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Ohio State University-Columbus · English & Comparative Literature

1.3% of Ohio State University-Columbus's English & Comparative Literature course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' English & Comparative Literature departments, it is 6.3%.

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Ohio State University-Columbus: 1.3% English & Comparative Literature at all 100 schools: 6.3% each other school in the comparison

Where English & Comparative Literature courses fall

0%Far left92–100

33%Left75–91

67%Center-left59–74

0%Center42–58

0%Center-right26–41

0%Right9–25

0%Far right0–8

3 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

English 2282 · Introduction to Queer Studies78

English & Comparative Literature

Introduces and problematizes foundational concepts of the interdisciplinary field of queer studies, highlighting the intersections of sexuality with race, class, and nationality. Prereq: 1110.01. Not open to students with credit for WGSSt…

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English 2277 · Introduction to Disability Studies67

English & Comparative Literature

Foundational concepts and issues in disability studies; introduction to the sociopolitical models of disability. Prereq: 1110.01. GE cultures and ideas course. GE theme health and well-being course

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English 4592 · Special Topics in Women in Literature and Culture67

English & Comparative Literature

Using feminist perspectives, students will learn to analyze literature and other cultural works (film, television, digital media) written by or about women. Time period and topic vary. Prereq: 6 cr hrs of English at 2000-3000 level, or…

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Furthest-right subjects

None. Ohio State University-Columbus English & Comparative Literature has 3 courses with a left-of-center subject and not one with a right-of-center subject.

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
Ohio State University-Columbus · English & Comparative Literature	bias_left_share	1.3	—	76	—
English & Comparative Literature	bias_left_share	6.3	6.0 – 6.7	19,071	—

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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