Nice dude and good lecturer, but started out really slow (for half the class we were always at least 2 weeks behind the syllabus) which made him speed up A LOT in the last 2 weeks of the quarter which made it overwhelming. As other reviews say his grading is really harsh because he looks for super specific words/phrases in your answers. But overall this class was a lot easier than I expected, if you made it through 14D you'll def be fine for this one.

Grading breakdown:
Midterm 1 20%
Midterm 2 20%
Quizzes 10% (lowest score dropped; all just memorization, but that helps you a lot with the content/tests)
Participation 5% (lecture iClickers and discussion attendance; you can miss like 6 lectures and 1-2 discussions)
Homework 15% (lowest score dropped; almost all on completion, with 1-2 questions per homework grade on accuracy)
Final 30%
+ some extra credit form LA/prof evaluations and a creative group project at the end of the quarter

Worst professor ever.

Please take the class with him, not only is he extremely knowledgeable and smart but he is also easy on on the eyes. On top of that he is really good at teaching and people only have praises to say about him. Don’t get me wrong, this class is one of the hardest classes at ucla regardless of who you take it with just because biochem is a hard subject. In order to do well, you would need to be willing to put a lot of effort into this class. Make sure you are taking this class with 2 other easy classes. Also this class is 4/5 days of week so make sure you do whatever you have to in order to not fall behind!!! Exams are fair as long as YOU are putting in the work and actually tying on the homework/practice exams.