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Pennsylvania State University-University Park · Art & Art History

3.5% of Pennsylvania State University-University Park's Art & Art History course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' Art & Art History departments, it is 3.8%.

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Pennsylvania State University-University Park: 3.5% Art & Art History at all 100 schools: 3.8% each other school in the comparison

Where Art & Art History courses fall

0%Far left92–100

13%Left75–91

75%Center-left59–74

0%Center42–58

0%Center-right26–41

13%Right9–25

0%Far right0–8

8 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

ARTH 460 · Art and Empire: Aztec, Inca and Spanish75

Art & Art History

This course is a comparative study of the artistic production used in Aztec, Inca and Spanish empires. ART H 460 Art and Empire: Aztec, Inca and Spanish (3) (IL)(BA) This course meets the Bachelor of Arts degree requirements. This course…

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ART 476 · History and Theory of Digital Art67

Art & Art History

History and theories of contemporary digital art emphasizing humanistic approaches to technology. ART 476 / ARTH 476 History and Theory of Digital Art (3)(BA) This course meets the Bachelor of Arts degree requirements. Approaches to Digital…

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ARTH 125 · Islamic Architecture and Art67

Art & Art History

Survey of the art and architecture of Islamic lands from the late seventh century until the eighteenth century. ARTH 125 Islamic Architecture and Art (3) (GA;IL)(BA) This course meets the Bachelor of Arts degree requirements. Art History…

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Furthest-right subjects

ARTH 430 · British Art in Context20

Art & Art History

This course examines the history of art in Britain, with particular attention to the 18th and 19th centuries (1707 to 1914). Works of visual art are considered in close relation to history, especially the history of the British imperialism…

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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
Pennsylvania State University-University Park · Art & Art History	bias_left_share	3.5	—	142	—
Art & Art History	bias_left_share	3.8	3.5 – 4.2	14,866	—

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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