University of Bordeaux

This course focuses on fiction and imagination in Renaissance and Baroque romantic poetry. It is taught in French and focuses on French poetry; however, the course also analyzes myths from many different cultures that are referenced throughout the studied poems.

This course provides students with an overview of the shape and organization of the global economy today. It offers a survey of current global trends, supplying their historical background and tackling the interpretations put forward by economists to explain their significance. It examines the economic situation among the various players of the international economy by focusing on different countries and regions to show how they have become interdependent. Teaching and class discussions are fed by recent in-depth summaries supplied by the Economist magazine, which will be made available. Students give a short presentation during the term on the economic situation of a country of their choice, with particular relevance to the present theme (pre-arranged with the instructor).

This course engages with the architectural and pictorial inheritance of France. It focuses on the architecture of Bordeaux and the region of Aquitaine during the 18th century. The course studies urban and countryside architecture, sculpture, painting, and decorative arts.

This course offers an in-depth study of methods of French essay, dissertation, and synthesis. The course analyzes methods of argumentation and organization and explores issues of rhetoric, technique, organization, and documentation. It also examines language and presentation format to assist students with the preparation of final assignments for upper-division courses. Students have weekly written assignments and oral presentations. The course uses various documents on French contemporary society and literature.