This class is HARD. Not gonna lie. But it's because, at least for me and a lot of people I know, it's a new way of learning and thinking. Every question on the test is application based, which is new for most of us. But I could feel myself learning and getting smarter. It's a really interesting class! Just hard sometimes. DO NOT get behind on Launchpad. It will fuck you in the ass.

I got an A minus because I failed a question set of like 8 questions on the final. If I had gotten those right I would've gotten an A. Little peeved at myself, but it's fine. Just work hard and you'll do fine.

Also, definitely take this class with Maloy.

Looking back at LS7A with Maloy makes me miss having him as a professor. He is so clear and helpful during lectures and gives great examples/demonstrations. I highly recommend going to his exam review sessions because he basically formats them as a mini quiz session where he gives out questions off the top of his head and has us solve them for good practice. The workload of LS7A is honestly pretty light if you know what you need to work on the most to do well in class. Launchpad sucks and was honestly a waste of time when he'd go over all the stuff from it in lecture and it would be so much clearer. He always tells students to form study groups and to come up with your own exam questions and it really is the best way to study for the exams. I took AP Bio in high school and thought that just reviewing slides and clicker questions and memorizing them off the top of my head would let me do well on exams but it did not at all. The class is really about applying the concepts from lectures into a problem, so if you can create your own exam questions or modify the clicker questions to make new ones and then solve them, you're golden.

LS7A is tough but you're provided a lot of resources (reading guides, practice worksheets, problem solving sessions) to help and you should absolutely take advantage of them. They really stress the idea of giving you problems that demonstrate you really know the material and can make conclusions or do analysis rather than just regurgitate the textbook. Highly recommend going to problem solving sessions (super helpful) and putting effort into studying clicker questions, discussion worksheets and launchpad questions to get a sense of what kinds of things they ask for.

Launchpad is really tedious but very doable if you do a little each day. The online textbook has a lot of details that don't show up on exams so focus more on what's covered in video and class lectures.

Maloy is a great professor - definitely take the class with him if you can.

-WORKLOAD: for all of the LS7 series, you will need to buy Launchpad: online textbook where you will read the required material, take quizzes (can retake multiple times plus all of the answers are on quizlets), and take weekly practice exam questions (can only try once but most answers are on quizlet). Honestly, launchpad has so much information, takes forever, is not hard, it is just annoying but you have to do it. SO just know a lot of your time will be spent on easy launchpad.
-LECTURES: Maloy is a great lecturer, he knows what he is talking about and is not confusing at all. He also isn't boring, unlike other professors I've had. He is very sweet and kind. ATTENDANCE is REQUIRED. Clicker questions throughout the lecture is what counts as your participation grade so you have to be at lecture (can miss up to 2 classes, I believe, and still get full participation credit).
-EXTRA CREDIT: Maloy does offer some extra credit but it honestly isn't enough to help
-OVERALL: I highly recommend that you take his class, he is a great professor!!
-MY TIPS: study the clicker questions and practice exam questions, put a lot of emphasis on what he lectures in class, and ask questions on campus wire!

While Dr. Maloy himself is a great professor, this class itself was pretty annoying, and the whole "flipped classroom" approach isn't really one that works with me. With that being said Dr. Maloy is a very helpful professor. He frequently had office hours throughout the week, and he held multiple reviews prior to major exams in the class. In addition, if you ever wanted to meet with him privately he gave you opportunities to do so.

The tests are a pain in this class. However, if you pay attention during discussion section, study the clicker questions and the half sheets, you should get by pretty well. Apparently the CLC sessions the LAs hold are pretty helpful too, but I've just never been. Honestly, I could've done better in this class if I'd known these things, but I took this class as a freshman, and it took time for me to adjust to college and learn the necessary study methods.

Maloy is a homie. He made the midterms group midterms for 48 hours and gave us 100% on the final because of the special circumstances. His lectures were really interesting and he is the nicest. Only downside is launchpad. Let's start a Maloy fan club

Maloy really is the best, after having taken LS7B, and 7C, Maloy is still by far one of the best professors I've had over the entire series. He explains concepts really well and genuinely really cares about student learning. His review sessions/office hours around the midterms and final are really helpful and I would recommend attending, on multiple occasions he would talk about an oddly specific problem concept and then it ended up being on our exam. The 7 series tests are always a little brutal, no matter which prof you have, but having a prof who at least prepares you well for them definitely made this class a lot more enjoyable.

Dr. Maloy is an AWESOME professor!!! If you need to take LS7A (or any other class for that matter), I highly recommend you take it with him! I felt like he genuinely cared for his students' wellbeing (especially given the Covid situation amongst other things) and tried to accommodate students who were having a difficult time. His lectures are very clear and he clearly outlines which information is relevant to the exams. He also explains the clicker questions very thoroughly. Overall, 20/10 professor, would take him again.

I took 7A with Maloy and Braybrook and they were the most amazing professors! I absolutely loved them. They were both very engaging during lecture. They always looked through the chat and answered questions concisely. I would say that sometimes the launchpad reading homework assignments were pretty redundant and boring, but they are useful to at least skim through. The midterms and finals were a bit difficult (they are comparable to AP bio MC exam questions) but they had a group section that you would basically have the chance to discuss the midterm with a group of your classmates and change your answers if you wanted to. Overall, I would definitely recommend taking this course with Maloy if you have the chance!

A teacher who really seems to care about their students. Maloy is all about studies on learning so he uses a "reverse classroom" way to teach. You have to click through assigned readings on Launchpad (which by the end of the quarter I was not even reading because it was so long) before nearly every lecture for points. Exams I thought were pretty fair and mostly based off of the clicker questions for points during lectures and from the lecture slides. I'm not sure if it was because my class was online or not but we were allowed to work with assigned groups of 3-4 people and use our notes on going over the test -- probably why my average on the final and midterm were mid to low A's. Also Maloy is very accommodating to students (even gave us 100% on our final when BLM protests were picking up and many students were concerned about testing in these circumstances).