this class was as good as it could have been. chem153a naturally includes a lot of content, so a lot of consistent studying is necessary to succeed in this class. lannan does a good job
of providing clear lecture slides, learning objectives, and homework assignments that thoroughly cover the material. the exams are straightforward and you can succeed with them if you put in the work. however, while the lecture slides are detailed, very often, dr. lannan will mention a concept that is not on the slides, and he will brush over it quickly without mentioning its importance. without writing down this information in that instant, there is no way to find it other than re-watching the lecture and really listening to it. unfortunately, oftentimes these small
tidbits are included in test questions. all this to say, i would take this class again with dr. lannan.

Lannan is a pretty good lecturer. His slides are clear and his tests definitely reflect his lectures/homework. We were the guinea pigs since it was his first quarter but now that he has material made, I'm sure the future classes will have a better experience. He definitely cares about students learning biochem. I will say the only negative thing about the course was the logistics and how late we were given material, classes were very rushed with little time for questions, TA's made mistakes on grading, etc. But Lannan definitely took our criticism and became a way better instructor throughout the quarter.

I think the negative reviews for Lannan are so unwarranted. I think every professor for this class would be harder than Lannan and way less generous. He was concerned with student learning and his slides were very good considering it was his first time teaching the class. The homework helped me personally and the quizzes were necessary to memorize the content. The class is just memorization so it’s not that hard as long as you put in the work. Overall good professor would take it with him again any day.

In terms of the class, I absolutely love the content of this class, difficulty wise its not too hard its just alot of detail. Lannan is a decent lecturer and all the information you need will be in the lectures, no outside sources required. His pacing is a bit odd, but you’ll get used to it. He manages to talk about everything and nothing at the same time so rewatching is definitely something you’ll be doing constantly. I genuinely learned so much from his class and genuinely understood the content. The thing is his exams are a bit odd. The rubric for what you gets points for is extremely strict as he is looking for very specific things that you might know but might not mention. Unfortunately, I think the only way to try get the grades you want for the class is to have his practice exams and finding old exams with the rubric attached as he does reuse his exams and questions. He is a very helpful and nice professor who is pretty reasonable with changing the class and adjusting based on student needs. I would say if you have access to past exams, definitely take the class with him as you will genuinely learn alot. This class is a rare type of class where the grade you get could often under-represent the amount of content you actually know.

A lot of people wrote mean reviews about Dr. Lannan, but I think a lot of people were unfairly judging him just because they did not do well. Honestly, biochem is known to be a class based upon memorization, so a lot of the people that were complaining weren't taking that into account. Although Dr. Lannan was a bit disorganized at first, his lectures got better and better throughout the quarter. Overall, I did feel like I learned a lot and that Dr. Lannan was a pretty good professor to take 153A with.

Lannan's interest in biochemistry shows and I actually did learn quite a bit from his class. However, there are many things in the course that need to be addressed.

Lannan needs to be much more concise in lecture. If he was more concise with his explanations, this would prevent him from constantly going overtime and would allow him to answer some student questions. He also mumbles a lot at the end of his sentences and makes an extreme amount of typos in his slides. I highly suggest he review his slides before publishing them. Furthermore, I’m in lecture 1 and many times he has told lecture 1 students that he explained concepts better in lecture 2, so to go watch the recording of lecture 2. He just needs to prepare his lectures in advance. I would also prefer him to post assignments and study guides with adequate time for students prepare. He also doesn't react well to the grading mistakes he and his TA's make. I was lucky enough to get my regrade requests in before he made the process more complicated. He also did give out extra credit. In the end, he curved the class, which was a relief. But there was a lot of unnecessary confusion and stress from the logistics of the course.

The tests were fair and the averages were decently high, but so many of us had to sell our souls to get there. I understand that it was Lannan's first time teaching this class so future classes probably won't have as many of the same issues with him providing resources late (if he provided them at all) and constantly contradicting himself. Do not take this class if you want a life and/or you are bad at memorizing. You have to know every single word he speaks in every single lecture (slides alone aren't enough to get an A unless you're reallyyyy good at bs-ing). I did well and actually liked the material, but I spent so many nights crying from stress and frustration and also had to miss some events I really wanted to go to. His ego and pettiness was also annoying

Although I enjoyed Biochem as a class this quarter, unfortunately, I didn’t have a great experience with Professor Lannan. He came off as pretty rude and dismissive at times. One of the most frustrating parts of the class was the way he handled Gradescope regrades: he would take off even more points if he disagreed with your regrade request. Small requests for a 0.5 point regrade were not allowed, and were penalized by a -0.51 deduction regardless of whether the regrade was correctly found or not, even when the error was on his part. It doesn’t make sense to penalize students for pointing out HIS grading mistakes. He also fell pretty behind this quarter; the last two weeks of content covered something like 15 lectures and it was pretty overwhelming.

A lot of these reviews on BruinWalk are on the opposite sides of the spectrum. But in my opinion, I thought he was a really good prof. In the beginning it was definitely rough but it was his first time teaching this course so I'd cut him some slack. He did a whole 180 around the midpoint of the quarter and his lectures became much more engaging and had a lot less mistakes than the beginning. Some issues is that the slides sometimes had mistakes and that we would go overtime really often. I was in lecture 2 so I think the complaints that lecture 1 had about him is definitely fair. Hope he gets to keep teaching this class in the future since he shown a lot of improvements in his teaching style!

STAY ON TOP OF LECTURES. Lannan really takes his time with lectures and explains concepts well, but it is very easy to fall behind. Everything in this class is very fair -- from the homework to the quizzes (which essentially test memorization). The only think you should look out for are midterms and finals as Lannan is VERY PICKY with wording. Definitely try to get some of his past exams if possible because he almost always reuses 90% of them. Overall, super nice guy and gives good lectures. Felt like I learned a lot from this class.