Religious Studies
Focuses on the various Islams (Sunni, Shia, and Sufi) and groups of interest (Hezbolah, al-Qaeda, Taliban, etc.) and how they influence areas of interest (e.g., Middle East).
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Brigham Young University · Religious Studies
0% of Brigham Young University's Religious Studies course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' Religious Studies departments, it is 4.6%.
0%25%
Where Religious Studies courses fall
0%Far left92–100
0%Left75–91
0%Center-left59–74
0%Center42–58
67%Center-right26–41
33%Right9–25
0%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.
Furthest-left subjects
No courses at Brigham Young University Religious Studies study a left-of-center subject.
Furthest-right subjects
Religious Studies
Devoted to teachings on the Plan of Redemption and the central role of the family in that plan. The doctrine of the family is explored as it is taught throughout the standard works and in "The Family: A Proclamation to the World," as well…
Religious Studies
Devoted to teaching the Plan of Redemption and the central role of the family in that plan. The doctrine of the family is explored as it is taught in the Standard Works, "The Family: A Proclamation to the World," teachings from modern…
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham Young University · Religious Studies | bias_left_share | 0 | — | 72 | — |
| Religious Studies | bias_left_share | 4.6 | 4.1 – 5.1 | 7,282 | — |
- 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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