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University Offers First Beatles Degree

Posted by samzenpus on from the you've-got-to-hide-your-diploma-away dept.

Liverpool's Hope University has launched a Master of Arts degree in The Beatles. "The Beatles, Popular Music and Society" consists of four 12-week taught modules and a dissertation. "There have been over 8,000 books about The Beatles but there has never been serious academic study and that is what we are going to address," said Mike Brocken, senior lecturer in popular music at Hope.

2 comments

  1. finally... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    now all those people with underwater basket weaving degrees have someone to joke on!

    1. Re:finally... by spiffydudex · · Score: 1

      They were nothing more than a music group, and with music comes culture. Can I have my degree now?