History
Uses waste as a lens to explore the ties between economic development, ecological disruption, resource extraction and racial, class and gender exploitation.
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University of Southern California · History
1.9% of University of Southern California'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
0%Far left92–100
20%Left75–91
24%Center-left59–74
32%Center42–58
0%Center-right26–41
4%Right9–25
20%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
Examines the roots and routes of 20th century Black nationalist and radical movements, paying close attention to place, gender, religion and culture.
History
Comparative historiographies of global capitalism from the late eighteenth century to the present. Topics include colonialism; racial capitalism; gendered labor migration and critical archival practice.
Furthest-right subjects
History
The origins and development of anti-Jewish persecution in Germany, resulting in the systematic mass murder of Europe’s Jews during World War II.
History
Examines the evolution of racial status law in the long 19th century, with special emphasis on the relationship between slavery, segregation, and citizenship.
History
Introduction to the literature of the Atlantic World with a focus on slavery and its role in the emergence of the modern era. Seminar enrollment limited to 15 students.
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 Southern California · History | bias_left_share | 1.9 | — | 207 | — |
| 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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