As suggested in the Preface, where the intent is to provide an overview
of computer graphics, emphasizing 2D graphics, the following syllabus is
recommended:

Chapter 1	The entire chapter should be covered in order to provide a
			thorough introduction to the concepts and paradigms of the
			field. The examples presented in Section 1.1 are especially
			important to discuss.
			
			Suggested exercises - 1.1 and 1.4.
			
Chapter 2	The information in Sections 2.1 and 2.2 is the minimum coverage
			a student should have to appreciate the workings of a raster
			scan graphics system. The student learns how to draw lines, line
			sets, and other common primitives. Section 2.2 introduces the
			concepts and facilities for handling interactive tasks in computer
			graphics.
			
			In selecting a laboratory programming environment for the
			exercises in this chapter, and for the rest of the course,
			it is recommended (hardware availability permitting) that the
			instructor choose either the Macintosh or Windows version of SRGP
			(see page 559) because the windowing environment is standard
			for each machine, allowing the student and instructor to avoid
			dealing with the more complex X Window System environment.
			
			Suggested exercises - 2.2, 2.16, and, even though the material
			is not covered until later, Example 9.2.
			
Chapter 3	Recommended sections are all of 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3. These sections
			introduce the student to the most basic scan conversion
			algorithms of raster graphics, those for straight lines and
			circles. The mathematics is simple and the algorithms are
			easily implemented. All of Section 3.9, except Sect. 3.9.4, is
			also recommended, for a brief introduction to the important topic
			of clipping lines.
			
			Suggested exercises - 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, and 3.22.
			
Chapter 4	Sections 4.1 and 4.2 introduce the student to the basics of
			hardcopy and display technologies. Most of those sections
			should be covered, but you can easily omit the portions of
			Sect. 4.2 that discuss display technologies such as liquid-crystal
			displays, electroluminescent displays, etc.  Section 4.3 gives a
			good overview of complete raster-scan systems, but you can omit
			Sections 4.3.2 - 4.3.4, if desired. All of Section 4.5, the basics
			of input devices, should be covered.
			
			Suggested exercise - 4.2.
			
Chapter 5	The material in Section 5.1 is key. It should be thoroughly
			covered, unless the students are already familiar with linear
			algebra. Matrix operations introduced in that section are used
			extensively in later chapters. Section 5.2 introduces the basic
			2D transformations of translation, scaling, and rotation. Section
			5.3 builds upon those concepts by introducing homogeneous
			coordinates and generalizing the transformations. Finally, in
			Section 5.4, we show how the basic transformations can be combined,
			a process known as composition. All of these recommended sections
			should be completely covered. Furthermore, if the instructor plans
			to cover more aspects of 3D graphics than is suggested, it may
			be advisable to cover Sections 5.7 and 5.8 as well.
			
			Suggested exercises - 5.1, 5.2, 5.3.
			
Chapter 6	Assuming the instructor wishes to touch briefly on 3D graphics, it
			is recommended that at least Sections 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3 be
			covered. This will introduce the student to the synthetic camera
			concept, provide an introduction to the most common types of
			projections, and give an overview of 3D view specification for
			parallel orthographic and perspective projections. In addition,
			this will introduce important terms such as view reference point,
			view plane normal, etc. If, in addition, the instructor covers
			Section 6.4, from the beginning through 6.4.2, it will be possible
			to discuss specific cases of parallel and perspective viewing
			situations.
			
			Suggested exercises - none.
			
Chapter 8	Chapter 8 is easy reading and is an excellent supplement to Section
			4.5, input hardware. Additional input hardware is introduced,
			including the fascinating DataGlove, a device that plays an
			important role in the field of virtual reality. Most of Chapter 8,
			however, deals with logical input operations, concepts that
			abstract the characteristics of specific devices. Many of these
			concepts will be familiar to users of programs such as MacDraw on
			a Macintosh.
			
			Suggested exercise - 8.1.
			
Chapter 9	Chapter 9 may seem imposing, but much of the material is really
			very simple. Moreover, programs to manipulate parametric cubic
			curves are easy to write and students find it enjoyable to produce
			such elegant and surprising shapes with little effort. Section 9.1
			describes how polygon meshes can be used to approximate complex
			shapes. Section 9.2, from the beginning, through 9.2.3, provides
			the foundation for defining Hermite and Bezier parametric cubic
			curves. Example 9.2 is a complete program (found in Code/Chap09)
			for interactively specifying Bezier curve segments. An interesting
			exercise would be to modify Example 9.2 to allow other types of
			curves to be generated.
			
			Suggested exercises - 9.1, 9.2, 9.3.
			
Chapter 11	Since color is such a common and important part of modern computer
			graphics, it is strongly recommended that the instructor devote
			some time in the course to introducing the basic concepts of color.
			The material in Sections 11.1 and 11.2 serves as a brief but 
			interesting overview of light and color. Section 11.1 deals with
			achromatic light, where color is absent. Here we encounter several
			interesting ways to represent continuous tone images, using in most
			cases, just black and white to display an image. Students are
			particularly intrigued with the Floyd-Steinberg error diffusion
			method for representing images.  It is easy to program and produces
			striking results. If the instructor needs sample images for such a
			programming exercise, consult CGResources in the Software
			directory. Several sites offering image collections are mentioned
			there.
			
			Section 11.2 discusses chromatic color, both its physical and
			psychological aspects. Color coordinate systems are introduced,
			with special focus on the CIE system.
			
			Suggested exercise - Write a program that uses the Floyd-Steinberg
			error diffusion algorithm to approximate the data in an 8 bit/pixel
			image on a bilevel device.
			
Chapter 12	Here the instructor is free to cover additional topics as time and
			student ability dictate.