History
The revolutionary era in Russia. Exploration of the historical background of the Russian Revolution, the social and political tensions leading to revolutionary upheaval, and the roles of major leaders and ordinary citizens.Class Schedule…
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University of Illinois-Chicago · History
2.0% of University of Illinois-Chicago's History course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' History departments, it is 8.3%.
0%35%
Where History courses fall
6%Far left92–100
38%Left75–91
25%Center-left59–74
19%Center42–58
0%Center-right26–41
0%Right9–25
13%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
Social, political, cultural, and economic changes in Europe including: WWI, Great Depression, rise of totalitarian states, WWII, the Cold War, rise and fall of communist states, and the European Union. Course Information: Prerequisite(s):…
History
An introduction to feminist theory and practice throughout the world from the 19th century to the present. Course Information: Same as GWS 292. Recommended background: GWS 101 or GWS 102.
Furthest-right subjects
History
Examines the Holocaust of European Jewry as the result of antisemitic ideology and the development of modern German political forces; implementation of the Final Solution. Course Information: Same as JST 117 and RELS 117. Individual and Society course, and Past course.
History
Thematic social, cultural and economic history tracing rise and fall of Atlantic slave trade from African supply systems to New world consumption 1550-1880 with focus on slave experiences. Course Information: Same as BLST 221.…
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Illinois-Chicago · History | bias_left_share | 2.0 | — | 101 | — |
| History | bias_left_share | 8.3 | 7.9 – 8.7 | 17,232 | — |
- 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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