University of Bordeaux

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.

This course takes the form of a tour of the city and the environment near the Maison des Arts. Beginning with architecture and covering portraits staged in various buildings from the 15th, 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, students create an urban alphabet book. Each session refers to two or three artists, photographers, or painters. Students learn to handle the device, exercise the gaze, and situate their work in relation to old or current references.

This course familiarizes students with Medieval French and Medieval Literature through a collection of poetic texts or a novel during the first semester and a collection of short stories in the second semester. This second-year class contains both linguistic and literary content. This course focuses on understanding the language, the construction, and the sense of each text to bridge the gap between medieval and modern French. The syntax, morphology, vocabulary, and translation are studied in order to understand Old French. Students analyze and comment on medieval French texts and are exposed to literary topics in the medieval lyric genres and their various contexts.