Beatles
Mar 29 2009, Dora ForeverGeek

Then try applying to the Liverpool Hope University. They are the first in the UK, and probably the world, to offer such an academic program. Talk about geeky: the formal title of the course is a Masters Degree in The Beatles, Popular Music, and Society.

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Professer Michael Brocken poses for photographs with Beatles memorabilia, at Liverpool Hope University in Liverpool, England, Friday March 13, 2009. The university has launched a Masters degree on The Beatles, popular music and society, and claims the...