Professor Levy is almost like your sweet grandpa. His jokes are rather cheesy but it's cute to see his effort to make the class laugh, and the class DOES laugh not because the jokes are funny but because of it's cheesiness. His lectures are fast paced so if you miss a lecture it's difficult to grasp and understand the material covered in lecture. He does post up his slideshow presentation on the course site but going to the lecture is MUCH easier on your mind than trying to understand the slideshows by yourself. The class is about logic so everything is logical. It's almost like math and I HATE math but I love the class. It really helped me to think much more logically and I got a 94% on the first midterm. I haven't finished the class yet but it's a very useful class. The midterm is taken not on paper but on the computer. So the whole class is divided into 3 waves and each wave has different times during the day where they get a computer lab either in Powell clicc or the CDH lab near Lu Valle. It's a good class to take if you are thinking about going to law school. There is no reading for the class, you don't have to buy any books for this class. EVERYTHING is online. There is something called the Terry Text which is the "book" for the class that explains the material. But if you go to lecture, you don't have to read the Terry Text. I only read the Terry Text if I needed something clarified during homework. Also if you have a hard time with homework and can't figure a problem out, you can go to one of many tutoring sessions where there are tutors who help you with the homework so you ALWAYS get 100% on your homework.

Levy is an excellent professor! He is very helpful and quite humorous. The class is designed in a way such that you will either understand everything or nothing at all. There are so many different ways that he provides access to tutors, TAs, etc. Midterms and final are open note and open book. Overall, interesting class. Not much more I could ask for.

I am writing this review before taking the final and without knowing my final grade.
Breakdown:
20% homework online on the logic program (Easy to get 100% on all hw if you go to tutors)
20% Midterm 1 (I got a 94%)
20% Midterm 2 (I got a 96%)
40% Final

Overall, this is one of my favorite classes I have ever taken at UCLA. Some people hate it, I love it. There is an online textbook but I only read it the first week of class and never read it again, and still managed to get As on the midterms. The professor teaches you everything you need to know in class, and although it's an 8am, his goofy personality makes me stay awake. You have to do the homework and practice to understand the material. 10/10 would recommend this class. I say that if you don't like the material by Week 2, you should probably drop this class as it only gets more in depth. This is not your regular read/write essays type of Philosophy class! LOVE IT

The person below gave a very unfair review of Prof. Levy. Saying that a professor should be grateful that people are attending 8 a.m lectures should say enough about whether the person below is a "good student" or not. The "pop quiz" that this person refers to wasn't even graded or taken in at all and he has only done this once thus far unlike what the reviewer below me is implying. It was purely to get students to think about certain questions. Steve is a really helpful and kind professor and if you spend enough time working with problems on Logic 2010, this class should be a breeze.

Levy is a merciless pedant, who never let up on his holier than thou logician B.S. even during a Wed./Fri. 8:00 AM class.
Don't take him, as he gives pop-quizes at the start of his 8:00 AM classes, even though he KNOWS that his students have other classes/obligations, and he should just be respectful of the fact that students attend at all.
I hate this man personally, for damaging my GPA (which was over 3.7 before I was subjected to his merciless, relentlessly boring Bullshit). I am NOT a bad student, this man is just a cruelly boring bastard, and a horrible Prof. that no one should ever take.
Any other class, any other instructor besides this guy!!!!!!!!!!!

Professor Levy is funny on lectures and on emails about midterms and finals! The content of this class, midterms and final are easy and it's like you're playing games for both homework and exams.

Almost everyone get full scores on homework.

I got 94, 98 and 200 for exams.

8 a.m. class. That alone should have scared me away from this class, but I thought I could handle it. I was wrong. This class sucked, for me. It's nothing what I expected it to be. I love philosophy, but this is not you're conventional philosophy. You just taking a crazy sentence and trying to make it into a symbol. Doesn't make sense, I know. Here is an example. If it is not the case that If Richard won't Terry will, Kit won't. This magically means, (~(~R->T)->~X). SEE! Stupid! It turns out to be basically math. I will say that I was a bad student though, and fell behind. I missed a few lectures, and that screwed me. Since it is a lot like math, you can't afford to fall behind, and I fell behind. As a final warning, do not think I am stupid! I got a 4.0 last quarter, but if you suck at math, and are not a morning person, do not take this class.
I just realized I evaluated the class, and not the professor, Levy is real cool. Funny too. But I had to drop the class, so this is sort of a conflicting statement.

GREAT CLASS. Professor Levy is such a cool old man and he's passionate about philosophy. This class isn't what I expected it to be. I had no background in Philosophy but did well. It requires a Free Software and the homework and tests are done on a a computer. Practice is extremely important to do well on the tests. He has like 8 tutors that are always available so its nearly impossible to do bad on the homework assignments that are due before every class. The homework isn't that bad and you go over similar problems in class. Midterms and Finals are open book and open note so a quick tip would be to print out similar problems (especially those on the practice tests) and use those as a guide for the actual tests. With this, you should be good to go. Not an easy A, but definitely a possible one.

This is a must-take class. Really cool and sweet professor. His jokes are hit-or-miss, but because of his quirkiness, they always get a laugh. Has multiple tutoring sessions to help with the HW which is due before every class. Going to class is key because you can get left behind really fast if you aren't keeping up with the material. Aside from that, as long as you stay on top of it, it's an easy A.

Conceptually, this class is very easy. The "symbolic logic" language can be a little intimidating but overall I thought this class was a very easy A. The workload is light, attendance at both section and lecture is not mandatory, and the slides are always posted online after class (though once you get past week 6 or so, he starts writing on the board so the slides won't show you that). Homework is done and submitted online, and sometimes is tough but not impossible. (Usually took me 2 hours a week). Professor Levy is also very enthusiastic about logic and is eager to help in office hours and takes time to make his ideas clear in lecture. Would definitely recommend this class and professor.