Mastering the College Experience videocassettes, 1998-1999

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Summary

Title:

Mastering the College Experience videocassettes

Dates:

1998-1999

Creators:

KOCE-TV (Television station : Huntington Beach, Calif.).

Abstract:

Extent:

0.8 Linear feet (2 boxes)

Language:

and Collection materials are in English .

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.

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Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

"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.

Acquisition information:

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

Processing information:

Processed by Audra Eagle Yun, 2012.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged numerically as received by the donor.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

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

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Audra Eagle Yun
Date Prepared:: 2012
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-06-05T14:37-0700

Access and use

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