PIMA是一个为期四个学期的全日制研究生学位课程，旨在为学生提供理论，技术和实践经验的培训，以概念化和生产以表演形式呈现的多学科协作艺术品。学生学习使用技术作为扩展个人艺术实践和促进跨学科艺术合作的手段。具有不同学术，艺术，专业和文化背景的学生进入课程，并在整个学习过程中以协作小组的形式工作，并得到教职员工的密切指导。大多数学生都以艺术领域中已确立的职业或职业目标来参加该计划，并且通常在完成PIMA学位，利用该学位进行晋升，技能发展或作为进入学术界后继续在该领域继续学习。在第二年，将创建一个主要的协作论文
Drawing on all the opportunities that New York City presents, this intimate, multidisciplinary Master of Fine Arts in performance and interactive media arts (PIMA) program features working artists at the top of their game. The program emphasizes the use of technology as a means of extending personal artistic practice and facilitating cross-disciplinary collaborations. Students receive practical experience staging and producing live performances and interactive engagement.PIMA graduates have gone on to work on Broadway, the opera world, film, and live performance in a wide range of venues. They are media designers, production managers, and performers of acclaimed works. Their productions reflect the complex and diverse cultural needs of contemporary society. They are technologically savvy, well informed about the place of the arts in today’s world, and socially engaged.