University of Bordeaux

This course demonstrates how computers can be used as a tool and a medium in the domain of the arts. The first half of this course focuses on the basics of Adobe Photoshop including photo manipulation, keyboard shortcuts, and an introduction to gif making. The second half focuses on Adobe Illustrator and an introduction to paper layout and typography. The objective of the second half of class is to understand Illustrator well enough to create and design a new logo and a new music album cover.

This course studies the methodology of film analysis. It develops analysis skills by analyzing shots and sequences.

This course provides an overview of the diverse forms of private actors and their contributions to local policy making. It invites a critical discussion of the dynamics that public-private partnerships generate and the outcomes they produce. The course combines theory and empirical evidence from several countries to investigate the influence and intervention of private actors on institutional and economical policies and processes.

This course provides a critical analysis of European Union institutional structure and political functioning from the point of view of political science. It reflects on the nature of the European Union political system and policies by looking at its historical and constitutional design. The course then examines how European Union institutions are appointed, how they function, their respective powers, and how they interact with each other and with the national political institutions and civil society actors. The course also describes European policy making, examines the process of institutional reform, and the challenges the European Union is facing today.

This translation course is taught at the second-year level. The course focuses on training students how to translate both the tone and grammar of Francophone and Anglophone literature and/or journalistic texts. Students first translate from English to French, and then from French to English. Students are given abstracts from English and French writers, mostly from the latter half of the twentieth century.