I don’t know the department well, but I do know of friends who did self-protraits, drawing of live figures, real life stills, etc in their art classes. Here is a course listing and the name of a professor who always was mentioned as thorough, demanding, and a good teacher:
https://iasext.wesleyan.edu/regprod/!wesmaps_page.html?crse_list=ARST&term=1169&offered=Y
http://www.wesleyan.edu/academics/faculty/ttelfair/profile.html