LOVE this class. Professor Cargile is awesome. Never been more proud to get a B in my life, but well worth the effort. Take this class.

Prof Cargile is a very interesting and knowledgeable lecturer. As others have already mentioned, the class is definitely a lot of work, but if you're willing to put in time at office hours, you'll get a lot out of it. Not an easy-A class, but it is worth taking if you're considering going into law.

Forms of Reasoning is a very tough course. There are elements of symbolic logic, but really this course is about critical reading. Most topics deal with translating plain English into formal logic, which can be very difficult, and Cargile is very picky about how that's done. The grades are based mainly on three take homes and the final, and each take home can take as much as 6 hours or more if you're having trouble. It's not always clear what the professor is going for with each question, and his lectures are not very helpful (also, at 9 in the morning they can be hard to stay awake through).

Professor Cargile is a great professor. He's hilarious, and he genuinely cares about his students. If you go to his office hours with a problem, he won't rest until he's convinced you get it. However, the class was NOT at all what I thought it would be, and I struggled through most of the semester. It's basically a logic course, with syllogisms, truth tables, dilemmas, etc. I found the class to be highly difficult, mainly because it's pretty fast-paced and if you fail to really grasp certain concepts early, it will come back to get you in the end. The take-home exams were also difficult, and often took me up to 12 hours to complete them. He does, however, gives you the chance to take the test over again if you do badly, which was a huge help. Bottom line, I give Cargile an A+ for being an awesome person, but be prepared for a very difficult class. No easy A's here.

Cargile is a fantastic teacher. The material is difficult but he holds office hours every day before class so there's no reason not to understand the material. Attendance is highly mandatory but you also can't really afford to miss anyway. Definitely a good pre-law course because it is good preparation for the LSAT.

This is not a class to take if you want a guaranteed A. He's pretty straight-forward about his grading being difficult and tells you so at the beginning of the semester. However, Cargile is one of the best teachers I've ever had. Take this class if you want to go to law school, or if you have any interest in the subject area. It's awesome. Also, NO homework at all.

This is a logic class (very If P, then Q; syllogisms; etc.) Attendance is strongly required. 3 open-book take-home tests that can take up to 8 hours to complete, but I felt surprisingly prepared for the closed-note final. I had my ups and downs with this class, but once you accept that Cargile's a pretty awesome guy and you're learning actually something pretty cool and useful, then I didn't care that and was actually satisfied that I ended up with a B in the class.

Favorite class I've taken.

take it credit/no credit. your gpa will thank you.

Tough, but fair. Take it if you are willing to work hard and think hard. Go to office hours