| DATE | DAY | TOPIC | Assign. Handed out | DUE |
| 1-Oct | T | Introduction: Overview of Graphics | Prog 1: Ply reader, render | |
| 3-Oct | Th | Gr. Pipeline, Tri. Repr.,Transformations | model using OGL | |
| 8-Oct | T | Transform.:Trans., Rotate, Scale, Shear | Prog 2: Interact w/ the | Prog 1 |
| 10-Oct | Th | Local/Global Coord. sys.,Perspective Proj | model and compute normal | |
| 15-Oct | T | Projection: Perspective (Rd: Ortho. Proj) | Prog 3: myGL library and | Prog 2 |
| 17-Oct | Th | Lighting (Rd: Line/Poly drawing/clipping) | subdivision surfaces | |
| 22-Oct | T | Interpolation, subdivision, texture mapping | Prog 4: OGL lighting and | Prog 3 |
| 24-Oct | Th | Graphics Hardware | texture mapping | |
| 29-Oct | T | Review | Written Assignment 1 | Prog 4 |
| 31-Oct | Th | Mid Term Exam | ||
| 5-Nov | T | Buffers: Z, A, Tex, etc; R/W these buffers. | Prog 5: Transparency and | Writ 1 |
| 7-Nov | Th | Bump map, Blue Mattg, Env. Map | bump mapping | |
| 12-Nov | T | Hierarchical Modeling | Prog 6: Simple robot joint | Prog 5 |
| 14-Nov | Th | Culling: BF, VF, vis; Spatial Hierarchy | motion visualization | |
| 19-Nov | T | Aliasing, filters, dithering. | Prog 6 | |
| 21-Nov | Th | Color Theory | Proj. Proposals | |
| 22-Nov | F | *Individual Meeting: Project Discussion* | ||
| 26-Nov | T | Euler charac., genus, dim. of the obj. | ||
| 28-Nov | Th | Thanksgiving Holiday | Mid-project submission 1 | |
| 3-Dec | T | Ray Tracing, IBR | ||
| 5-Dec | Th | Review | Mid-project submission 2 | |
| 12-Dec | Th | Final Project Demo 1:30 pm - 3:30pm | ||