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University of California-Riverside

University of California-Riverside's course descriptions average 66.5 on the 100-to-0 ruler: clearly left of center. Across all 100 schools, the average is 67.5, so University of California-Riverside reads 1.0 points further right.

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University of California-Riverside: 66.5 (likely range 65.1 to 68.0) All 100 schools: 67.5 each other school in the comparison

Where its courses fall

4%Far left92–100

44%Left75–91

38%Center-left59–74

7%Center42–58

1%Center-right26–41

3%Right9–25

3%Far right0–8

303 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

ETST 106 · Theory in Asian American Studies100

Ethnic & African American Studies

, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ETST 001 or ETST 001H or ETST 002 or ETST 002H or ETST 003 or ETST 004 or HIST 004 or ETST 005 or ETST 005H or ETST 007 or ETST 007H or ETST 008 or ETST 011 or ETST 012 or RLST 012 or ETST…

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ETST 222 · Intersectionalities100

Ethnic & African American Studies

, 3 hours; written work, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. Examines theory of intersectionality in transnational framework and historical perspective. Addresses problematics of social identity…

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ETST 231 · Racial Capitalism and the Black Radical Tradition100

Ethnic & African American Studies

, 3 hours; term paper, 2 hours; extra reading, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing; or consent of instructor. Examines race as a structural mechanism and ideological terrain that manifests inequalities foundational to capitalism.…

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Furthest-right subjects

CPLT 070 · Introduction to African Literature0

English & Comparative Literature

, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): none. An introduction to African literature in English. Traces the history of African literary traditions from its oral beginnings to the early 2000s. Themes include colonialism across the…

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CPLT 115 · Modern German History Through Film0

English & Comparative Literature

, 3 hours; screening, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Explores twentieth- century German history through film. Includes World Wars I and II, inflation and polarization of classes, Nazi Germany,…

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CPLT 176 · The Holocaust in Literature, Film and Culture0

English & Comparative Literature

, 3 hours; screening, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior. Examines the Shoah, the Hebrew term for the World War II genocide also known as The Holocaust. Reviews texts in multiple genres and…

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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 65.1 to 68.0; 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.

University of California-Riverside by department (share of courses described from the left)

Department	Left-framed share	Courses
Women's & Gender Studies	37.6%	93	view
Ethnic & African American Studies	26.2%	126	view
Sociology	11.3%	124	view
Anthropology	8.6%	139	view
Religious Studies	5.5%	109	view
English & Comparative Literature	4%	225	view
History	3.3%	184	view
Economics	1.7%	115	view
Philosophy	1.4%	74	view
Art & Art History	0%	59	view
Political Science	0%	121	view
Psychology	0%	107	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
University of California-Riverside	mean_bias_score	66.5	65.1 – 68.0	1,476	118
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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