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

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.

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

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!

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.

Professor Khankan did a really great job explaining the material! She's a really great lecturer, so if you have the chance, I would take it with her. To study for the midterm and final, I would just watch her bruincasts and it was enough.