Overview
Mondays, October 5 - November 30, 6-7:30pm ET
(No class October 12)
Rose Alumni House
232 York Street New Haven, CT
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course will offer a deep dive into the Beatles’ late period, 1967–1970. Along the way, I will offer detailed analyses not only of Beatles songs, but also other artists during this era who influenced the Beatles or were profoundly influenced by them in some way. We will also celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the groundbreaking “Penny Lane”/“Strawberry Fields Forever” single, which the Beatles began recording in November and December of 1966. Participants can take this course without having taken The Beatles’ Middle Period, 1964–1966, in Fall 2025.
COURSE FORMAT:
This is an interactive in-person seminar course that meets weekly over 8 weeks in New Haven at The Rose Alumni House, 232 York Street.
Weekly reading or other forms of materials may be assigned. There are no papers or grades. This course does not offer any credits or certificates. This course is intended for learning for the love of learning.
COURSE MATERIALS:
This course will require participants to rent/buy/borrow the following text:
Walter Everett and Tim Riley, What Goes On: The Beatles, Their Music, and Their Time (Oxford University Press,
2019).
As you will see from the course schedule, I have organized the topics for each week’s class around Beatles albums. These albums are the “primary texts” for the course, and I would like everyone to come to each class having already listened to the songs on the album under discussion for that week. Some of you may already own these records in some format, but if not, you can stream the albums for free at Spotify.com. Registrants will receive access to the course website about two weeks before the course starts.
COURSE CANCELLATION POLICY:
Registrants can cancel and receive a full refund up to September 21. After September 21, there will be no refunds issued. Yale Alumni College courses are subject to schedule changes as well as cancellations. If Yale Alumni College must cancel any course prior to its start due to low enrollment, you will be notified of this by the cancellation date. Upon cancellation of a course, registrants may transfer their registration to another available course or have the registration fee fully refunded.
In the event of a disruption to the original course schedule, including but not limited to; Professor absence, hazardous weather conditions, or local travel restrictions, Yale Alumni College will do its best to reschedule the missed class for the week immediately following the original end date at the same course time and day.