. Khankan is cool though. She's really great at explaining everything and has fun office hours.

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LIFESCI 7A
Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: A
June 24, 2021

There was a lot of material in this class but Khankan managed to do a good job of covering it. This class is a "flipped" class, where we're supposed to do a lot of the learning on or own, in reading the textbook, and then lecture is more of a review of what we were supposed to have learnt. Idk, I like biology so it wasn't too hard for me to stay engaged. I did get behind in material a little in the middle of the course, which made lectures confusing, but once I got caught up they started making more sense. You get out of it what you put in. Stay on track and try to ask lots of questions, and you should be fine.
Khankan is generally very friendly and clear, and she genuinely tries to help students. If anything is confusing you all you have to do is ask.

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LIFESCI 7C
Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A
Dec. 28, 2021

Dr. Khankan is AMAZING and is probably one of the best professors for 7C! As a class, LS 7C is tough mostly because you go through so much content every week. Launchpad is such a drag (as it usually is) and the exams feel impossible because exam questions are worded so weirdly. At this point though, you should understand how the LS 7 series is ran, so I would honestly recommend going over the diagrams provided in lecture, do all of the extra credit offered, and go over the learning objectives before each exam. I did not think the CLC sessions were too helpful in terms of mimicking exam questions, but they did help me understand concepts so I would still recommend attempting them! Dr. Khankan is also a very helpful and clear professor, so you will be in good hands with her!

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LIFESCI 7C
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Spring 2021
Grade: B
Jan. 1, 2022

I have no clue how I got a B for this class, I failed every exam. A big part of that was the structure of the class. I despise launchpad. Nevertheless, the material is super interesting (coming from a physiological science major). If I could do it so can you!

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LIFESCI 7C
Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A-
Jan. 1, 2022

Nice enough professor. LS 7C just another stop in the LS series, boring and designed to make teaching as easy as possible for the professor.

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LIFESCI 7C
Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: C-
Feb. 3, 2022

I really enjoyed the content of this class and found professor khankan very engaging and friendly. She used slides during lecture and used clicker questions (you need to buy an iclicker and participation matters), and she thoroughly explained every clicker so we knew what was going on. Discussion is also mandatory, you work in groups and do worksheets together on gradscope and it's briefly gone over at the end of section. There are 2 midterms and 1 final, all of them are very difficult (but you must have taken ls7a and ls7b so it's the same gist as those tests). She is a very kind and understanding professor and really tries to help you pass the class. There is also some extra credit available by talking on campuswire and helping other students on there.

Overall, would take again for another course.

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LIFESCI 7C
Quarter: Winter 2022
Grade: A
March 26, 2022

I found 7C to be by far the most interesting class of the 7 series. Dr. K was extremely caring and super available to help. The exams can be really tough and 7C gets a really bad rap as the final 7 series class but if you are proactive, you can definitely do well in this class. You can't go wrong with taking this class with Dr. K.

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