Upon completion of the course, successful students will be able to:

• understand the current state-of-the-art in graphics technologies;
• understand the underlying mathematics, algorithms, and data structures that drive movie and game graphics;
• program interactive 2D/3D graphics programs using OpenGL with proper lighting, shading and texture mapping;
• program the graphics pipeline through the use of shaders; and
• program a ray tracing renderer and understand how to extend it to achieve photorealistic global illumination.

• CMPS 1600 or good programming skills (C and C++ are the preferred languages of the course)
• Knowledge of basic data structures like: Linked Lists, Arrays, Trees
• Simple linear algebra: matrix multiplication, vector addition, etc.
• A computer capable of OpenGL 3.1+ development

Dr. Brian Summa

Taher Rahgooy

Summa: T, 8:30am-9:30am; R, 11:00am-12:00pm
Rahgooy: M, 11:00am-12:00pm; W, 11:00am-12:00pm

Recommended:

• OpenGL Programming Guide: The Official Guide to Learning OpenGL, Version 4.5 (9th Edition)

Other Good Graphics Texts:

• Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach with WebGL, 7th Edition by Angel and Shreiner
• Fundamentals of Computer Graphics (4th Edition) by Shirley, Ashikhmin, and Marschner
• Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition) by Hughes and van Dam
• Physically Based Rendering, Second Edition: From Theory To Implementation by Pharr and Humphreys

Undergrads:
10% Class Participation
30% Programming Assignments (4 planned)
20% Midterm Game Project
20% Final Raytracing Project
20% Final Exam

Grads:
10% Class Participation
10% Readings
30% Programming Assignments (4 planned)
15% Midterm Game Project
15% Final Raytracing Project
20% Final Exam

Programming assignments can be submitted up to 1 week beyond a due date with a 20% reduction in grade.

Final grade will be assigned as follows:
A >= 93% [Exemplary. Superior achievement.]
A- >= 90% [Outstanding]
B+ >= 87%, B >= 83%, B- >= 80% [High Pass, Above Average]
C+ >= 77%, C >= 73%, [Pass, Average work, Satisfactory] C- >= 70% [Below Average]
D >= 60%, [Low Pass, Unsatisfactory, Barely passing]
F < 60% [Failure, Unacceptable]

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