University of Bordeaux

This course focuses on objects and space. Through exercises, experiments, and various situations, students graphically present natural or constructed objects (observed or imagined) and represent space according to prospective codes of different eras and places. Additionally, the course discusses color theory. Students create a notebook for observation and research as a tool to support various exploratory steps and reveal an investment in a diversity of practices.

This course presents a general overview of drugs (illegal and legal) in today’s society. It covers both classic and contemporary work around the sociology of drugs and actors in the world of drugs. The course explores drugs in modern societies, including the history of drugs, representation, diffusion, social dynamics, and drug control policies. It also investigates the drug economy: the organization of markets, petty dealing, networks, and national and international trafficking. Additional topics include uses and experiences, motivations, experimentation; the organization of care, therapeutic models, the theory of addiction, the philosophy of risk reduction, and the medicalization of drugs; alcohol as a national and legal drug, the social construction of good drinking, and binge drinking; and “new” addictions, such as gambling, pornography, and video games.

This course explores aspects of the English noun phrase, namely quantifiers, and aspects of the English verb phrase, i.e. modality. Text-based analyses enable students to acquire a better understanding of these particular areas of studies and become more proficient in translation.