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University of Houston's course descriptions average 63.1 on the 100-to-0 ruler: clearly left of center. Across all 100 schools, the average is 67.5, so University of Houston reads 4.4 points further right.

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Liberal (100)center (50)Conservative (0)

University of Houston: 63.1 (likely range 61.9 to 64.3) All 100 schools: 67.5 each other school in the comparison

Where its courses fall

3%Far left92–100

30%Left75–91

46%Center-left59–74

11%Center42–58

2%Center-right26–41

3%Right9–25

5%Far right0–8

115 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

AAS 2330 · Black Liberation Theology95

Ethnic & African American Studies

3Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0Prerequisite: ENGL 1302 . Description This course will examine, compare and contrast the theologies and resulting programmatic actions taken by persons espousing Black Liberation Theology.…

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HIST 3346 · Antebellum America: The United States before the Civil War92

History

3Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0Prerequisite: ENGL 1302 . Description Examination of the United States in the three decades before the Civil War (1831-1861), focusing on reform movements such as abolition and women’s rights,…

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HIST 4320 · Radicalism and Protest in the US92

History

3Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0Prerequisite: ENGL 1302 . Description History of anti-Capitalist and anti-State protest in U.S. history from the colonial period to the present. Repeatability: NoAdditional Fee: N

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Furthest-right subjects

HIST 3304 · Early American Republic0

History

3Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0Prerequisite: ENGL 1302 . Description The course examines major themes in the history of the early United States from 1787 to 1830, including the making of a new nation state and culture;…

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HIST 3332 · American Slavery in Books and Films0

History

3Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0Prerequisite: ENGL 1302 . Description This course examines the history of American slavery through an intensive study of important books and major motion pictures. Repeatability: NoAdditional Fee: No

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HIST 4315 · Slavery and American Society0

History

3Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0Prerequisite: ENGL 1302 , junior standing or higher. Description This course will examine southern slavery and, by focusing mainly on the nineteenth century, explore the larger issues that the…

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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 61.9 to 64.3; 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 Houston by department (share of courses described from the left)

Department	Left-framed share	Courses
Women's & Gender Studies	35.7%	14	view
Ethnic & African American Studies	14%	50	view
Sociology	8.3%	84	view
Anthropology	4.1%	97	view
History	3.6%	220	view
Religious Studies	2.5%	40	view
Psychology	0.6%	176	view
Art & Art History	0%	202	view
Economics	0%	114	view
English & Comparative Literature	0%	204	view
Philosophy	0%	54	view
Political Science	0%	159	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 Houston	mean_bias_score	63.1	61.9 – 64.3	1,414	33
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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