French

This course presents the main geological characteristics of marine environments (excluding the water column). It examines the dynamics of the various structural entities that make up oceanic domains—mid‑ocean ridges, subduction zones, abyssal plains, continental margins, oceanic plateaus, and islands—and the sedimentary processes that occur within them. These elements are situated within the broader framework of lithospheric plate dynamics. The course combines classroom lectures, guided practical sessions involving the analysis of oceanographic data, and fieldwork. In addition, a guest lecture addresses current global issues affecting marine domains at the international scale.

This course covers artistic creation during the Italian Renaissance: the work and its spatial context. It discusses methodology of analysis, analyzing architectural and pictorial works, analysis of the building's integration into the site, architectural analysis of the building, analysis of the work's integration into the space, analysis of the iconographic program, exhaustive analysis of a work from the iconographic program. Students create a commentary on a work, including fixed works (architectural creations, frescoes, mosaics) permanently linked to a place (bearing in mind that a fresco can be detached, a mosaic dismantled, a building reassembled); mobile works (easel paintings, sculptures, manuscripts), which can be moved from one place to another (but can only occupy one place at a time), heritage furnishings.

Through an exploration of texts and visual representations of Fortune, this course examines how instability and change were represented and written about during the Renaissance.

This course is a theater workshop to develop new skills and knowledge. It strengthens the spirit of group cohesion through the feeling of belonging to a team. It allows students to free up speech through “doing” and thus gain confidence in speaking. It facilitates active, practical, and collaborative learning. Finally, it is an opportunity to discover texts and authors of French literature. Students develop oral skills through theatrical play: acting and interpreting, speaking in public; adapt to different communication situations: self-awareness and letting go; write theatrical dialogue; and discover French theater and theatrical techniques.

Building on concepts such as ecosystem structure, biogeochemical cycles, and the principles of ecological succession, this course further clarifies, through concrete examples, the interactions between the functioning of natural environments and their development and use by humans. Using case studies, primarily focused on hydrosystems, the course addresses the functioning of water‑related environments and the management challenges they present. Special attention is given to how ecological processes (matter cycling, species interactions, and habitat evolution) shape these environments over time. Lacustrine systems, rivers, and wetlands—ecosystems particularly sensitive to climate disturbances—are emphasized. These case studies may be complemented by field-based investigations

This course explores the use of writing in different sectors of information and communication and teaches students how to master some of the rules of professional writing. It complements the critical approach to journalistic writing with a practical application through writing workshops. The course includes practice in informational and communicational writing through a range of practical activities. Each session includes both a presentation of the issues specific to each topic and writing exercises to test what has been learned. The course is structured around three main themes: journalistic writing for the press (the rules and techniques of journalistic writing, news briefs, profiles); writing for press relations; cultural or scientific mediation (artwork labels, exhibition catalogs).

This course introduces the fundamental principles of microcontroller systems and their peripherals. It combines theoretical foundations with practical training in the design and implementation of application software using the C programming language. Emphasis is placed on developing control-oriented applications and understanding the interaction between microcontrollers and their peripheral modules. The course builds skills to design, program, and manage microcontroller-based applications, and apply knowledge across a range of typical use cases. The course concludes with two integrative mini-projects that serve as capstone exercises, synthesizing the concepts acquired and demonstrating abilities to implement effective microcontroller solutions.

This course provides a foundation of knowledge and ideas of the field of archaeology. The thematic approach allows for the presentation of the theories, practices, uses, and achievements of archaeology, from its origins to the contemporary world. The geographical scope covers Europe, the Mediterranean, Egypt, the Near East, and Southwest Asia.

Based on the study of selected marine ecosystems, this course analyzes the environmental forcing variables and constraints that shape them, in order to explain the different factors structuring biological communities and to situate biology within the broader field of oceanography. A field course at a marine station illustrates several of these concepts, such as adaptations to aquatic life and the relationship between spatial heterogeneity and biodiversity. The field component includes embarkation aboard Planula 4, an INSU–CNRS research vessel (FOF).

This course introduces the main perspectives offered by sociology on collective action, or action by several people, with the related concepts of social movements, social conflicts, social groups, and social classes. The course divides sociological literature on collective action according to the authors and major trends in this field. Classical thinkers, both well-known (Marx and Weber) and lesser-known (Simmel, Michels, and Tarde), are first presented and then explored in greater depth. Next, a series of contemporary trends and authors are examined. Two recent French cases are also discussed: the competition between two types of divisions in the representation of French society in a process of extreme right-wing shift beginning in the 1980s, and the “yellow vest” movement (2018-2019). The conclusion opens up two contemporary debates: the question of intersectionality, and the differences between the sociology of collective action and conspiracy theories.