MUSA 3350 The Beatles: From "Yesterday" to "Tomorrow Never Knows"

Name: The Beatles: From "Yesterday" to "Tomorrow Never Knows"
Rating: 4.14 (56 reviews)

Explore MUSA3350 The Beatles: From "Yesterday" to "Tomorrow Never Knows" at Boston College, including instructors, sections, and official aggregate ratings.

Course overview

Department: Music
School: Boston College
Credits: 0

Requirements fulfilled

Music (Before Fall 2026): One of the following Western tradition courses (Before Fall 2026 (page heading "Major Requirements Before Fall 2026"; elsewhere the page calls these "contracts before fall 2026"))

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Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating: 4.14 / 5 · Very Good
56 responses
Instructor rating: 4.18 / 5 · Very Good
56 responses
Terms evaluated: 4
Most recent: Spring 2025

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
Term	Instructor	Course overall	Instructor overall	Well organized	Clear learning objectives	Intellectually challenging	Helpful assignments	Applicable beyond course	Attendance necessary	Weekly effort	Responses
Spring 2025	Jason Mccool	4.6	4.5	4.0	4.3	4.0	4.3	4.5	4.2	1–3 hrs/week	19 of 19
Spring 2024	Jason Mccool	4.1	3.9	4.1	4.2	3.9	4.4	4.4	4.2	1–3 hrs/week	16 of 17
Spring 2023	Jason Mccool	3.4	3.8	3.3	3.8	3.1	3.6	3.8	3.4	1–3 hrs/week	13 of 15
Spring 2022	Donald James	4.5	4.6	4.9	4.8	3.6	4.4	4.3	4.6	1–3 hrs/week	8 of 15

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

Donald James
Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.63/5
Jason Mccool
Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023 · Official rating 4.10/5