Steven Levy
Department of Philosophy
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4.1
Overall Rating
Based on 106 Users
Easiness 3.2 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 4.1 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.4 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 4.2 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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  • Uses Slides
  • Engaging Lectures
  • Often Funny
  • Would Take Again
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Quarter: Winter 2018
Grade: A
June 29, 2019

Hands down, best class I've ever taken at UCLA. I loved this class, so I'm biased, but I'll try to give you the most helpful review.
PROS:
- Levy's lectures are very clear and helpful
- Abundant tutors and tutoring sessions, lots of good opportunities to get help
- All the assignments, tests, practice is done on Logic 2010 Software, so class is super organized and well -structured, you always know what to expect.
- Gives practice exams that almost follow exam structure exactly
- Levy is a cute grandpa who genuinely loves teaching
CONS:
- Workload is kind of heavy, HW assignments due twice a week, each can take up to 3-4 hours.
- Symbolic Logic doesn't come easy to some, you might struggle more than others, or be bored
Advice:
- Go to all the lectures, do all the HW, and make sure you understand what you're doing
- In the week leading up to the exam, do all the practice questions in the Logic 2010 Software, might seem like overkill, but it's super doable, and you'll be so much better prepared for the exams
If you absolutely despise math, maybe skip out on this class, symbolic logic is like a spin off of math, and you might not enjoy it.

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Quarter: Spring 2023
Grade: A
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June 17, 2023

My very first bruinwalk comment contributes to this class. This class is not a GE and I took it as a psychology prerequisite, but I would say this is really a surprising one for me. Overall, not extremely hard class ‘cause you don’t have to use every minute to review or do assignment, but enough exercise is still important so as to be familiarize with problems. The class is divided into 4 parts: symbolization, truth tables, derivations and invalidity. Symbolization and derivations are more difficult than other two, but you can check derivations during exam, so symbolization is definitely the most uncontrollable one. Truth table is the easiest, so never lose any points on that. Invalidity only occupies 2 classes in week 9 and 10, so remember to do enough exercise—they do not give any partial credits if you don’t do invalidities correctly, and 20 points will be off. For symbolization and derivation, only two words is enough—more exercise!

The class has extremely low fault tolerance rate regarding grading.
Daily assignments—20%
Midterm 1 and 2–20% for each
Final—40%

Remember, they calculate grades based on letter grades of each part instead of raw score! The cutoff for letter grades is based on distribution of class, which is a rough bell curve and is a little bit different for each quarter. However, the cutoffs for letter grades above B are really close and are really approximate to normal grading scale(97% for A+, 93% for A, etc), meaning that getting half a problem wrong can take you from A to B+ and give much more pressure to following exams (which is my real experience). Thus, treat the first exam seriously because that must be the easiest one. BTW, there are 15 problems for both midterms and count to a total of 100, while final has 17 problems with total scores of 200, and that’s another reason of law fault tolerance—every problem is extremely important. My grading is 89(B+), 96(A), 200(A+) with a final grading A. As long as you pay enough effort, you will be OK with exams, because professor does not give weird problems, and some problems are really similar with practice exams and all exams are completely open book with no limitation of paper sizes.

The class is really really interesting, especially for derivations. Doing problems is like solving puzzles or Sudoku, and I never get bored with assignments. The LAs of this class are the best and most helpful that I ever met, everyone of them is super knowledgeable in logic and are intelligent in teaching. They have around 8 OHs in total over a week, so the support you can get is more than enough.

Overall, if the grading scale is more lenient, I will give 100/100 to the class. Now it can get 85/100, and that’s still great. If you’re interesting in logic and being good at STEM, this class will never fails your expectation. Otherwise, the grading scale is something you really need to consider before enrolling.

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Quarter: Fall 2022
Grade: A
Dec. 10, 2022

This was a very difficult class, but Professor Levy made it worthwhile. His lectures were always engaging, fun, and informative. If you want an A in this class, you must go to office hours and show up for lecture. He does not record his lectures.

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Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A
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Dec. 24, 2020

Lot of disgruntled people talking about how hard the class is. Logic isn't for everybody, but Steve Levy is. He's experienced, helpful, accommodating, and he wholeheartedly believes in your ability to grasp the concepts and will help you get there.

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Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: B+
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July 20, 2022

I ended up graduating UCLA summa cum lade this year in a stem field. Upon reflection, this is the absolute hardest class I took at UCLA. The pacing was god awful, it goes far too in-depth to be a GE, the expectation that you attend instruction on weekends was absurd. Many people dropped and took it P/NP.

