M.F.A. program in Performance and Interactive Media Arts
HEGIS code 1099
NYS SED program code 31062

PIMA is a four-semester full-time graduate degree program providing students with training, theoretical, and technical background and practical experience in the conceptualization and production of collaborative, multi-disciplinary artworks presented in a performance setting. Students learn to use technology as a means of extending their personal artistic practice and facilitating cross-disciplinary artistic collaborations. Students with diverse academic, artistic, professional, and cultural backgrounds enter the program and work in collaborative groups throughout the course of study, with close mentoring by faculty members. Most students come to the program with an established career or career goal in an arts field, and generally continue in that field after completing the PIMA degree, utilizing the degree for advancement, skills development, or as an entrée into academia. In the second year a major collaborative thesis production is created and presented in a professional venue. The program is a cooperative effort of the Brooklyn College Departments of Art, Computer and Information Science, Television and Radio, and Theater and the Conservatory of Music. The faculty is drawn from all four departments and the conservatory.

Program/Department Advisors

Advisor Name Title Phone Location Email Office Hours David Grubbs Graduate Deputy 718-951-4203 407 Whitehead Hall dgrubbs brooklyn.cuny.edu call/email for appointment

Building codes:    A-Whitehead;   B-Boylan;   J-James;   N-Ingersoll;   NE-Ingersoll Extension;   R-Roosevelt;   RE-Roosevelt Extension;   WEB - West End Building

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Matriculation requirements
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Applicants must offer a graduate or undergraduate degree from an accredited college or university completed with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher.

Applicants must also offer a portfolio of creative work (which may consist of work in any medium including computer software), letters of recommendation, and TOEFL score of 550 or above, if required. An interview with a member of the selection committee is strongly recommended.

Applicants must obtain and file an application form with the program director in addition to the regular college admission application; both are available online.

Selection of applicants will be based on a faculty committee review of the following: the applicant's creative portfolio, evidence of the applicant's interest in collaborative creative production, letters of reference indicating significant artistic promise, artistic background and experience, and the applicant's interview (if conducted).

A committee chaired by the Program Director will review all applications and make admission decisions based on the criteria stated above.

Students should note additional requirements found in the sections "Admission" and "Academic Regulations and Procedures."

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Degree requirements
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Students pursuing the M.F.A. will complete a total of 46 credits and a significant thesis production which is a collaboration with at least one other matriculated student.

The following courses are required:
PIMA 701G; PIMA 702G; PIMA 703G
PIMA 721G; PIMA 722G; PIMA 723G; PIMA 724G
PIMA 732.1G; PIMA 732.2G
Three additional credits of independent projects are required, taken under course numbers: PIMA 711G; PIMA 712G; PIMA 713G.

Fifteen additional credits shall be chosen from selected PIMA elective courses offered by: the PIMA program; the departments of Art, Computer and Information Science, Television and Radio, Theater; and the Conservatory of Music. Permission of the PIMA director is required.

To receive the Master of Fine Arts in Performance and Interactive Media Arts, students will be required to complete the program with a grade point average of 3.0 or better.