MICA的绘画部门被评为全国最好的部门之一。通过探索传统习俗以及当代方法和形式的严格课程，MICA绘画专业的学生将能够表达自己的想法。该计划旨在庆祝强大的绘画和绘图技能的发展，对新旧形式（代表性和抽象形式，2D和3D）的探索以及对独立，个人表达和冒险精神的欣赏。绘画集中力是对绘画专业以外的学生的认可，这些学生在绘画系内总共获得15个学分。最初宣布集中注意力时，候选人应与绘画部门的主席会面。学生可以在二年级的定期咨询期内与系主任会面，讨论他们的时间表。所有集中课程都应在MICA修读。
MICA's Painting department is ranked as one of the best in the country. Through a rigorous curriculum that explores traditional conventions and contemporary methods and forms, students in MICA's painting major develop the ability to give voice to their ideas. The program celebrates the development of strong painting and drawing skills, an exploration of old and new forms (representational and abstract, 2D, and 3D), and an appreciation of independent, personal expression and risk-taking. The painting concentration recognizes those students outside of the painting major who take a total of 15 credits within the Painting Department. Candidates should meet with the chair of the Painting Department when initially declaring the concentration. Students may meet with the department chair during the sophomore year during regular advisement period to discuss their schedules. All courses for the concentration should be taken at MICA.<br><br>Under the guidance of an impressive faculty of scholar-teachers, you gain first-rate liberal arts education and build a depth of understanding in such areas as philosophy and ethics or social sciences and political history, while pursuing advanced artistic investigations in a studio major.<br>In four years, you will complete all requirements for a B.F.A. in a studio discipline simultaneously with a challenging liberal arts major in Humanistic Studies, allowing you to begin graduate study a year earlier than 5-year B.A./B.F.A. programs.