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Barnard CollegeBarnard College's course descriptions average 67.0 on the 100-to-0 ruler: clearly left of center. Across all 100 schools, the average is 67.5, so Barnard College reads 0.6 points further right.
Subject places what a course studies, not the side it takes. A course on slavery or the Holocaust lands far right and a course on Marx or the Soviet Union lands far left, whether the course praises, criticizes or simply describes it.
Underlined: words the model quoted from the description when we asked it, after scoring, to explain its score.
Ethnic & African American Studies
Frantz Fanon's ideas have been influential for decades among theorists, practitioners, and activists alike. This seminar is focused on understanding Fanon's particular perspective on the psychology of the oppressed and its relevance for…
Ethnic & African American Studies
Prerequisites: NA The Russian Revolution of 1917 is widely acknowledged as a watershed moment in the global struggle for worker's rights, but it also played a considerable role in the fights against racism and colonialism (Lenin considered…
English & Comparative Literature
(Lecture). This course aims to introduce you to a selection of sixteenth- century English verse and prose, from major works such as More's Utopia, Spenser's Faerie Queene and Sidney 's Defense of Poesie, to more occasional but illuminating…
English & Comparative Literature
Explores the cultivation of national and transnational performances as a significant force of National Socialism, at the same time as challenging the notion of "Nazi Theatre" as monolithic formation. The core of the course inquires into the…
History
In 1942, the American sociologist Robert Merton described modern science as an intellectual enterprise that can produce truthful and factual knowledge only if inspired by democratic values. Yet such concept contrasted starkly with the…
History
Representations of the Peculiar Institution. 4 points. BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement: Historical Studies (HIS). Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 15. Preregistration required. The…
Political lean of course descriptions. Average Framing score (0 = far right, 50 = center, 100 = far left) of the scored courses in the group.
50 is the survey-anchored center of US adults on each issue (the "moderate" place of the ANES/GSS/PRRI seven-label ruler), not the cohort midpoint; scores above 50 read leftward, below 50 rightward.
Counted: courses with a Framing score (categories L/R/B/C). The likely range (95% interval) is 65.9 to 68.1; a comparison whose range overlaps this one is not a reliable difference.
| Department | Left-framed share | Courses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's & Gender Studies | 47.4% | 78 | view |
| Anthropology | 33.3% | 36 | view |
| Sociology | 32% | 75 | view |
| Ethnic & African American Studies | 24.5% | 49 | view |
| Religious Studies | 21.1% | 57 | view |
| History | 19.1% | 162 | view |
| Art & Art History | 16.7% | 72 | view |
| English & Comparative Literature | 12.6% | 151 | view |
| Political Science | 11.3% | 80 | view |
| Philosophy | 3.9% | 77 | view |
| Economics | 3.1% | 65 | view |
| Psychology | 1.9% | 106 | view |
Lean (mean Framing score) is not published per department within a school; only the left-framed share is. Department rows carry no interval.
| Name | Metric | Value | 95% interval | n | scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnard College | mean_bias_score | 67.0 | 65.9 – 68.1 | 1,008 | 175 |
| All 100 schools | mean_bias_score | 67.5 | 67.4 – 67.7 | 124,290 | 10,124 |