This is more of a review for the class than Khankan, but this is one of the most poorly structured classes I've taken. LS 7B and A were annoying but doable, but the first two exams have been my worst two in my life. The resources (especially launchpad) really don't help and they are not very accommadating, hopefully it gets better when its back in person or they change the course structure

Take Khankan (or Esdin, honestly both great professors; you shouldn't worry about this aspect). She is really clear in her explanations and is able to connect ideas from previous weeks to what we learn later in the course (which I really appreciate).
But as for the course, easily the worst of the LS7 series. Take it from someone who loved Anatomy&Physiology in high school and is a PhySci major, this class ruined a lot for me. OK that may be a bit overdramatic but still, this class was something else. LS7A and 7B were doable as the material was easy to learn and exams were predictable. Nothing against Prof. Khankan, but the terribly worded and confusing tests and utter uselessness of the textbook made this class too stressful and unnecessarily difficult.
The class is structured similarly to the two previous courses, so theres not much to add on. Do the extra credit (it can really help your grade) and utilize Campuswire. Also, shoutout to Kevin, my favorite TA ever.
And one more thing...big thumbs down to the series because it takes so damn long to release test scores. Should take two days MAX.

Okay, honest review time... This class is the HARDEST class I have taken at UCLA and I am so grateful I got it over with. The material itself is not that hard to learn (except the week on osmolarity ew). The workload is a lot because of Launchpad so I would recommend taking easy classes alongside it. The exams are AWFUL (there is a special place in hell for the people who write them). Everyone (including me) failed the first midterm with a D average, so prepare yourself. They will literally say "this part of the body is working abnormally" and from there you are magically supposed to know if it now produces more or less of something???? But honestly, to do well I would say know every diagram given in CLC, lecture, launchpad, and the handouts. SERIOUSLY KNOW THE DIAGRAMS ON THE HANDOUTS, THEY WILL BE ON THE EXAM. And do not let this class become something you dread (like I did) because it really prevented me from doing my best. And, duh, do the extra credit. One day we should all revolt against the LS 7 series !!!!!

By now you should know how awful the LS7 Series exams are, and let me tell you, they only get worse in 7C like all these other reviews state. With that being said though, Khankan is the best professor to take this course with as she teaches with such clarity. Khankan is definitely one of my favorite professors I've taken so far. This quarter students from other professors even attended Khankan's lectures because they found that she taught much better for the exams. I cannot say enough good words about professor Khankan especially after taking her with an online course and then an in-person course.
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Logistics wise though, study for the midterms a lot harder than you studied for 7A and 7B midterms. I would get A's on the 7A and 7B midterms, but got a D on my first 7C midterm. Do all the extra credit and just study hard for exams and you can get an A.

Dr. Khankan is a great professor, and she made some concepts really easy to understand. She had plenty of office hours and a few Q&A review sessions, which I thought were great for studying. She would always answer every question in lecture clearly, and it is clear she knows her stuff. Definitely recommend taking this class with her if you have the chance.

This review is mainly for this class, and not about her.

This class is the hardest of 7 series IMO. They packed so much stuff into it that I felt like was pretty unreasonable for a college undergrad (all the systems in the body, gene editing, and cancer). I felt like the class was very poorly organized. It is too much to ask of students to try and study a new system every week and to understand the ins-and-outs of their molecular systems, and I wish they slowed the pacing down. It moves by really fast, and it can be easy to fall behind on the class material/

The tests were really bad, and they often pull tricks with the wording on the questions. It is a pretty difficult class, and it definitely requires constant studying to do well. While Khankan did not release the average for the midterms, I am quite confident that the averages were in the "C" range. The clicker questions are nothing like the level of difficulty that was on the exams. For me, the best study tool were the CLC worksheets

Discussion sections were very poorly organized and were unnecessarily long. They would ask us to complete a "worksheet," which was essentially just a mini-quiz of the week's info within a pretty short time limit. We were often rushed while typing up answers to our questions, and whenever I would ask my TA (Bryanna Chavez) a question, she would always respond back to me with a question, which was extremely frustrating. I understand they are asked to do this, but I wish they would change this policy. Moreover, the worksheets were graded very harshly and they would often take off points if we didn't include certain words even though we would get the general gist of the questions correct.

