A Beatles Degree? British U Will Let It Be

Here's some fun higher ed news from across the pond. Liverpool Hope University has launched a new Master of Arts degree in The Beatles, being touted as the first qualification of its kind.
The course, ''The Beatles, Popular Music and Society," will consist of four 12-week modules, involving specific issues relating to the Fab Four, plus a dissertation.
"There have been over 8,000 books about The Beatles but there has never been [a] serious academic study and that is what we are going to address," explains Mike Brocken, a senior lecturer in Popular Music at the university, in a media release.
Brocken cites the university, located in the band's hometown, is the appropriate place to offer such a study. He adds that officials at the British institution expect the MA degree will attract a great deal of attention in the UK and abroad. Inquires about the course are already coming from the United States.