Meeting times: MWF 11:30, NH253
Professor: Harry Plantinga, NH299, x6860
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 1:30 or by appointment
Prerequisites: Good programming ability. (We'll use JavaScript for the most part.) CS 212. Practical use of linear algebra including vectors, matrices, dot and cross products, etc.
Textbook: Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-down Approach with OpenGL (Fourth Edition) by Edward Angel, ISBN 0-321-32137-5
Projects: Most of the projects will involve writing programs, but some may involve other activites such as generating images using a ray-tracer or modeling an object using a 3-D modeling program.
Written Homework: There may also be some written homework assigned from the textbook, to reinfoce certain concepts.
Submitting Programs: You will be asked to submit your programs electronically. This may involve making them available on a Web page. In addition, you will turn in a grading sheet on the due date.
Tests: There will be two midterm tests and a final exam. These will be written, and the final will be cumulative.
Grading: Projects and written homework will count for 60% of the final grade. The tests will be worth 12%, 12%, and 16%.
Late Policy: It is important to keep up in this course; in my experience students who get significantly behind usually have a difficult time catching up. The purpose of the late policy is to help motivate you to keep up. Late programs and labs will be penalized up to 10 percent per class day unless there is a good reason -- which you should discuss with the professor in advance.
Incompletes: Incomplete grades will not be given except for strong extenuating circumstances, such as significant illness or a death in the family.