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University of Arizona's course descriptions average 65.6 on the 100-to-0 ruler: clearly left of center. Across all 100 schools, the average is 67.5, so University of Arizona reads 1.9 points further right.

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University of Arizona: 65.6 (likely range 64.6 to 66.6) All 100 schools: 67.5 each other school in the comparison

Where its courses fall

4%Far left92–100

29%Left75–91

51%Center-left59–74

7%Center42–58

4%Center-right26–41

3%Right9–25

2%Far right0–8

257 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

AFAS 224 · Models of Resistance, Post 16th Cent. African Liberation Movements in Southeast100

Ethnic & African American Studies

There were actually several \"Souths\" during the Holocaust of Enslavement. However, courses taught in the era of African enslavement have tended to focus on the northern most regions, such as Virginia, which are often taken to represent-if…

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HIST 425 · History of the Soviet Union100

History

The Bolshevik Revolution and problems of Soviet and Russian history from 1917 to the present.

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HIST 481 · The Life and Times of Mao Zedong100

History

This course seeks to understand the tumultuous events of 20th century China by examining the central historical figure of this era, namely Mao Zedong. Through a variety of course material, including biography, fiction, film, and primary…

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Furthest-right subjects

AFAS 475 · USA & South Africa: Comparative Historical & Political Perspectives0

Ethnic & African American Studies

This course will focus on the historical and political developments of colonialism, racism, and racial segregation in the United States and in South Africa *(Azania) since the beginning of the colonialism-slavery epochs to the present. It…

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HIST 308 · The African Slave Trades0

History

This course examines the history of the African slave trade. The trans-Atlantic slave trade was the world's largest forced migration between continents, but it was only one of many slave trades that shaped societies throughout the world. In…

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HIST 374 · The Holocaust0

History

Socio-economic and intellectual roots of modern anti-Semitism, evolution of Nazi policy, the world of death camps, responses of Axis and Allied governments, and responses of the Jews.

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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 64.6 to 66.6; 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 Arizona by department (share of courses described from the left)

Department	Left-framed share	Courses
Women's & Gender Studies	21.9%	73	view
Ethnic & African American Studies	19.4%	180	view
Sociology	12.4%	121	view
Anthropology	7.8%	295	view
Religious Studies	6.8%	117	view
History	5.0%	241	view
English & Comparative Literature	4.1%	148	view
Political Science	3.4%	204	view
Psychology	1.5%	200	view
Art & Art History	0%	246	view
Economics	0%	94	view
Philosophy	0%	153	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 Arizona	mean_bias_score	65.6	64.6 – 66.6	2,072	125
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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