I took the LS 7C course where Professor Cooper and Professor Khankan taught different weeks of the same course. It may be just me but for all LS 7 courses including LS 7C, the professor doesn't really matter to a large extent. It's more about how much work you put into studying and doing all the assignments.

TLDR: Not the best lecturer, but could be worse? Recommend taking it with a different professor if you have the chance.

- Wholesome professor but average/adequate lectures
- Hand draws diagrams to simplify complex systems/concepts, which can be helpful to many students. However, I don't know why these diagrams weren't included in the slide pdf files on Canvas. Many students were constantly taking pictures with their phones of the diagrams during lectures.
- Skims through the iClicker questions without in-depth explanations
- I feel like he doesn't really take student questions
- One good thing is that he doesn't try to include unnecessary group work, so less time wasted

Some suggestions I have for this class:
- Don't take extensive notes on Launchpad- it's a waste of time.
- Before lectures, SKIM Launchpad and do all pre-class assignments. During lecture, take DETAILED NOTES based on the slide pdf, professor's lectures, and WRITE EXPLANATIONS TO iCLICKER QUESTIONS. A week or more before exams, revisit Launchpad and add details to the concepts covered in class. This helped me touch up on some missing details without wasting time on Launchpad.
- If you've heard students complaining about the wording of test questions in the LS 7 series, LS 7C is the worst so far. There are so many trick questions SO REREAD ALL TEST QUESTIONS and don't make stupid mistakes like me :(

Things I found helpful to do before exams:
- Start studying at least 7-10 days before the exam date
- Create a blank document and compile all the screenshots of iClicker questions. Do the same with Launchpad PEQs. Try answering them again and writing explanations for your answers.
- Print out all the Problem-Solving Session (CLC) Worksheets and answer them. Although I didn't find them as helpful as the iClicker/PEQ resolving method, they helped me get a quick overview of the concepts.
- Campuswire is your new best friend! Have any questions? Upload on Campuswire and you'll most likely get a response within 30 min.
- If you feel like you generally understood something, go to Campuswire and try to see if you can answer other people's questions. This helped me realize what I need to study more.
- PRINT OUT ALL THE HANDOUTS AND MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THEM 100%. This class is all about understanding the general concepts and knowing how to apply them in different contexts. Try breaking down the diagram and even making potential questions & answering them. They WILL help you on the exams.

I got a low score n my first midterm and was very discouraged, but I improved on midterm 2 and the final exam and was able to end with an A. If I did it, you can definitely do it. Wish you all the best, YOU GOT THIS!

Professor Cooper taught the class alongside Dr.Khanken, he is one of the most disengaging professors I have ever taken. He often mumbles and trails off when he speaks, so it's hard to catch some information. He definitely is very knowledgeable about his content, but oftentimes he includes information that is useless and difficult to understand. This is an introductory course, yet I feel like I learn more content with the discussions and OH than I do the actual lecture. If you get him as a professor, it's best to learn the content on your own.

The class material itself was relatively straightforward, if a bit tedious. Unfortunately, Professor Cooper's lectures could either make concepts more or less clear. He tends to go very slowly, often contradicting himself within one sentence. On the plus side, he draws a lot of clarifying diagrams of the concepts he is explaining.

In Winter 2020, this class was co-taught by Dr. Esdin and Dr. Cooper. Dr. Cooper taught the middle half of the course (weeks 2-6), which covered most of the human body systems - nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, etc. I appreciated how Dr. Cooper drew out diagrams for us - it was very helpful for visualizing the parts of the different systems. He definitely knew the material well. However, it would have been better if Dr. Cooper explained the clicker questions better - sometimes it felt like he would show the answer and give little explanation of the answer. Overall, Dr. Cooper was an alright lecturer; you'll definitely need to study a decent amount on your own time to do well in the course.