Schedule

This class meets every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:25 to 10:40 PM, except on University holidays or if I cancel class. All dates in the following schedule are tentative, except those fixed by the University; if some topic listed here as taking one lecture in fact takes two lectures to cover adequately, or vice versa, the schedule will shift.

All reading assignments below are from the Angel textbook unless stated otherwise. I expect you to have read the specified chapters in the textbook before the lecture that deals with that topic; this way I can concentrate my time on answering questions and clarifying subtle or difficult points in the textbook, rather than on reading to you, which will bore both of us. Please read ahead!

Date(s)	Assignment	Reading	Lecture Subject
2 Sept			Administrivia, history and purpose of graphics
4 Sept		1	Image formation and synthetic cameras
9 Sept			Programming with OpenGL and GLUT
11 Sept		2-2.3	OpenGL drawing capabilities
12 Sept			Last day to add classes
16 Sept	HW1	2.4-2.10	More OpenGL drawing capabilities
18 Sept		3-3.5	Interactive programming
23 Sept		3.6-3.11	Examples of interactive programming
25 Sept			Hands-On Examples
26 Sept			Last day to drop courses
30 Sept	HW1 due	App. B,C	Review of linear algebra
2 Oct			Rosh Hashanah, no classes
7 Oct		4-4.3	Data types for linear algebra
9 Oct		4.4-4.7	Graphical Transformations
14 Oct		4.8-4.11	More on graphical transformations
16 Oct		4.8-4.11	More on graphical transformations
21 Oct	HW2	5-5.2	Views and Cameras
23 Oct		5-5.2	Views and Cameras
28 Oct		5.3-5.6	Projections
30 Oct		5.7-5.10	Parallel and perspective projection
31 Oct			Last day to withdraw from classes
4 Nov	HW3		Discuss Projects
6 Nov	HW2 due	6-6.2	Light and Shading
11 Nov		6.3-6.4	Reflection
13 Nov		6.5-6.6	Polyhedra
18 Nov		6.7-6.12	Implementing Shading
20 Nov		7-7.6	Implementation of Transformations and Clipping
25 Nov		7.7-7.15	Scan Conversion
27 Nov			Thanksgiving -- no classes
2 Dec		8-8.8	Models and Fractals
4 Dec		8.9-8.12	Other Kinds of Models
9 Dec			Catch up and review for final
11 Dec			Catch up and review for final
18 Dec			10:30 AM-12:30 PM, Final Exam