UWSP General Education Program
GEP Course Application
Department: History
Contact Person: Nancy LoPatin-Lummis
Instructor(s): Nancy LoPatin-Lummis
Curriculum: FYS
Course Number: 101
Course Title: The Band That Changed the World
Existing Course? No
Credits: 3
Enrollment expected per section: 20
If known, how often will this be As needed. One section per semester.
offered and how many sections?
Catalog Description: This First Year Seminar explores the phenomenon of The Beatles in Great Britain
and the “British Invasion” which transformed U.S. social and cultural norms for
young people. The story of how four lads from Liverpool, England ushered in a
(link to Catalog)
revolution in music, popular culture, social and religious values, business practice
and changed history is the topic of this Freshman Year Seminar. The class will
explore “Beatlemania” through a variety of materials from the history, art, film,
poetry, eastern religious studies, business practices and political engagement, and,
of course, music, in order to fully understand how the Beatles were more than the
greatest rock band ever, but one which truly “changed the world.”
Existing GDR? No
If yes, which GDR Category / Categories?
☐ Freshman English
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Writing
Emphasis
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☐ Communication
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☐ Mathematics
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☐ Wellness
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☐ Non-Western
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Humanities 1
Humanities 2
Humanities 3
Humanities 4
Minority Studies
Environmental Literacy
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History
Social Science 1
Social Science 2
Foreign Language
Natural Science
Include Representative Syllabus (please include filename: Enter name of file. )
Select GEP Category:
If appropriate, select at most ONE of the following:
First Year Seminar
If appropriate, select at most ONE of the following:
Choose one from Cultural & Environmental Awareness.
If appropriate, select from the following
(multiple selections are allowed):
☐ Experiential Learning
☐ Interdisciplinary Studies
Note: A summary of the approved learning outcomes for each GEP Category can be found here.
Course Learning
Outcomes:
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Students will be able to identify the conditions in post WW II Britain which
created the youth revolution in rock’n’roll and the band known as the
Beatles.
2. Students will be able critically evaluate the music and lyrics of the Beatles
and place them in the context of history, politics, social changes and religious
awakening during the 1960s.
3. Students will be able to find a variety of information, written, recorded, viral,
on the band, its members, and the audience so affected by the Beatles, and
communicate them in written and oral form.
4. Students will be able to make connections between the Beatles and the
change in social norms for the youth culture in Great Britain and the United
States.
5. Students will be able to assess the role the Beatles played in creating the
world of music, social behavior, commercial marketing and political
participation that they live in today.
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FYS Learning Outcomes:
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Explanation of
Alignment:
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2.
(explain how your
course learning
outcomes align with
the GEP category
outcomes)
(GEP outcomes can be
found here)
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5.
Describe the importance of a liberal education and the ways in which
academic study is structured at UWSP.
Describe the importance of critical thinking and information literacy and
apply the associated skills.
Identify and apply appropriate note-taking, test-taking and time
management strategies to their academic studies.
Describe the importance of co-curricular involvement and how it enahcnes
their academic study at UWSP.
Identify and utilize UWSP programs, resources and services that will support
their academic studies and co-curricular involvement.
Develop a plan that demonstrates their responsibility for their own
education, specifically how it relates to their interests, abilities, career
choices, and personal development.
Students will learn the history of Great Britain that creates the environment for
a generational and cultural shift in the 1960s.
Students will reflect upon messages in music, lyric, art, film advertising, religion
to track that historical shift.
Students will do individual and group research with a variety of resources and
present them to their peers.
Students will reflect upon their role as consumers of culture and material goods
today and how the Beatles started this generational shift of cultural and material
influence on society as a whole.
Students will evaluate the political and social influence of entertainers of their
own generation.
How Student Learning
will be Assessed:
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Example Assignment:
Student learning will be assessed by Direct Assessment through written assignments
and group projects that reflect reading, research, analysis and critical thinking, as
well as the students’ ability to to connect what they have learned about music,
society, youth culture, etc., to their own experience. The latter would be assessment
through an indirect assessment measure, such as a reflection paper.
Nov. 6 Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and the Psychedelic, Gould,
chapters 36-7
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Writing Assignment No. 2: The Music and Message Changes: Analysis of a Beatles
Album
Students will select two pieces of music from this album and compare and contrast
them, musically and the message voice in the lyrics, composer and performer, with
one piece from Meet the Beatles, Revolver and Rubber Soul.
Library Resource 1. Have you contacted the Library about any additional resources (e.g., books, journals,
and Services:
DVDs, databases, streaming videos, etc.) needed for the proposed course?
Yes
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2. Would you be interested in discussing with a Librarian ways to support the research
or information-literacy components of the proposed course?
Yes
< click here to contact the Coordinator of Library Instruction >
Note: Approval of the course proposal does not imply availability of library resources.
Department Vote:
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Date: 2/6/2012
Next Steps /
Please submit completed form to the Chairperson of the General Education Committee
Instructions:
General Education
Committee Action:
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To be entered by GEC.