Y’all are being some pussies and are pissed that you didn’t get the grade you wanted. I’m assuming this is also because people are not used to in person exams anymore and are mad 80 percent of the class didn’t ace the midterm. If you study the right way and actually understand concepts rather than memorizing facts by putting in a little bit of time, you’ll do well in this class. Lannan is literally an amazing lecturer. He explains concepts extremely well and goes through things in different ways. Also he takes feedback very seriously and actually makes changes. He made midterm 2 a lot more reasonable then midterm 1 (MT2 average was a 89 and MT1 average was a 75, but that increased when he gave people points back). The only thing that is sometimes annoying is that his test asks “what term is used to describe this”. Even though I can explain the process being shown, he is looking for unreasonably specific answers that most people won’t think to write. Other than this, his study guides are literally so helpful and organizes his lectures. Gave 2 percent extra credit. I think he did an amazing job for first time teaching this class. I loved the class and would definitely recommend the professor.

Please do not take this class. The professor has no clue how to organize his class. He is very disorganized, messy, and unprofessional. I am seriously sad that UCLA has decided him as a professor for such a big class. He is not ready for teaching and educating students. Tough tests, harsh grading, unreasonable point deductions, unreasonable extra credit option (which of course you will not succeed to get the benefit), and...... He keeps saying sorry and sorry during lectures because he doesn't even know what is going on with his slides. He used Prof. Gobber's slides and information and is teaching based on them, therefore he has no idea what each slide is even talking about. When students ask him questions, he avoids answering them, and if he does, the majority of the time he does not know the answer. He keeps saying do not worry about it. BUT HEY I NEED TO WORRY ABOUT IT BECAUSE I PAID TUITION TO LEARN !!! He is confused about simple math facts (which one is a bigger number from -1/5 and -1/3)???? I am seriously shocked how he became a professor. I do not even know why people disagreed with other comments, but he is not definitely someone you would like to take as he is a serious GPA and quarter ruiner.

I thought that Lannan was a pretty engaging lecturer. It was sometimes all over the place but he was clear about what he wanted us to know and the extent to which he wanted us to know it. He also tried to explain a concept in more than one way to try and help students understand. Before midterms, he sends out a detailed study guide of everything we should know for the exam. So I thought the exams were very fair in terms of the questions reflecting the content that we learned. When a lot of people got marked off for not having specific key phrases in their answers on the first midterm, he went back and gave everyone some points back. He was also super helpful during office hours and always went over time to try and answer everyone’s questions. Overall, I think Lannan is a fair professor and I enjoyed the class!

I actually wanna thank Lannan for restoring my faith in God cause after taking this class, I never wanna go to hell again. Seriously the worst class I have ever taken at UCLA, avoid him if you can. Tests were graded so harshly, he expected us to read his mind or something. If you didn't use specific words you got the question wrong. He would even take off points on the homework if we didn't label PAGES correctly,,,he's just overall ridiculous. Dumped new content days before an exam, gave homework due right before/on exam dates...the list goes on. Also, the final was 4 weeks of new material + cumulative which is just way too much. I get he's a new professor but seriously this class ruined my gpa and mental health lol.

In writing this review I find myself conflicted. Ryan has, I think, the ability to lecture well, but his backwards attitude and disrespectful, ego-driven attitude prevents him from doing so. Please don't disregard all the negative reviews thus far and attribute them to spiteful pre-meds who got bad grades. I did well on Ryan's tests but still am able to see very clearly that he did not teach well or facilitate a friendly learning environment this quarter. And from what I heard from past students, this was not an isolated incident.

For some reason the debate on Ryan's abilities as a professor became polarized as the course went on, which is probably why there are so many impassioned reviews with wholly opposite outlooks. I have nothing against Ryan, and am judging him based solely on how well this course was structured/taught.

His tests were graded very harshly, especially when the questions did not lend themselves to such exact answers. He expected punctuality yet was late to classes, uploaded homework/study materials very late, and overall displayed an abhorrent lack of preparation. His leniency for aspects of the class relating to COVID were rigid and unforgiving (all my classes including a lab offered a fully hybrid option except this one).

