These courses are required to complete a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting:
Foundation studies: 35 hours
- DRAW 100 Drawing I: Form and Space
- DRAW 101 Drawing II: Composition and Media
- DRAW 200 Life Drawing I
- DSGN 100 Design I: Elements and Organization
- DSGN 101 Color: Theory and Application
- DSGN 102 Design II: 3-D Form in Space
- — Directed elective*
General education: 65 hours
- ARTH 100 Survey of Western Art I
- ARTH 110 Survey of Western Art II
- ARTH 207 20th-century Art
- CMPA 100 Survey of Computer Art Applications†
- CMPA 110 Advanced Survey of Computer Art Applications†
- COMM 105 Speech and Public Speaking
- ENGL 123 Composition
- PHIL 301 Aesthetics‡
- — ARLH or ARTH elective
- — ARLH or ARTH elective
- — ARLH or ARTH elective‡
- — ENGL elective
- — General education elective§
- — Mathematics/natural sciences elective§
- — Social/behavioral sciences elective§
Major curriculum: 60 hours
- PNTG 203 Oil-based Media Exploration
- PNTG 206 Water-based Media Exploration
- PNTG 302 Intermediate Painting
- PNTG 310 Life Painting
- PNTG 312 Mixed MediaII
- PNTG 319 Painting Materials and TechniquesII
- PNTG 401 Alternative Media Exploration
- PNTG 409 Advanced Painting
- PNTG 415 Painting Senior Seminar
- SFIN 413 Professional Practices in Fine Arts
- — PNTG elective
- — PNTG elective
- — PNTG elective
Additional electives: 20 hours
- — Free elective
- — Free elective
- — Studio elective
- — Studio elective
Total course of study: 180 hours
The painting department recommends taking classes in the following order-
BFA Recommended Course Sequencing
Painting classes are most likely to be offered in the following rotation-