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Ce cours est l'un de quatre cours (deux par semestre) réservés aux étudiants d'échange qui proposent une approche inter-disciplinaire (utilisant des apports et des sources provenant des sciences-politiques, de l'ethnologie, de la sociologie, de l'histoire…) permettant aux étudiants de mieux comprendre les fondements de la société française contemporaine et d'appréhender ses problèmes socio-culturels actuels de manière pertinente.Ce cours No. 3 est axé sur les problèmes de l'exercice du pouvoir politique qui sont spécifiques à la France d'aujourd'hui.

Ce cours est l'un de quatre cours (deux par semestre) réservés aux étudiants d'échange qui proposent une approche inter-disciplinaire (utilisant des apports et des sources provenant des sciences-politiques, de l'ethnologie, de la sociologie, de l'histoire…) permettant aux étudiants de mieux comprendre les fondements de la société française contemporaine et d'appréhender ses problèmes socio-culturels actuels de manière pertinente.Ce cours No.

Operations management is the management of all processes in a firm which enable it to produce and sell products and services to its customers. It is vital to understand how wealth is created by firms. The scope of operations management ranges across an organization: product and service design, process design and improvement, quality management, supply and distribution management, etc. This is an introductory course that enables you to grasp the necessary concepts involved and understand the implications of their interactions.

The objective of the course is twofold. First, it aims at giving you a broad overview of the world wine market and of its economic, social and regulatory patterns. Based on a description of the functions performed by the various members of the wine supply-chain–illuminating what makes it specific compared to FMCGs–it then explains the need for an adapted marketing mix.

This course offers you a journey through the rich pageant of Renaissance art and culture, giving you the critical tools with which to analyze, understand and appreciate more fully the works of art produced in central Italy from the mid-thirteenth to mid-fifteenth centuries. We will look closely at the way in which changing styles in art reflected contemporary history and cultural attitudes.

Four quarter credits.This course will take full advantage of London’s rich cultural provision and the varied work of its many arts journalists and critics. To augment classroom lectures and tutorials by the course instructor there will be field trips to significant cultural sites, theatres, galleries, concert halls, newspapers, TV studios, etc. and regular guest visits from practitioners in the field.

This course will begin a year – almost to the day – after the biggest political earthquake in modern British history. The unexpected referendum decision by the voters of the UK to leave the European Union changed everything, including the British Prime Minister. The politicians, lawyers, economists and business people are still struggling to come to terms with the impact and practical repercussions of this shock, whilst political journalists are trying to interpret and explain a transformed landscape.The world in which the political journalists operate is changing too.

Four quarter credits.Britain is currently in the middle of what’s been called its ‘Decade of Sport’. After London’s successful hosting of the Olympics in 2012 and the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014, attention will turn to the Rugby World Cup in 2015 and then the World Athletics Championships in 2017.During this course we will analyze the perceived benefits of hosting major sporting events, and look into the culture of sport.

Britain in the Age of Revolution and Reform will examine a period of great change in British politics, society and the economy. In an age greatly influenced by the revolutions in America and France, Britain itself underwent its own revolutions— the industrial and agricultural.  The period covered will show how by the end Britain was on its way to becoming the economic powerhouse of the world, with a changing landscape of growing cities, enclosed fields and factories