Formal Logic Classes

[OGirly]

I will have to start taking my formal logic classes after this summer semester, and I must say I'm a little nervous. I've put off these classes as long as possible, but now they are pre-reqs for classes I need for my major...no more avoiding them. Would any of you be able to recommend some good primers on logic that I could read or work through with a tutor prior to actually taking the classes? You all came through for me before when asking about general atheism books so I'm kind of hoping you all have the same enthusiasm for logic

[tor]

I learned everything about logic all on my own without any books or any information from the outside. I discovered it all in my head.
Passed all logic classes with highest grades without failing ever.

[OGirly]

I learned everything about logic all on my own without any books or any information from the outside. I discovered it all in my head.
Passed all logic classes with highest grades without failing ever.

I wish I could do that, but nope. I'm not as gifted, and I need to read

[tor]

Then just read what they give you.

[OGirly]

Then just read what they give you.

I usually like to get a head start on my classes. I try to work with a tutor for my classes a semester before I take them. That way I can just focus on learning the material in depth instead of learning it all fresh quickly. I can't get anything lower than a B because of Pre-Med requirements so I'm forced to have to really apply myself especially in my science and math courses. Logic counts as a mathematics course at my university so I MUST do well in it as a low grade in logic can hurt my chances of acceptance into medical school :\

[Clueless Morgan]

[Angrboda]

[SteelCurtain]

[MindForgedManacle]

You can't go wrong by learning what are and how to spot logical fallacies, particularly formal logical fallacies.
All in all, learning to spot circular arguments, non sequiturs and arguments from ignorance in particular are endlessly useful, even beyond the scope of a course on formal logic as I myself have experienced.