Rock 'n' roll university: The academic courses that explore the life and music of The Beatles
And who is Jude and where is Penny Lane? While these queries sound like the perfect starting off points for spirited conversations by Beatlemaniacs, they were actually elements of serious inquiry at Liverpool Hope University. In 2009, the UK institution made global headlines by offering what was believed to be the first Master's degree on The Beatles. The academic programme, titled The Beatles, Popular Music and Society, was offered on a full-time and part-time basis by the university's Department of Music and included four 12-week modules and a final dissertation. A decade ago today, on Ja...
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