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UCA in UK: Beatles & Popular Culture

 

 

Program Description

 The Beatles led a British Invasion of the US in the 1960s revitalizing rock music and remaking popular culture in the US and UK.  This course explores the profound impact made by bands from Liverpool and London, especially The Beatles, exploring where they lived and worked, and studying artifacts of their lives and times that give us insight into their creativity.  We will travel to Liverpool to explore places where the Mersey Beat was born, including visits to the Beatles Story Museum and Cavern Club, and tour sites including Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields and the Albert Dock at Merseyside and take a bus ride with the Magical Mystery Tour Company.     In London we will consult collections at the British Library, British Museum, National Portrait Gallery and the Tate Modern, take guided tours of Beatles-related and Rolling Stones-related sites, with additional trips to the London Film Museum, Shakespeare’s Globe, the London Eye and nearby locations such as Windsor Castle, Cambridge, and Stonehenge.   Through readings, presentations, discussions, and student research we will discover how this era became a turning point for Anglo-American popular culture, vaulting it into modernity.

Courses Offered

  • SOC 3398 Travel Seminar, Dr. Rick Scott
  • ANTH 3360 Anthropology Travel Seminar, Dr. Rick Scott
  • HIST 4391 Topics in History, Dr. Rick Scott
  • HONC 3310 Honors Seminar, Dr. Rick Scott and Chad Terrell
  • MUS 2300 Music Appreciation, Dr. Rick Scott

Faculty Leaders

Terrell

Chad Terrell, Instructor,

Schedler Honors College and

UCA Writing Concurrent Instructor,

Conway High School

Chad Terrell has traveled to England several times, but this is his first time leading a program.  At UCA he earned BA and MA degrees in English literature and language, making the UK and its culture central to his study.  With a background in guitar as well as recording technology, he has performed in rock bands and engineered live sound and recording production.  He has a deep interest in The Beatles, having pursued scholarship about them from the time he was a student in the Honors College (Class of ’96). 

Chad Terrell

Dr. Rick Scott

Dr. Rick Scott, Dean and Professor,

Schedler Honors College

Dr. Rick Scott studied classical piano for a decade in his youth, and motivated to join a band after seeing The Beatles on American TV has been performing and writing rock music since 1966.  As a sociologist he has taught many courses for the Honors College on Anglo-American culture and counterculture in the post-war era.  UCA in the UK will be his second education abroad trip, having gone to Tanzania in 2007.

Rick and Chad have co-taught honors seminars on The Beatles and their impact on popular music and culture for the past seven years.  Rick retires in 2017 and this will be his final course, wrapping up a 34-year career at UCA.

Dr. Rick Scott • McAlister 308 • Schedler Honors College

Important Dates

Travel Dates:

Orientation meetings in Spring 2017

UCA Instruction: May 2017

Travel Dates: May 19, 2017 – June 3, 2017

Mandatory Group Orientation Meeting:

April 12 at 4:00 pm in Farris Presentation Room

Mandatory Health and Safety Meeting

Please attend one of the following times/days:

April 6th during x-period 1:40 pm to 2:30 pm
Student Center Room 223/224

OR

April 13th 4 pm to 5 pm
Burdick Hall (Signs will be posted)

Cost

UCA Beatles and Popular Culture Program Cost 2017

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