That isn't to say that he never improved over the quarter. During the last few weeks, he seemed nicer and more understanding. BUT, I have a nagging suspicion that this was because he saw how negatively he was viewed and was hoping for better end-of-quarter reviews. He even gave us a ~5 min spiel during one of our lectures telling us to give him better scores than he deserved so that he could continue teaching (a sign of the times, maybe). So any improvement mentioned in these reviews should be taken with a grain of salt.

Also, he lives near me and lemme tell you, homie walks like a punk.

OH MY GOD this class was actual hell on earth. Never in my life have I experienced education as its worst until I took this class with Ryan Lannan (and I come from an underfunded and under-resourced high school environment). I'm currently retaking the class and doing SO much better with a different professor. This class was an ABSOLUTE SH*TSHOW. Lannan was extremely disorganized, rushed, unaware of anything going on, and a hot mess. He did not respond to emails quickly at all, wasn't understanding about issues, literally put us in positions that exposed us to covid, and was so bad at explaining concepts. He would often mess up during lecture and go back and do the whole thing and spend extra time that we didn't have going over things to re-clarify .. but he found a way to make it worse? The other class also had online tests and everything was really beneficial for them -- despite the tests being harder. The grading scale was kind of unfair as other professors have lower scores for an A. Everyone would always complain about this class and honestly justice should be served to the students who struggled, failed, felt unsatisfied, and wasted their time. He did give SUPER stingy extra credit opportunities and tests were not the hardest (were definitely not easy at all though) BUT he was kind of arrogant sometimes. TAs were pretty cool tho. But yeah, please avoid taking a class with this man at all costs.

do not take 153a with Lannan if you can afford to...no matter how much effort I put in I do not do well on his exams and as others have said you get points off for having the right answer (I circled the right aa on MT 1 and didn't get points for it lmao). it's really discouraging to know that your professor doesn't care about any feedback we have or decides to dump extra material on us 2 days before our midterm. what sucks too is that we aren't given any resources or practice questions other than a study guide that doesn't reflect his exams and questions written by the TAs (god bless them). honestly, lannan has the potential to be a great professor, and it's a shame that most of us are struggling so much right now. i personally know several people who have dropped the course because they couldn't take it anymore, so the reviews we're leaving are accurate. don't know how this class can be redeemable at this point imo

A lot of people wrote mean reviews about Dr. Lannan, but I think a lot of people were unfairly judging him just because they did not do well. Honestly, biochem is known to be a class based upon memorization, so a lot of the people that were complaining weren't taking that into account. Although Dr. Lannan was a bit disorganized at first, his lectures got better and better throughout the quarter. Overall, I did feel like I learned a lot and that Dr. Lannan was a pretty good professor to take 153A with.

Lannan's interest in biochemistry shows and I actually did learn quite a bit from his class. However, there are many things in the course that need to be addressed.

Lannan needs to be much more concise in lecture. If he was more concise with his explanations, this would prevent him from constantly going overtime and would allow him to answer some student questions. He also mumbles a lot at the end of his sentences and makes an extreme amount of typos in his slides. I highly suggest he review his slides before publishing them. Furthermore, I’m in lecture 1 and many times he has told lecture 1 students that he explained concepts better in lecture 2, so to go watch the recording of lecture 2. He just needs to prepare his lectures in advance. I would also prefer him to post assignments and study guides with adequate time for students prepare. He also doesn't react well to the grading mistakes he and his TA's make. I was lucky enough to get my regrade requests in before he made the process more complicated. He also did give out extra credit. In the end, he curved the class, which was a relief. But there was a lot of unnecessary confusion and stress from the logistics of the course.

The tests were fair and the averages were decently high, but so many of us had to sell our souls to get there. I understand that it was Lannan's first time teaching this class so future classes probably won't have as many of the same issues with him providing resources late (if he provided them at all) and constantly contradicting himself. Do not take this class if you want a life and/or you are bad at memorizing. You have to know every single word he speaks in every single lecture (slides alone aren't enough to get an A unless you're reallyyyy good at bs-ing). I did well and actually liked the material, but I spent so many nights crying from stress and frustration and also had to miss some events I really wanted to go to. His ego and pettiness was also annoying