I'm currently in the process of wrapping up my LSAT studies and this class (and formal logic in general) contributes absolutely nothing to one's understanding of that test. Again, there is NO SECTION of the LSAT that requires you to understand formal logic. Derivations and logical phrasing are not useful in any way, shape or form for legal thinking or the LSAT. This class is good for one thing only: pursuing a logic concentration in philosophy at UCLA. It should not be advertised as a class that prepares someone for Law School or the LSAT.

I'd discourage almost anyone from taking this class.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A
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Jan. 14, 2022

This class is hilariously easy if you understand logic. The prof is slow and old but you don't need to watch all the lectures to do well.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: N/A
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Oct. 6, 2021

this course is pretty much discrete math at a very basic level but from a linguistic/rhetorical perspective so take it if you like that and don't take it if you don't. concepts felt pretty straightforward. homework is due through a dated-looking application called "logic" but the problems are very targeted (not too repetitive except at beginning) and helpful so it's clear that prof has taught this course a fair amount of times
s levy is a very kind, affable, and humorous person and you can tell he wants to help everyone do well despite the large amount of students in class (over 300). trust him and pls laugh at his frequent jokes

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Quarter: Spring 2020
Grade: A+
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June 22, 2020

The two other reviewers for this quarter are pathetic. If you are serious about academics, then regardless of protests or pandemic, you would have been enthusiastic about this time-tested class.

Indeed, there were some mishaps with the exams, but overall, I would 100% recommend this course to anyone interested in logic, philosophy, or law school.

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Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: I
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
March 11, 2024

I love professor Levy, don't get me wrong. But this class is quite hard. The material itself is hard to understand but even when you get the hand of it, or so you think it is confusing. My recommendation is go to the office hours!! Overall, I love him as a person, but do not take this class as a GE.

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Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: A
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
Dec. 18, 2023

Levy is an excellent professor and if you care to do well in this class it is perfectly doable. The most important thing is attending lecture as he gives example problems within the Logic 2010 software during lecture which makes the problem sets very doable. If you are ever having difficulty with problems, Levy also has plenty of office hours with himself, the TA, or the various tutors for the course. Overall I would definitely take this course again and recommend it if you need the requirement.

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Quarter: Winter 2018
Grade: A
June 29, 2019

Hands down, best class I've ever taken at UCLA. I loved this class, so I'm biased, but I'll try to give you the most helpful review.
PROS:
- Levy's lectures are very clear and helpful
- Abundant tutors and tutoring sessions, lots of good opportunities to get help
- All the assignments, tests, practice is done on Logic 2010 Software, so class is super organized and well -structured, you always know what to expect.
- Gives practice exams that almost follow exam structure exactly
- Levy is a cute grandpa who genuinely loves teaching
CONS:
- Workload is kind of heavy, HW assignments due twice a week, each can take up to 3-4 hours.
- Symbolic Logic doesn't come easy to some, you might struggle more than others, or be bored
Advice:
- Go to all the lectures, do all the HW, and make sure you understand what you're doing
- In the week leading up to the exam, do all the practice questions in the Logic 2010 Software, might seem like overkill, but it's super doable, and you'll be so much better prepared for the exams
If you absolutely despise math, maybe skip out on this class, symbolic logic is like a spin off of math, and you might not enjoy it.

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Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
Quarter: Spring 2023
Grade: A
June 17, 2023

My very first bruinwalk comment contributes to this class. This class is not a GE and I took it as a psychology prerequisite, but I would say this is really a surprising one for me. Overall, not extremely hard class ‘cause you don’t have to use every minute to review or do assignment, but enough exercise is still important so as to be familiarize with problems. The class is divided into 4 parts: symbolization, truth tables, derivations and invalidity. Symbolization and derivations are more difficult than other two, but you can check derivations during exam, so symbolization is definitely the most uncontrollable one. Truth table is the easiest, so never lose any points on that. Invalidity only occupies 2 classes in week 9 and 10, so remember to do enough exercise—they do not give any partial credits if you don’t do invalidities correctly, and 20 points will be off. For symbolization and derivation, only two words is enough—more exercise!

