“绘画”程序将绘画作为视觉和艺术表达的基本形式进行推广。绘画计划的主要组成部分是工作室活动，学生在该专业的头几年会探索各种绘画形式。从基础阶段开始，学生还应考虑视觉，洞察力和知觉在制作过程中的作用。对工作室实践的批判性对话和严格的期望支持了高年级课程中对年轻艺术构想的努力。
The BFA in Painting program promotes painting as a fundamental form of visual and artistic expression. The principal component of the Painting program is studio activity, and students explore various forms of painting in the first years of the major. Students also consider the roles of sight, insight, and perception in relation to processes of making from the foundation level onward. Critical dialogue and rigorous expectations about studio practice support work toward a young artistic vision in upper-level courses.<br><br>The sequence of seven terms of Painting courses is intended to provide a solid base for postgraduate involvement in the larger art world. In the foundation year, observational studio work is combined with inventive assignments as a means for students to learn about medium, form, content, broader artistic concepts, and the kinds of questions they wish to address with their work. The post-foundation sequence includes Painting II and Painting III in the sophomore year, Junior and Senior Painting Studios, Painting Techniques, and three terms of seminar courses. Students have their own studio spaces in the upper level and work in individual conversation with the professor and in group critiques with one another to develop a cohesive and ambitious body of work and to refine artistic voices. The BFA Painting major culminates in the BFA thesis exhibition, which includes a written component.<br><br>Learning Outcomes<br>All students graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting from the Boston University School of Visual Arts are expected to:<br><br>Develop a body of work that exhibits inventiveness, creativity, ambition, clarity of thinking, and an understanding of the importance of process.<br>Demonstrate proficiency in studio process including materials, tools, and techniques appropriate to the practice.<br>Demonstrate one's ideas through a unique visual language.<br>Demonstrate spoken and written critical thinking and communication skills.<br>Apply appropriate models of interpretation based on historical and contemporary artistic knowledge.<br>Generate a collection of materials that sustain a professional practice: artist statement, CV, image documentation.<br>Demonstrate the ability to relate one's own work with contemporary art.<br>Develop an independent parallel practice to complement the studio practice.