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University of Connecticut's course descriptions average 65.5 on the 100-to-0 ruler: clearly left of center. Across all 100 schools, the average is 67.5, so University of Connecticut reads 2.0 points further right.

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Liberal (100)center (50)Conservative (0)

University of Connecticut: 65.5 (likely range 64.2 to 66.8) All 100 schools: 67.5 each other school in the comparison

Where its courses fall

3%Far left92–100

31%Left75–91

39%Center-left59–74

19%Center42–58

<1%Center-right26–41

2%Right9–25

5%Far right0–8

247 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

POLS 3022W · Western Marxist Tradition100

Political Science

Exploration of the social and political theories of Marx and Engels, and of later interpretations and modifications of their ideas. Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 ; open to juniors or higher. Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency

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AFRA 3652 · Black Feminist Politics95

Ethnic & African American Studies

(Also offered as POLS 3652.) An introduction to major philosophical and theoretical debates at the core of black feminist thought, emphasizing the ways in which interlocking systems of oppression uphold and sustain each other.

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POLS 3652 · Black Feminist Politics93

Political Science

(Also offered as WGSS 3652 .) An introduction to major philosophical and theoretical debates at the core of black feminist thought, emphasizing the ways in which interlocking systems of oppression uphold and sustain each other. Enrollment…

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Furthest-right subjects

AAAS 3531 · Japanese Americans and World War II0

Ethnic & African American Studies

(Also offered as HIST 3531 .) The events leading to martial law and executive order 9066, the wartime experience of Japanese Americans, and national consequences. CA 1. CA 4. Topics of Inquiry: TOI3: Div, Equity, Soc Just, TOI5: Indiv Values Soc Inst

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AFRA 3208 · Making the Black Atlantic0

Ethnic & African American Studies

(Also offered as HIST 3208.) Recent scholarship on the central role played by African-descended communities in shaping the early history of the Americas and their interconnection beyond geopolitical boundaries; race, gender, sexuality,…

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AFRA 3569 · Slavery in Film0

Ethnic & African American Studies

(Also offered as HIST 3569 .) Depictions of chattel slavery in cinema and popular media over time. Topics include histories of slavery, race and identity, media studies, and cultural studies. Enrollment Requirements: Recommended…

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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 64.2 to 66.8; 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 Connecticut by department (share of courses described from the left)

Department	Left-framed share	Courses
Women's & Gender Studies	24.6%	65	view
Sociology	19.6%	97	view
Ethnic & African American Studies	9.2%	292	view
Philosophy	4.2%	48	view
Political Science	4%	125	view
History	3.4%	175	view
Anthropology	2.5%	81	view
English & Comparative Literature	1.7%	176	view
Economics	1.4%	73	view
Art & Art History	0%	134	view
Psychology	0%	60	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 Connecticut	mean_bias_score	65.5	64.2 – 66.8	1,326	81
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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