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Guide to the Mastering the College Experience videocassettes AS.153
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  • Collection Arrangement

  • Title: Mastering the College Experience videocassettes
    Identifier/Call Number: AS.153
    Contributing Institution: Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 0.8 Linear feet (2 boxes)
    Date (inclusive): 1998-1999
    Language of Collection Materials: Collection materials are in English.
    Abstract: The collection consists of 26 VHS videocassettes, comprising the complete series entitled "Mastering the College Experience," a television program produced by Coastline Community College in Fountain Valley, California, for KOCE-TV, the primary Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member station for Los Angeles and Southern California. The series documents the experiences of a diverse group of University of California, Irvine students as they progress through a year of classes from 1998-1999 and is based on a Houghton-Mifflin textbook of the same name.
    Creator: KOCE-TV (Television station : Huntington Beach, Calif.).

    Access

    The collection is open for research. Access to archival originals is restricted; viewing copies must be requested. Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access.

    Publication Rights

    Property rights reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.

    Preferred Citation

    University of California, Irvine, "Mastering the College Experience" Telecourse Videocassettes. AS-153. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
    For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

    Acquisition Information

    Transferred from the Telecourse Production Office of KOCE-TV by Steve Marino, producer/director, 2000.

    Processing History

    Processed by Audra Eagle Yun, 2012.

    Historical Background

    "Mastering the College Experience" was a television program produced by Coastline Community College in Fountain Valley, California from 1998-1999 for KOCE-TV, the primary Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member station for Los Angeles and Southern California. The series documents the experiences of a diverse group of University of California, Irvine students as they progress through a year of classes from 1998-1999 and is based on a Houghton-Mifflin textbook of the same name.
    The majority of filming for the series took place on the UC Irvine campus and features UC Irvine drama students in a reality television genre program dealing with a variety of issues relating to college life, including time management, health, finances, math and science phobias, relationships, creativity, and writing skills. The series was licensed colleges across the United States to be broadcast on local PBS member stations and was funded in part by Houghton-Mifflin.

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    The collection consists of 26 VHS videocassettes, comprising the complete series entitled "Mastering the College Experience," a television program produced by Coastline Community College in Fountain Valley, California, for KOCE-TV, the primary Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member station for Los Angeles and Southern California. The series documents the experiences of a diverse group of University of California, Irvine students as they progress through a year of classes from 1998-1999 and is based on a Houghton-Mifflin textbook of the same name. The majority of filming for the series took place on the UC Irvine campus and features UC Irvine drama students in a reality television genre program dealing with a variety of issues relating to college life, including time management, health, finances, math and science phobias, relationships, creativity, and writing skills. Each program has been edited from the original film footage into broadcast programs of approximately 27:46 minutes per videocassette. The series was licensed colleges across the United States to be broadcast on local PBS member stations and was funded in part by Houghton-Mifflin.

    Collection Arrangement

    This collection is arranged numerically as received by the donor.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    University of California, Irvine -- Archives.
    University of California, Irvine -- Students..