The drawing program offers an open-ended contemporary approach to media, techniques, style, subject, and concept in the creation of drawings. The Advanced Drawing sequence allows students to put into practice technical skills gained in the Foundation Drawing classes while emphasizing the development of personal imagery.

Advanced Drawing 1, the introductory course in the Advanced Drawing sequence, is based on the study of the human form. Most class sessions are devoted to working directly from a model with emphasis on achieving correct form and proportions while also focusing on creative use of line, value, color and composition.

Students in Advanced Drawing 2 and 3 are given assigned problems designed to question traditional notions of what constitutes a drawing, as well as explore those elements intrinsic to drawing. In addition to the assigned work, students will develop portfolios composed of their own images based on individual ideas. In Advanced Drawing 4 through Special Problems, students are expected to continue developing their own imagery but at a higher level of challenge and commitment than is required in the lower division courses. Students in Special Problems are required to exhibit their work on campus as part of the course. In addition to the required studio work, image tests are given twice per semester to acquaint students with contemporary and historical artists who have made significant contributions to the field of drawing.