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University of California-Riverside · Political Science

0% of University of California-Riverside's Political Science course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' Political Science departments, it is 5.2%.

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University of California-Riverside: 0% Political Science at all 100 schools: 5.2% each other school in the comparison

Where Political Science courses fall

0%Far left92–100

9%Left75–91

36%Center-left59–74

45%Center42–58

0%Center-right26–41

9%Right9–25

0%Far right0–8

11 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

POSC 147 · Political Theory of Globalization76

Political Science

, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing; PHIL 001 or PHIL 001H or POSC 005 or POSC 005H or POSC 005W. Examines how the phenomenon of globalization has been theorized within the discipline of political…

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POSC 137S · Environmental Justice and Human Rights72

Political Science

, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 2 hours; written work, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Examines how notions of justice and human rights have been…

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POSC 259 · Women and the American Political Process67

Political Science

, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. An examination of the role of women in the American political process. Topics include the women’s movement as a social movement and as an interest…

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Furthest-right subjects

POSC 109 · Political Religions and Religious Politics14

Political Science

, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Investigation of major themes and issues in the intersection of religion and politics, such as the sacralization of politics, religious…

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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
University of California-Riverside · Political Science	bias_left_share	0	—	121	—
Political Science	bias_left_share	5.2	4.8 – 5.6	12,053	—

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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