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Ohio State University-Columbus · History

0.3% of Ohio State University-Columbus's History course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' History departments, it is 8.3%.

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Ohio State University-Columbus: 0.3% History at all 100 schools: 8.3% each other school in the comparison

Where History courses fall

4%Far left92–100

29%Left75–91

21%Center-left59–74

21%Center42–58

0%Center-right26–41

13%Right9–25

13%Far right0–8

24 plotted courses (the ones with a political subject). 100 = far left, 50 = the average American, 0 = far right. Subject places what a course studies, not the side it takes.

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Framing Subject

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.

Furthest-left subjects

History 3282 · History of the Soviet Union100

History

History of the Soviet Union from the Russian Revolution of 1917 to the collapse of communism in 1991. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course

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History 3081 · Free Blacks in Antebellum America83

History

Explores the development of free Black communities in the era before the Civil War, focusing on emancipation, fugitive slaves, resistance movements and suffrage. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or GE foundation writing and info literacy…

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History 3083 · Civil Rights and Black Power Movements83

History

Examines the origins, evolution, and outcomes of the African American freedom struggle, focusing on the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx,…

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Furthest-right subjects

History 2475 · History of the Holocaust0

History

Study of the state-sponsored murder of millions of Jews and non-Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators during World War II. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor.…

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History 3213 · Slavery in the Ancient World5

History

Study of slavery as an institution and ideology of ancient Greece and Rome, including its importance in the ancient family, economy, and culture. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with…

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History 3213H · Slavery in the Ancient World8

History

Study of slavery as an institution and ideology of ancient Greece and Rome, including its importance in the ancient family, economy, and culture. Prereq or concur: Honors standing, and English 1110.xx; or permission of instructor. GE…

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Why this number, in plain words

Share of courses described from the left. Percent of all courses in the group whose Framing reading is leftward: the description frames its subject one-sidedly to the left.

Counted: all courses in the group, including N and I. No interval is published for this number.

Readings are of catalog description text, not of teaching, syllabi or individual professors.

Details: exact rows, definitions and method

Name	Metric	Value	95% interval	n	scored
Ohio State University-Columbus · History	bias_left_share	0.3	—	340	—
History	bias_left_share	8.3	7.9 – 8.7	17,232	—

Formula: 100 * count(bias_cat = 'L') / n
Interval: Wilson score 95% (wilson_interval)
Model / prompt / snapshot: gpt-5.6-sol · r12 (2026-10-16-le49-r12) · 6df50b10
Metric caveats: Right-framed courses are almost absent (33 of 124,290); this run cannot tell catalog reality from model sensitivity. Compare schools with adjusted_ratio, not this raw share, because department mix differs.

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