EECS/CS 487
Winter Syllabus
Last Updated: 3-17-2004
Date
Hearn & Baker
Topic
Homework
Programming
7-Jan
1 & 2
Admin & Intro
 
 
12-Jan
3
Points and LInes
 
 
14-Jan
5
2-D Geometric Transformation
 
 PA1 Assigned
19-Jan
 
Martin Luther King Day
 
 
  21-Jan
 4 & 6
2-D Viewing  (section 2 version)
   
26-Jan
9, 11 & 12
3D Concepts  (section 2 version)
 HW1 Assigned
 
28-Jan
10-1 ... 10-5
Modeling (I)  (section 2 version)
 
 
2-Feb
10-6 ... 10-15, 7
Modeling (II)  (section 2 version)
 
 PA1 Due
PA2 Assigned
4-Feb
13-1 - 13-6
Rendering Introduction - OpenGL Overview
 HW1 Due
 
9-Feb
 13-3 - 13-9
Scanline - Painters - BSP - Z-buffer - Compositing
HW2 Assigned 
 
11-Feb
  14-1 - 14-5
Illumination and Shading

 
16-Feb
 
Review
 HW2 Due
 PA2 Due
RFP for Final Project
18-Feb
 
Exam I
 
 
21-Feb to 29-Feb
 
Vacation
   
1-Mar
14-2, 14-8 - 14-9
Texturing & Shadows

(section 2 ppt: see below)
 
 Initial Proposal Due
3-Mar
 15
Color Models

(section 2:  texturing, shadows, color models)
 HW3 Assigned
 
8-Mar
 16
Animation / Interaction
(section 2 version)
 
 Final Proposal Due 
10-Mar
 
Fractals and Applications
(section 2 version)
 
 
15-Mar
10-18
GUI
(section 2 version)
 HW3 Due
 
17-Mar
 10-22
Visualization 
 
 
22-Mar
13.10, 14-6
Ray Tracing (I)
(section 2 version)
 
 
24-Mar
 
Ray Tracing (II)
(section 2 version)
 
 
29-Mar
 10-19 -10-22,14-7
Radiosity 
 
 
31-Mar
 
Review
 
 
5-Apr
 
Exam II
 
 
7-Apr
 
Selected Topics
section 2: NPR
 
 
12-Apr
 
Selected Topics
 
 
14-Apr
 
Project Alpha Review
 
 
19-Apr  
Project Alpha Review  
 Final Project DUE
23-Apr
 
Project Evaluations
 
 
26-Apr
 
Project Evaluations
 
 
27-Apr
 
Project Evaluations
 
 
28-Apr
 
Project Evaluations
 
 
29-Apr
 
Project Evaluations
 
 
30-Apr
 
Project Evaluations