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Florida State University · Political Science

0% of Florida State University's Political Science course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' Political Science departments, it is 5.2%.

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0%35%

Florida State University: 0% Political Science at all 100 schools: 5.2% each other school in the comparison

Where Political Science courses fall

0%Far left92–100

50%Left75–91

25%Center-left59–74

0%Center42–58

0%Center-right26–41

25%Right9–25

0%Far right0–8

4 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.

Furthest-left subjects

CPO 3103 · Comparative Government and Politics: Western Europe83

Political Science

This course focuses on political be havior and institutions in Britain, Germany, France, and other European countries and transnational developments in Europe, such as the postindustrial society phenomenon, terrorism, Eurocommunism, and European federation.

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CPO 3541 · Politics of China83

Political Science

This course is an introduction to the politics of the People's Republic of China, its political history and contemporary organization. Covers such topics as Chinese communism, the Cultural Revolution, the post-Mao era, the two Chinas, and…

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POS 3258 · Understanding Politics Through Film67

Political Science

This course explores how issues about politics and society, both historical and current, are expressed through the medium of film. The course focuses on some of the ideas about politics that have found their expression through cinema. These…

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Furthest-right subjects

CPO 5429 · Political Islam: Ideology or Religion25

Political Science

This course focuses on seeking to understand the emergence, evolution and possible futures of what is com monly called political Islam. Students examine the crucial interplay between local and global forces shaping Muslim politics as a lived reality in today's world.

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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
Florida State University · Political Science	bias_left_share	0	—	72	—
Political Science	bias_left_share	5.2	4.8 – 5.6	12,053	—

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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