History
This is an historical simulations class that replays the impact of the Cuban Revolution on a global scale during the 1960s. The first part of the course is dedicated to researching individual roles and reading about the geopolitics of the…
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Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University's course descriptions average 64.4 on the 100-to-0 ruler: clearly left of center. Across all 100 schools, the average is 67.5, so Stony Brook University reads 3.1 points further right.
Liberal (100)center (50)Conservative (0)
Where its courses fall
2%Far left92–100
37%Left75–91
33%Center-left59–74
15%Center42–58
0%Center-right26–41
8%Right9–25
5%Far right0–8
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
Culture, and Power Explores the history of revolutionary nation-building efforts in 20th century China, examining social, cultural, economic and political developments during the "Republican" and "Maoist" periods. Focuses on key terms and…
Ethnic & African American Studies
A study of the Black Power Movement's promotions of racial pride, self-determination, unity, and revolution in American society and abroad from 1955-1975. Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing
Furthest-right subjects
Ethnic & African American Studies
The historical experience of blacks in slavery from a social and historical perspective with emphasis on the American South and with comparative references to slave systems as they developed in the western hemisphere. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior Standing
History
Holocaust The rise of modern anti-Semitism since the late 18th century and its political application in Nazi Germany. Topics include the destruction process, ghetto life, resistance, foreign response, and the war crimes trials. This course is offered as both HIS 241 and JDS 241.
History
Political, economic, social, and cultural characteristics of the American colonies from their founding until their separation from Great Britain. Particular attention is devoted to the interaction of cultures and peoples in the making of…
Why this number, in plain words
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 62.7 to 66.1; a comparison whose range overlaps this one is not a reliable difference.
- Most course descriptions carry no political lean at all and are not in this average; the "share described from the left" view counts them.
- Readings are of catalog description text, not of teaching, syllabi or individual professors.
Stony Brook University by department (share of courses described from the left)
| Department | Left-framed share | Courses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's & Gender Studies | 14.3% | 35 | view |
| Ethnic & African American Studies | 9.8% | 143 | view |
| History | 8.6% | 116 | view |
| Anthropology | 2% | 50 | view |
| Political Science | 1.8% | 57 | view |
| English & Comparative Literature | 1.5% | 131 | view |
| Philosophy | 1.4% | 74 | view |
| Art & Art History | 1.0% | 105 | view |
| Economics | 0% | 32 | view |
| Psychology | 0% | 47 | view |
| Religious Studies | 0% | 9 | view |
| Sociology | 0% | 46 | view |
Lean (mean Framing score) is not published per department within a school; only the left-framed share is. Department rows carry no interval.
Details: exact rows, definitions and method
| Name | Metric | Value | 95% interval | n | scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Brook University | mean_bias_score | 64.4 | 62.7 – 66.1 | 845 | 35 |
| All 100 schools | mean_bias_score | 67.5 | 67.4 – 67.7 | 124,290 | 10,124 |
- Formula
- SUM(bias_score) / COUNT(bias_score)
- Interval
- normal approximation: mean +/- 1.96 * sd / sqrt(n), sample sd (n-1); undefined when n < 2
- Model / prompt / snapshot
- gpt-5.6-sol · r12 (2026-10-16-le49-r12) · 6df50b10
- Metric caveats
- Scored courses only (L/R/B/C); N and I carry no score and are excluded, so n here is smaller than the group's course count. Scores are model readings of catalog description text against a fixed anchored definition, not teaching or syllabi. The interval covers sampling noise in the mean only; it does not represent model reading error. Every value carries a `method` label: exact_rows or histogram_midpoint.
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