The objective of the Painting and Drawing area is to teach all students an understanding of the expressive and investigative possibilities of the two-dimensional formal plastic arts. For those who are professionally oriented, the program provides experiences of sufficient breadth and depth to develop professional standards of performance. Students from the USM painting and drawing program have gone on to advanced studies in the best graduate schools in the United States and abroad. Theses, combined with group classes and individual projects, will prepare the student for the senior project and exhibition.
Advanced courses are individualized and highly independent.
The B.F.A. requires 133 semester hours credit total, of which 90 semester credit hours are required in art and with a minimum of 48 semester credit hours in drawing, design, and painting courses.