Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.37 GPA, 69.4% A/AB (n=62 letter grades).
Fall 2026
Elementary Logic
ELEMENTARY LOGIC covers the formal characteristics of logical truth and inference.
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Historical reviews of Bruno Whittle, Peter Vranas: Workload varies by instructor. Peter Vranas’s problem sets and exams were reported as extremely difficult and time-consuming relative to lecture content. Bruno Whittle’s homework is generally considered reasonable, with practice sets mirroring exams, though some students found the material information-heavy or abstract in later sections.
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Prerequisites
Course mapSophomore standing and satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A
- Sophomore standing
- satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A
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- Sophomore standing
- satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A
Professors
Fall 2026Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.18 GPA, 57.4% A/AB (n=61 letter grades).
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Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Peter Vranas taught this course historically. Reviews describe him as concise and explicit, though one student found the material easy while problem sets and exams were difficult and poorly graded.
ALEXANDER MEEHAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
BRUNO WHITTLE is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
PETER VRANAS is recorded teaching in Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
SAM ROBERTS is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Fall 2026Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 68 / 69 | 1 |
| DIS 301 | Classroom Instruction | 22 / 23 | 0 |
| DIS 303 | Classroom Instruction | 23 / 23 | 1 |
| DIS 302 | Classroom Instruction | 23 / 23 | 0 |
| LEC 002 | Classroom Instruction | 69 / 69 | 0 |
| DIS 321 | Classroom Instruction | 23 / 23 | 0 |
| DIS 322 | Classroom Instruction | 23 / 23 | 0 |
| DIS 323 | Classroom Instruction | 23 / 23 | 0 |
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews of Bruno Whittle: Reviewers describe Bruno Whittle as a clear and fair instructor who makes course content intuitive. Students note that while the subject matter can be boring, the class is easy and the workload is manageable, with exams being straightforward if concepts are understood.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.12 GPA, 50.3% A/AB (n=165 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.39 GPA, 69.9% A/AB (n=163 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.27 GPA, 62.3% A/AB (n=122 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Bruno Whittle, Peter Vranas: Workload varies by instructor. Peter Vranas’s problem sets and exams were reported as extremely difficult and time-consuming relative to lecture content. Bruno Whittle’s homework is generally considered reasonable, with practice sets mirroring exams, though some students found the material information-heavy or abstract in later sections.
Historical reviews of Bruno Whittle, Peter Vranas: Students value Whittle’s thorough explanations and willingness to help, though his chalkboard teaching style and lack of Canvas materials require active attendance and self-study. Vranas was noted for being concise and explicit, while Whittle’s lectures were sometimes criticized as repetitive or boring.
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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.
The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.
8 earlier forecasts · 0.08 GPA average error.
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1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.
Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.
Sources & history
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Elementary Logic
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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