Kane was a good professor! As far as LS 7 lecturers go, I thought she taught well and tried to keep the class engaged. She could have maybe spent a little less time between clicker questions, but otherwise, she was solid. In terms of the actual class itself, I found it to be a little harder and more frustrating than LS7A. While the material for a lot of people is a bit easier to understand, I thought the exams themselves were a bit harder (Although that might have been because I had very little interest in the material). Also, there were times where I felt the class was wasting my time. The "labs" for this class are two hours long, but I felt like a lot of the activities we did either could be finished in much less time or could be better formatted to finish earlier. Additionally, there is a project where you basically have to research a plant in the Botanical Gardens, and honestly, that was a fat waste of time, as none of the material required for that project was relevant to the class. Long story short, I thought the class sucked, but Kane was good.

I thought she was very helpful and also very approachable as a professor! She taught concepts really well and I actually enjoyed the pace of her clicker questions because I got to answer the question on my own, ask people around me, then relax a little before getting back into the material.

This was by far my favorite class taken at UCLA thus far. Professor Kane gives extremely engaging lectures, and made EEB 142 amazing. The class itself is very interesting, and Kane was able to get everyone really excited about aquatic communities.

Exams in this class were pretty straightforward. Study her slides and learning objectives really well and you'll have no problem doing well on them. The tests consists of T/F, multiple choice, and short answer style questions. Discussion is very important in this class and makes up 220 of the 600 total points in the class. Discussion assignments including writing summaries and questions on the assigned papers, taking quizzes on CCLE, and writing a critique.

Overall, a wonderful class. You will have lots of fun and will not have a problem getting a good grade.

Professor Kane is a really solid professor, but I think I had extremely high expectations of her given all the amazing things that are said about her, so I didn't really feel the magic. She definitely knows the material and knows how to properly lecture. She got a little scary when she told me to get off my phone during class, but I would take 7B with her again. I never really left the class unclear about a topic, and if I did all the TAs were great at clarification.

I don't really like the LIFESCI curriculum because of launchpad. But Kane is a good professor and the lectures are solid. Midterms are not too bad, just a time constraint on the first midterm. There are so many free points in this class that even if you do poorly on the midterms and final you should still get a decent grade. GL

Honestly, I hate the LS series. I genuinely believe that if I were to skip every lecture (which I can't because of stupid clicker questions), I would get the same on my tests. I think it's stupid how we literally have to learn everything ourselves through Launchpad. I don't particularly like the structure of flipped classroom. I personally think that discussion section should be the time for problem solving. I don't think that Kane gave anything more to the lecture and that was really disappointing. The "labs" were TRULY THE WORST THING EVER. We spend almost 2 hours (they made us stay the whole time) on doing worksheets that were not helpful and that were too long for the amount of time we were given. I found myself always scrambling down some BS just so I could finish the worksheet and turn it in on time.

As for the course itself, LS is pretty predictable. Clicker points, Launchpad, surveys - there are a lot of ways to get free points. The midterms aren't awful, just be wary of time. Overall, I hated Biology/Ecology before and Kane made me hate it even more.

LS 7B was a horrible class! So disorganized! The professor nor did the TA give a shit! Kane is one of the most lazy professors I have met.

The 7 series is the 7 series; it's not gonna vary too much by professor. However, I highly recommend Kane. She's super sweet and would chat with me before and after class. She really cares about her students and her lectures are AMAZING, she's so clear. Take it with her!

Definitely easier than 7A. A lot of the material isn't the most engaging if you're pre-med, as it delves a lot into ecology, but it isn't too difficult. Kane is a good professor and you can tell she really cares about the subject.

I honestly don't see what all the hype is about. Sure Kane is a great person, but there wasn't anything special in lecture. It was the same as any other LS 7 series class. They say 7B is easier than 7A, but I actually found it to be wayyy harder than 7A. Since the final was on CCLE because of COVID they made the exam harder, which is frankly very unfair. A lot of people were flaming the LS core for the way they handled the whole final situation.