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University of Illinois-Chicago · Political Science

1.4% of University of Illinois-Chicago'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 Illinois-Chicago: 1.4% Political Science at all 100 schools: 5.2% each other school in the comparison

Where Political Science courses fall

20%Far left92–100

20%Left75–91

20%Center-left59–74

20%Center42–58

20%Center-right26–41

0%Right9–25

0%Far right0–8

5 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

POLS 295 · Introduction to Marxism95

Political Science

Examination and evaluation of the basic theories of Marx and Engels to determine their contribution to the understanding of contemporary politics. Course Information: Prerequisite(s): POLS 190 or consent of the instructor. Political Science (POLS)

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POLS 231 · Introduction to Chinese Politics83

Political Science

Main issues of contemporary Chinese politics and social change; the decline of the last imperial dynasty; the republican era; the rise of communism and China under the rule of Mao Zedong; and the reform period (post-1978). Course…

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POLS 485 · Gender and Politics72

Political Science

Impact of gender on basic categories of western political thought. Distinctions between reason and emotion, public and private, among others, examined from feminist perspective. Course Information: Same as GWS 485. 3 undergraduate hours. 4…

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Furthest-right subjects

POLS 246 · History of American Capitalism40

Political Science

Survey of the political, economic, cultural, and social history of capitalism in colonial British America and the United States, with special attention to property, labor, finance, public policy, ideology, and class relations. Course…

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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 Illinois-Chicago · Political Science	bias_left_share	1.4	—	71	—
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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