Dr. Eric Durant: CS-421 Advanced Graphics: (Winter 2004-2005)

Outline of topics and labs

Textbooks

• One of the following from CS-321:
  • Donald Hearn and M. Pauline Baker, Computer Graphics C Version (2nd Edition), Prentice Hall, 1997.
  • Donald Hearn and M. Pauline Baker, Computer Graphics with OpenGL (3rd Edition), Prentice Hall, 2003.
• Schreiner, Woo, Neider, and Davis, OpenGL Programming Guide, OpenGL Version 1.4, 4 ed., Addison-Wesley, 2003.

Optional References

• Angel, Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach with OpenGL (3rd Edition), Addison-Wesley, 2000.
• Fosner, OpenGL Programming for Windows 95 and Windows NT, Addison-Wesley, 1997.
• Shreiner (ed.), OpenGL Reference Manual Release 1.2, Addison-Wesley, 1999.

Schedule

Quizzes

A quiz will be given during most Thursday lectures. The lowest quiz grade will be dropped. No make-up quizzes will be given.

Course policies

Grading algorithm