The class has extremely low fault tolerance rate regarding grading.
Daily assignments—20%
Midterm 1 and 2–20% for each
Final—40%

Remember, they calculate grades based on letter grades of each part instead of raw score! The cutoff for letter grades is based on distribution of class, which is a rough bell curve and is a little bit different for each quarter. However, the cutoffs for letter grades above B are really close and are really approximate to normal grading scale(97% for A+, 93% for A, etc), meaning that getting half a problem wrong can take you from A to B+ and give much more pressure to following exams (which is my real experience). Thus, treat the first exam seriously because that must be the easiest one. BTW, there are 15 problems for both midterms and count to a total of 100, while final has 17 problems with total scores of 200, and that’s another reason of law fault tolerance—every problem is extremely important. My grading is 89(B+), 96(A), 200(A+) with a final grading A. As long as you pay enough effort, you will be OK with exams, because professor does not give weird problems, and some problems are really similar with practice exams and all exams are completely open book with no limitation of paper sizes.

The class is really really interesting, especially for derivations. Doing problems is like solving puzzles or Sudoku, and I never get bored with assignments. The LAs of this class are the best and most helpful that I ever met, everyone of them is super knowledgeable in logic and are intelligent in teaching. They have around 8 OHs in total over a week, so the support you can get is more than enough.

Overall, if the grading scale is more lenient, I will give 100/100 to the class. Now it can get 85/100, and that’s still great. If you’re interesting in logic and being good at STEM, this class will never fails your expectation. Otherwise, the grading scale is something you really need to consider before enrolling.

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Quarter: Fall 2022
Grade: A
Dec. 10, 2022

This was a very difficult class, but Professor Levy made it worthwhile. His lectures were always engaging, fun, and informative. If you want an A in this class, you must go to office hours and show up for lecture. He does not record his lectures.

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Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A
Dec. 24, 2020

Lot of disgruntled people talking about how hard the class is. Logic isn't for everybody, but Steve Levy is. He's experienced, helpful, accommodating, and he wholeheartedly believes in your ability to grasp the concepts and will help you get there.

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Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: B+
July 20, 2022

I ended up graduating UCLA summa cum lade this year in a stem field. Upon reflection, this is the absolute hardest class I took at UCLA. The pacing was god awful, it goes far too in-depth to be a GE, the expectation that you attend instruction on weekends was absurd. Many people dropped and took it P/NP.

I'm currently in the process of wrapping up my LSAT studies and this class (and formal logic in general) contributes absolutely nothing to one's understanding of that test. Again, there is NO SECTION of the LSAT that requires you to understand formal logic. Derivations and logical phrasing are not useful in any way, shape or form for legal thinking or the LSAT. This class is good for one thing only: pursuing a logic concentration in philosophy at UCLA. It should not be advertised as a class that prepares someone for Law School or the LSAT.

I'd discourage almost anyone from taking this class.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A
Jan. 14, 2022

This class is hilariously easy if you understand logic. The prof is slow and old but you don't need to watch all the lectures to do well.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: N/A
Oct. 6, 2021

this course is pretty much discrete math at a very basic level but from a linguistic/rhetorical perspective so take it if you like that and don't take it if you don't. concepts felt pretty straightforward. homework is due through a dated-looking application called "logic" but the problems are very targeted (not too repetitive except at beginning) and helpful so it's clear that prof has taught this course a fair amount of times
s levy is a very kind, affable, and humorous person and you can tell he wants to help everyone do well despite the large amount of students in class (over 300). trust him and pls laugh at his frequent jokes

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Quarter: Spring 2020
Grade: A+
June 22, 2020

The two other reviewers for this quarter are pathetic. If you are serious about academics, then regardless of protests or pandemic, you would have been enthusiastic about this time-tested class.

Indeed, there were some mishaps with the exams, but overall, I would 100% recommend this course to anyone interested in logic, philosophy, or law school.

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Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: I
March 11, 2024

I love professor Levy, don't get me wrong. But this class is quite hard. The material itself is hard to understand but even when you get the hand of it, or so you think it is confusing. My recommendation is go to the office hours!! Overall, I love him as a person, but do not take this class as a GE.

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Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: A
Dec. 18, 2023

Levy is an excellent professor and if you care to do well in this class it is perfectly doable. The most important thing is attending lecture as he gives example problems within the Logic 2010 software during lecture which makes the problem sets very doable. If you are ever having difficulty with problems, Levy also has plenty of office hours with himself, the TA, or the various tutors for the course. Overall I would definitely take this course again and recommend it if you need the requirement.

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4.1
Overall Rating
Based on 106 Users
Easiness 3.2 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 4.1 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.4 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 4.2 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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