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University of Texas at Austin · Political Science

1.0% of University of Texas at Austin's Political Science course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' Political Science departments, it is 5.2%.

0%35%
University of Texas at Austin: 1.0% Political Science at all 100 schools: 5.2% each other school in the comparison

Where Political Science courses fall

0%Far left92–100
0%Left75–91
100%Center-left59–74
0%Center42–58
0%Center-right26–41
0%Right9–25
0%Far right0–8
2 plotted courses (the ones with a political framing). 100 = far left, 50 = the average American, 0 = far right.

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Furthest left

GOV 371J · Politics of Voter Suppression63

Political Science

Explore the politics of vote suppression and its policy remedies, including manipulation of the size and composition of elections. Examine how excluded citizens have addressed such measures via politics, policy reforms, and court appeals.…

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GOV 345C · Gender and Politics in a Comparative Perspective62

Political Science

Same as Women's and Gender Studies 345M. Examine the patterns of women's representation over time, and in different regions of the world. Explore why gender equality in political institutions is important, tracing the evolution of feminism…

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Furthest right

None. University of Texas at Austin Political Science has 2 left-framed courses and not one right-framed course.

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
NameMetricValue95% intervalnscored
University of Texas at Austin · Political Sciencebias_left_share1.0—201—
Political Sciencebias_left_share5.24.8 – 5.612,053—
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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