Although this class proved to be very difficult to me, I did enjoy it!
As with the rest of the LS 7 series, Launchpad is used, but I found myself to be the most successful after reviewing iClicker questions posed during lecture & after reviewing discussion section materials. Launchpad was helpful for general knowledge surrounding the subject, but DO NOT rely on it for your learning!! I did this for the most part & did not receive the grade I could've hoped for. Please, please, please engage with the material on a deeper level by reworking iClicker questions, discussion section questions, and make sure you 100% understand the diagrams & visuals you are given. I often glazed over these, as I thought I had sufficient understanding from just reading the material, but understanding the diagrams associated with the description is crucial (especially for midterms & finals).

I loved this class! I needed a science GE with a lab credit, and this was the perfect course to fulfill that requirement. The material was actually interesting and rather easy compared to a normal bio class. Dr. Esdin is a great lecturer as well; he explains concepts in a clear and concise manner. There was also no homework, so the workload was very light. The final project is not hard at all, but it is a bit time-consuming. The midterm and final were all multiple choice. If you took good notes during the lectures, the exams should be fairly easy. I bought the textbook but did not really use it at all since the majority of the material was just review from the lectures.
TL;DR - easy and interesting course with a great professor, easy A, highly recommend as a GE with lab credit

Esdin is a great teacher and gave engaging online lectures. If you just take notes on his lectures you don't need to do any studying outside of going over your notes for exams or quizzes. He makes participation quizzes every lecture day to encourage that. The project was a grind but it is manageable (not recommended) in one day if you wish. You need to go to discussion sections every other week which was probably the most boring part. But nonetheless an interesting class where you definitely learn a lot of useful stuff.

Honestly, I disagree with the other reviews of this class. I thought Esdin was a very confusing lecturer as he jumped around and constantly went on tangents. His slides were unclear at best and generally he wrote them out as he went, which made for lots of pausing and waiting. He posted lectures three times a week with a pop-quiz after every single lecture, so if you are bad with busy-work assignments like me, you will probably end up missing a bunch of these. The midterm and final were okay, and the final project was easy, but it was literally 3 days straight of copy and pasting without adding any additional knowledge. Overall, this class felt like a huge waste of time to me.

Super easy GE, and bonus points because it has a lab. When I took this class, the lectures were posted at 9am 3 days a week and you completed an attendance quiz on lecture content at some time that day to prove you had watched it. The attendance quizzes weren't bad. Discussion was once every 2 weeks which was nice, and the lab was just a project that you worked on throughout the quarter so it didn't feel too overwhelming. Get started on the project early and you'll be more than fine, and everyone I talked to in the class got a 95 or higher on it! Exams weren't too bad either if you were relatively prepared for them, and the class was sort of interesting and didn't have an overwhelming amount of content.

Maybe it is because I am not used to the structure of south campus classes or I am just not attentive, but I did not think that this class was as easy as a lot of people made it seem. Although it wasn't extremely difficult, I found that a lot of stuff on the quizzes and tests weren't explicitly stated on his powerpoints so you literally had to take notes on everything he said. That said, I found the class to be relatively interesting and I learned a lot about cardiovascular diseases and Esdin himself was pretty funny in his lecture videos. The entire class is currently asynchronous and I would recommend it.

Dr. Esdin is probably one of the best professors I've had at UCLA. He's really engaged during lectures and I learned a good amount from the class. He uploads lectures on CCLE and you have to do a quick participation quiz at the end. Quizzes every 2 weeks on lab and lecture material. Exams were pretty straightforward but some of them had weird wording so it was easy to lose points here and there. The final project was worth a lot of points but can be easily crammed into 1-2 days of work.

It was kind of stressful keeping up with the grading (can only lose 34 points to maintain an A) but towards the end of the quarter, he gave us some extra credit. Overall if you want an easy GE with lab this is definitely the class you should take.

Like others said, Esdin is the reason why this class was bearable. His module's exam was the most fair, he was the one advocating for grades to be curved, and he's the one who truly checked in on students and seemed to care about understanding the material instead of regurgitating it.

I liked his teaching style, which used lots of diagrams and built upon previous topics to connect them together. The man is just awesome and is one of the best professors in the department imo!

This class was easy and a great class to take for my first quarter at UCLA. You learn about health and exercise and I liked how it was relevant it was and how applicable it was to everyday life. There is one big project at the end but otherwise the workload is very manageable.

Was not an easy A this quarter, do not recommend