University of Bordeaux

This course introduce the concepts of environmental impact and resource efficiency. It describes methods to measure and manage environmental impact and resource efficiency, focusing on the life cycle assessment of products in particular, and other system analytical tools in general. The course discusses the results of assessment studies measuring environmental impact and resource efficiency and provides examples from different product groups, including bio-sourced and chemical products.

This course examines the complex articulation between cinema and country of origin in a historical perspective. It questions to what extent these country-specific categories (e.g. Italian cinema, French cinema, German cinema) not only express national specificities but also construct them. It does so in particular from the stereotypes conveyed or constructed by the films of a given period or even a given gender; stereotypes that other films can, on the contrary, attach to or have fun deconstructing. The course uses examples from French, Italian, American, and German films.

This course studies works (mainly literary) from prehistory to try to better understand the power of attraction that this still so enigmatic period in the history of man exerts on the imagination and to explore, particularly from the daydreams and fantasized representations that unfold there, what that they say about us more than about our distant ancestors. The course also provides an opportunity to address, from the texts studied, specifically literary questions, through for example those of genres and registers, the construction of the story or writing resources. Part of this course is devoted to the study of works of youth literature to discover the vision of prehistory that they offer.

This course provides an introduction to and covers the basics of oenological analysis (principles, implementation, uncertainties, applications).

This course reflects on how the novel genre was constructed in awareness of multilingualism and the challenges of translation, based on the most translated novel in the world, DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA. It discusses the numerous rewritings of the novel that have been carried out around the world and studies a certain number of “adaptations” for youth, theater, comics, and film.

Based on an exploration of visual and literary culture, this course addresses the place of women photographers and writers in the history of art; the expression of gender stereotypes in literary production and visual culture; and the deconstruction of these clichés by a new generation of artists, favoring a female gaze.

This course focuses on the performance of European firms according to essential external users such as investors and “analysts." It deals with a specific angle of analysis - the financial aspects of the performance - viewed from users like shareholders, bankers, creditors, customer unions, and tax authorities. Comparability of financial information through the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is a key issue in an international environment. Taking a user perspective throughout, whether discussing reporting principles or in the practice of financial analysis, this course is divided in two parts: identifying the financial information provided in the IFRS system, and examining the analysts’ views on this information? The course covers international and comparative accounting, performance indicators, methods for measuring the success of a firm, and evaluation methods for company financing policy. It also discusses comparative differences in international practices, as doing business with European companies requires the ability to analyze the information they provide. Other topics covered include how investors and analysts view the information that companies provide, what they see as its strengths and weaknesses, what information really matters to them and what they all but disregard, and finally, how they estimate the company’s performance through the information provided in IFRS.

This course studies corporations in relation to the structure of productivity and human relations, the business environment, business as a cultural project, business and the management of human resources, decision making, the spirit and workings of mercantilism, and production and finance. To do so, the course utilizes local, national, generalized, and specialized mass media.

This course discusses the relationship between text, art, and the nature of the Renaissance. This course demonstrates how, in the 16th century, literature dictated the representation of space and the natural elements.