Pretty much the easiest GE you can take at UCLA! I decided to use my First Pass on it and it was well worth it! The course is not hard at all, and they even said that this course isn't meant to stress you out. I did the worst in my discussion group for the midterm with an 86 and I was still able to bring my grade all the way up back to an A+ by scoring over 100 in the discussion section.

Professor Upton was amazing for the lectures I went to in person. Just by reading the slides online it didn't really much sense but she is able to do really well in explaining them! You don't really have to go to lectures, but you should go to since I found it as a nice break in between harder classes!

It's great to actually understand Beatles references Now too in Pop Culture as well as their music!

I'd recommend this class to people who have some interest in learning about the Beatles and are looking for a pretty easy GE. Professor Upton is very knowledgeable about the Beatles and lectures are generally pretty clear. Your grade simply rests on completing weekly writing assignments on CCLE (very simple), attending discussion sections, and a take-home midterm + final.
Honestly, I did not really enjoy this class because the Beatles were not an interesting topic for me, but I can definitely understand why people are into their music.

I knew nothing about the Beatles before this class and I feel like I ended up learning so much. Upton is very knowledgable and her lectures were interesting. Before I took this class I don't think I really cared that much about music or how it's produced, but this class really taught me how to appreciate the intricacies in the music I listen to. The structure of the class makes it really easy to stay on top of the material and get a good grade. There is an online writing assignment every week but it's graded on completion. You just have to write a discussion about the prompt and reply to someone else's post. The midterm and final were both take-home. For both, you had to create a listening guide for an album of your choosing and discuss three songs from it. It had to be between 3-5 pages, which wasn't as hard to hit as I originally thought. The final had two additional essay questions which required 1.5 page responses.