I definitely would recommend this class because it is very well structured if you are into flipped classroom style of learning. The material is very much a review of AP Biology. I took it with Dr.Maloy and Dr.B which was really cool because they would switch off lecturing and pick topics that they were passionate about. It is easy class if you are into Biology.

Professor Braybrook is very nice and helpful to her students. I took her class with Professor Maloy and they complimented each other very well. I definitely learned a lot from her lectures and I liked how she utilized clicker questions a lot. She may not be as good as explaining concepts as Professor Maloy, but I believe it was still worth it to attend her office hours. She is very knowledgable about certain topics, especially the ones she lectured on. The class itself was pretty difficult though. You definitely need to spend time studying and mastering concepts.

I think I can get that each of the activities is aimed to make us understand more about the course, but I really think the inverted structure falls short. The pre-class reading guides and learning pod assignments often covered things that are talked about next lecture and without the lecture information would be hard to do by ourselves.

Lecturers are good but I don't like the way this course is structured. Don't like the flipped classroom format because lectures feel too slow but all learning is done outside of the classroom.

The posting of the lecture slides and learning goals was the most helpful. The practice PALs were also great practice for the AOLs.

The professor that you pick for the LS7 series doesn’t matter in terms of difficulty, but they definitely matter in terms of engagement and how likely it is you’ll turn up to lecture. I found Professor Maloy and Professor Braybrook to be engaging, so I tried not to skip lectures (I also had a really good learning pod that I sat with, which definitely helped). The assignments were really easy for this class, but the exams were much more difficult. The first two AoLs were manageable, but the final was unreasonably difficult. The professors also didn’t really reply on Campuswire when students had concerns with the final. Honestly, the professors kind of gave off fake woke vibes with how much they emphasized student mental health but then ignored everybody for a week… but they were still okay I guess.