Professor Khankan was actually a joy to be in class with. She is a great professor and I have nothing bad to say about her at all. Lectures were engaging and she always knew what she was talking about. She was pretty thorough in her explanations which helped my understanding of the class material. However, the grading system was atrocious. Launchpad was straightforward as usual, but the lab sections and exams were horrendous. The exam questions were horribly worded which made them difficult to answer regardless of how well you know the material. The class average for the first midterm was around 65% which did not get curved in the slightest. Again, I think professor Khankan is a great professor and she certainly did her part to teach us the material well, but when the majority of the scores a D or lower on an exam, it is hard to blame the students entirely. In addition to this, the lab sections were harshly graded. You would get points taken off for seemingly no reason sometimes. They would ask super open-ended questions and then take points off if your answer did not use specific words.

Overall, Professor Khankan is great, but the class structure and grading is quite awful. If you have to choose a professor you will not go wrong with Khankan, but in order to excel in the class you will need to put in lots of extra practice so you get used to answer the poorly phrased questions that you will be confronted with come exam time.

This was probably my favorite class in the 7 series content wise, but don't get me wrong it is fairly difficult. I absolutely loved professor Khankan. She made class super engaging with optional worksheets or problems to help us use the tools we were learning about and had lots of clicker questions which could be a bit annoying but were incredibly helpful while studying for the exam. The class was structured fairly similarly to the other classes in the series but is broken down as follows: Midterm 1 90pt, midterm 2 90pt, final 180 pt, discussion 72 pt, participation 72 pt, launchpad activities 45pt, pre-class review questions 45pt, PEQ's 45pt, syllabus quiz 5pt. The midterms had an optional 2 point reflection and a 6 point mini quiz as extra credit. I'm not going to sugar coat it the midterms were incredibly difficult. I didn't do a ton of the prep work before classes so to study for the midterm I would do all of the pre-class worksheets but I highly recommend doing them as you go. The best things that helped me the most, especially for the final, was to go through all of the clicker questions and write out explanations for why the answer is correct, make a study guide based on the learning goals and objectives, write out explanations for the practice exam questions, and do the CLC worksheets. The final felt much easier to me then the first two midterms, but that may have just been because I studied like a crazy person for it. There were an obnoxious amount of sort of trick questions as the majority of the tests were true or false and results took around a week to come out. Overall I highly recommend taking this class with her. The majority of the issues are with the class and LS core both of which she does not really have any control over.

While Khankan is a good lecturer & professor, I think especially this quarter, LS 7C gave everyone a lot of unnecessary stress and anxiety, in an already difficult time. Launchpad was particularly unhelpful, and the tests had very poor wording (which did not change despite feedback from students). As a result, many students did poorly in the exams, and while the professors & TAs kept stressing that they would give us opportunities to make up lost points, these opportunities were limited. LS 7C was much harder compared to 7A & 7B, and there also seemed to be less room for error (because students did worser in the midterms). I think overall that the way LS7C is structured definitely needs to change, because it just isn't working, but everyone has to take it anyways.

Note: unlike previous classes, this quarter our grades were not curved. It felt like they were trying to make sure they didn't have to curve by throwing in a lot of random extra credit surveys at the end (like Week 10).

Learning from Professor Khankan was absolutely wonderful, and I am grateful for all the knowledge I gained in this class. The tests were slightly hard, but the content was fun as it was all related to human biology.

Professor Khankan is the MOST fantastic LS professor without doubts. She is super clear with everything. The class is super engaging and efficient. She is patient with every question. The class sometimes popped up extended knowledge, which is very interesting. Best Experience Ever!!!!