Syllabus

DATES	TOPIC	HOMEWORK
Jan. 31; Feb. 4, 6	Ch. 1: Graphics Systems and Models. Intro, ray-tracing, radiosity, interactive graphics	Read ch. 1. Proj. 1: Ray-tracing, due 2/9
Feb. 7, 9, 11	Ch. 2: Graphics Programming with Canvas. Canvas, JS, jQuery. Sierpinski Gasket	Read ch. 2 Proj. 2: Self portrait, due 2/16
Feb. 14, 16, 18	Ch. 3. Input and Interaction. Interactive graphics, event-loop programming, image processing	Read ch. 3. Proj. 3: Photoshop Nano, due 2/23
Feb. 21, 23, 25	Ch. 4. Geometric objects and transformations. Animation. Points, vectors, matrices, transformations, frames, trackball	Read ch. 4. Proj. 4: Frames and Animation
Feb. 28; Mar. 2, 4	Ch. 5. Viewing Projections, walkthrough	Read ch. 5. Proj. 5: Object viewer part one, due 3/11
Mar. 7, 9, 11	Revew, Test	Wed: Test 1 Fri: work day Proj. 6: Object viewer part two, due 3/18
Mar. 14, 16, 18	Ch. 6. Lighting and Shading Light sources, Phong illumination model, Phong and Gouraud shading	Read ch. 6.
Mar. 28, 30; Apr. 1	WebGL Intro	Proj. 7: WebGL Flower, due 4/8
Apr. 4, 6, 8	Ch. 8. Discrete Techniques Buffers, texture mapping, bump mapping, compositing
Apr. 11, 13, 15	Ch. 7. From Vertices to Fragments Clipping, rasterization, HSR, display considerations	Project 8: 3D Game, due 5/9
Apr. 18, 20	Review, Test	Wed: Test 2
Apr. 25, 29	Ch. 7, cont.
May 2, 4, 6	Ch. 10. Modeling and Hierarchy
May 9, 11	Graphics software and game engines; Graphics research