Study Shows Benefits of CLA30 For Students Majoring in Biological Sciences
The paper, "Teaching Greek and Latin morphemes: a Classics course correlates with improved biology and anatomy student outcomes" published in Journal of Biological Sciences, shows the concrete benefits of enrolling in a language roots class like CLA 30 for students majoring in biological sciences. The paper's authors, which include retired UC Davis Classic's faculty John Rundin and Emily Albu, found that "All else being equal, completing CLA30 is correlated with, on average, a statistically significant increase in grade points in each of the Introductory Biology courses"